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- Sun Oct 29, 2023 8:04 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Mass shooting Lewiston, our BD's hometown
- Replies: 37
- Views: 41071
Re: Mass shooting Lewiston, our BD's hometown
A poignant interview with Jim I am sure many of us were shaken as much as I was about what happened in Jim’s hometown, which as he noted has one of the lowest violent crime and homicide rates in the country. Maybe this can concentrate minds enabling this community to unite and turn the page, draw a ...
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 7:57 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Long live BWE....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2074
Re: Long live BWE....
Nobody is trying to blow up BWE Jim.
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:20 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: As BWE winds down after over 23 years.... My note to jean-Nicolas.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3684
Re: As BWE winds down after over 23 years.... My note to jean-Nicolas.
PM’s message to me: Good points, Ian... a few little tidbits (for which I have all of the emails still) that provide needed context... Jim said initially he could only commit to 1 night in NYC (and which not incidentally he repeatedly vetoed adding more people to the group... so much for “everyone i...
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:19 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: As BWE winds down after over 23 years.... My note to jean-Nicolas.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3684
Re: As BWE winds down after over 23 years.... My note to jean-Nicolas.
This is my message to PM Patrick I think we need to be 100% honest about all this. From what I understand there was an arrangement to meet in Manhattan based on a Krug 170 delivery from Jim. Is that correct or not? Did he drive down with the goods? I presume but don’t know so. Based on that it was a...
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:18 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: As BWE winds down after over 23 years.... My note to jean-Nicolas.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3684
Re: As BWE winds down after over 23 years.... My note to jean-Nicolas.
I have to chime in here because what Jim wrote above is misleading, disingenuous and wrong. The reason this has happened is because you Jim decided to go public rather than do the mature thing and remonstrate with us privately on email. How unbelievably hypocritical to berate others for airing their...
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 12:00 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Goodbye, BWE. Live long and prosper.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4248
Re: Goodbye, BWE. Live long and prosper.
I have had a long hard think about it too, and sadly I have decided to stop posting on BWE indefinitely. A mea culpa and public apology from Jim would make me change my mind but that would be out of character and I am not expecting it. I can maintain the great friendships I have made here outside th...
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 10:17 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine
- Replies: 67
- Views: 181697
Re: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine
Jim we love and respect you but it doesn’t mean you should not take responsibility for what you say and that you should not be held to account. You should read some of your diatribes and put your self in the shoes of those they are sometimes directed at. Patrick was on the receiving and of several a...
- Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:34 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine
- Replies: 67
- Views: 181697
Re: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine
A bit of context here is relevant I think Jim. Patrick on July 10 reached out to inform me he was going to be in NYC that weekend in early August, noting that you, Jacques, JC, Winona Chief and Ramon would be there and asked if there was any chance I could come over. My immediate instincts were to t...
- Tue Sep 19, 2023 9:00 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine
- Replies: 67
- Views: 181697
Re: A historic royal BWE visit to the Great State of Maine
So which wines were voted:
1) Best fizz?
2) Best white burg?
3) Best claret?
1) Best fizz?
2) Best white burg?
3) Best claret?
- Wed Sep 13, 2023 6:36 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Over the Top Lunch 2023
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6995
Re: Over the Top Lunch 2023
That is very much what you call an OTT lunch
Congratulations guys and happy birthday Joel!
PS Joel which did you prefer the 1959 DRC GE or the 2009 Rousseau Chambertin?
Congratulations guys and happy birthday Joel!
PS Joel which did you prefer the 1959 DRC GE or the 2009 Rousseau Chambertin?
- Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:55 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Magdelaine 2005
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5733
Re: Magdelaine 2005
Stop it Mark, a case of this is nearly £2k all in here in Blighty
- Fri Sep 08, 2023 12:10 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: My First DRC and Other Fun Labor Day Wines
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7490
Re: My First DRC and Other Fun Labor Day Wines
Fab line up Joel - what you described was classic mature DRC - what a treat - glad it was a great bottle.
- Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:10 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 1990 Pichon Lalande
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2851
Re: 1990 Pichon Lalande
I see I rated it 91 recently https://www.bordeauxwineenthusiasts.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9819&p=98417&hilit=1990+Bordeaux#p98417 I thought I rated it higher and have developed an affection for this wine, having tried in half a dozen times. I said it lacks ambition, which is probably a bi...
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 5:20 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 9681 days past
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8113
Re: 9681 days past
Happy anniversary Howard, a great way to celebrate
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 1:49 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2014 Cos d'Estournel has been uncorked and other ramblings....
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9815
Re: The 2014 Cos d'Estournel has been uncorked and other ramblings....
Belated happy birthday Jim, the 2014 Cos sounds like a peach of a wine. And happy retirement Bill. I popped a 1999 Ducru eight days ago and it opened up magnificently and was really singing at the end - I have encountered some bottle variation with this wine and one of the somewhat less impressive b...
- Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:54 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 1996 Sociando Mallet
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8536
Re: 1996 Sociando Mallet
That is similar to my experience too with this wine Jacques but with no ‘good’ bottles and always disappointing and thus always below expectations
I think I have one left -
Re: China
I have followed China quite closely for about three decades. It is part of my job. But I don’t pretend to be an expert on the country. There are so many points to make that it may take several posts. The first point to make is that there are no experts on China outside the close and secretive inner ...
- Tue Aug 29, 2023 9:07 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Dinner with JeanFred, he opened one of my fav Bordeaux
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3554
Re: Dinner with JeanFred, he opened one of my fav Bordeaux
Congratulations Jean-Fred on your new role and Nic on sharing this great wine, one which I have also been fortunate to try a few times in recent years. In 1990 it is hard to call the winner between Pichon Baron, Leoville Lascases and Chateau Latour from - as Jim often notes - that legendary patch of...
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 9:39 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: 2006 Trotanoy
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4252
Re: TN: 2006 Trotanoy
Congratulations Jim. Mark of a very great estate? The ability to produce sublime wines in so called nontrophy vintages? Who would really care for Pomerol in 2006? Well I do, I have a case of La Conseillante, but you know what I mean.
- Sat Aug 26, 2023 10:37 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Super seconds?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 26204
Re: Super seconds?
I rest my case <rolls eyes>
- Sat Aug 26, 2023 10:32 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Super seconds?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 26204
- Sat Aug 26, 2023 10:26 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Super seconds?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 26204
Re: Super seconds?
https://www.cellartracker.com/notes.asp?iWine=2075272 9/30/2021 - WILLIAM KELLEY LIKES THIS WINE: The 2014 Lynch-Bages is full of promise, offering up a classic bouquet of rich but vibrant blackcurrant fruit mingled with with hints of loamy soil, cedar and vanilla pod. Full-bodied, deep and layered,...
- Sat Aug 26, 2023 8:00 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Super seconds?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 26204
Re: Super seconds?
You might be pleasantly surprised prof…
- Sat Aug 26, 2023 5:36 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4897
- Views: 1583065
Re: So what have you bought lately?
6 x 2019 Ceritas Heintz Chardonnay
6 x 2019 Ceritas Elliot Pinot Noir
My favourite American producer. The wines seem increasingly to be finding their way over here now.
6 x 2019 Ceritas Elliot Pinot Noir
My favourite American producer. The wines seem increasingly to be finding their way over here now.
- Sat Aug 26, 2023 3:46 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Super seconds?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 26204
Re: Super seconds?
They obviously know what they are talking about. For most of the wine cognoscenti - with a few notable exceptions on this board - Lynch Bages is, de facto, a super second, and relatedly the most glaring misalignment in the 1855 classification. The only disappointing Lynch I have had in the last coup...
- Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:02 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2005 Duhart Milon
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2605
Re: 2005 Duhart Milon
Congrats Danny this is a fabulous 2005 and one of the best for current drinking, similar to Gruaud, a 2005 with real finesse.
- Mon Aug 21, 2023 10:46 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Introducing the new Comte Flaneur Scoring System (CFSS)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5272
Re: Introducing the new Comte Flaneur Scoring System (CFSS)
Here is an example of the CFSS in action, with a selection of wines consumed over the last week or so. IMG_0950.jpeg The Elio Grasso LN is an ideal mid-weeker. It displays the foursquare signature and limitations of the 2017 vintage but is in a good place now, -1. The Benetiere Cordeloux Cote Rotie ...
- Mon Aug 21, 2023 10:43 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Introducing the new Comte Flaneur Scoring System (CFSS)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5272
Introducing the new Comte Flaneur Scoring System (CFSS)
Introducing the new Comte Flaneur scoring system, CFSS (copyright). Quite simple. The scale goes from -10 to +10, which is equivalent to 80 to 100 in the most widely used system championed by Robert Parker but where frankly any score below 80 is redundant because we rarely encounter these wines. Any...
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 1:31 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2005 Vintage -- how good is it really?
- Replies: 107
- Views: 15279
Re: The 2005 Vintage -- how good is it really?
Yes, Ian; my advice to Patrick was based on drinking 2005 Sociando this past year. It is certainly OK for drinking now, but I prefer to hold and drink 2003 now. Ah yes sorry stefan so you did above About two years we did a 2005 dinner in London and some of the wines showed pretty well - notably a B...
- Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:09 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: The 2005 Vintage -- how good is it really?
- Replies: 107
- Views: 15279
Re: The 2005 Vintage -- how good is it really?
My three favourite 2005s for current drinking are Gruaud - ‘zen-like’ - iirc according to JA - Duhart and Beychevelle
Has anyone recently tried Sociando Mallet?
It won’t be long before we will be doing 20th anniversary 2005 tastings - my, tempus fugit.
Has anyone recently tried Sociando Mallet?
It won’t be long before we will be doing 20th anniversary 2005 tastings - my, tempus fugit.
- Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:44 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Claudius...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1100
Re: Claudius...
Talking of Aussie wines - their wine industry has a big problem
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... de-dispute
Thoughts Mark?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... de-dispute
Thoughts Mark?
- Fri Aug 18, 2023 7:08 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2009 Sociando Mallet Cuvee Jean Gautreaux
- Replies: 4
- Views: 612
Re: 2009 Sociando Mallet Cuvee Jean Gautreaux
Patrick what was your pre- and post-opening regime for this bottle? Did you pop and pour or have it standing up a long time for a long decant? The reason I ask is that apparently the 2001 SM-JG benefits a lot from plenty of air time and I made the mistake of popping and pouring my first couple. The ...
- Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:26 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: I have a wine that I am going to declare the best vintage of, I'm holding off buying it until I get back from vacation..
- Replies: 64
- Views: 17422
Re: I have a wine that I am going to declare the best vintage of, I'm holding off buying it until I get back from vacati
I just managed to source a whole case of 2014 Sociando for £340 all in including delivery reduced from £400, which works out at $36 a bottle
- Fri Aug 11, 2023 7:28 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Just call me the white Burgundy man....
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7205
Re: Just call me the white Burgundy man....
Just finished my Niellon audit No 2014 Vergers left … sad face … but drank my last bottle with Patrick in Oct 2021 here in London with a sensational bottle of 1985 Talbot after an epic trip to Bordeaux with Alex before he few back to Denver. I have 16 bottles of Chaumes Truffieres 2017 - I must conf...
- Mon Aug 07, 2023 7:45 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Mouton 1985
- Replies: 3
- Views: 850
Re: Mouton 1985
I have known how good 1985 is on the Right Bank, and I have enjoyed some from the left. We did a tasting of California 1985 versus Bordeaux, with Bordeaux just about winning and the clear winners Cheval Blanc and Mouton. That was several years ago, so when I came across an offer of Mouton magnums, ...
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 12:29 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWE in Manhattan….
- Replies: 55
- Views: 25003
Re: BWE in Manhattan….
Voting for the reds in ascending order 1982 Cos D’Estournel - 1 vote - Patrick 1996 Cos D’Estournel - 3 votes - Patrick 1998 Lafite - 3 votes - Jim 2, Ian 1 1996 Latour - 6 votes - Joel 3, Chris 3 1989 Pichon Lalande - 8 votes - JC 3, Jacques 2, Ian 2, Jim 1 1985 Leoville Lascases- 10 votes - Jacque...
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 12:19 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWE in Manhattan….
- Replies: 55
- Views: 25003
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 12:17 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWE in Manhattan….
- Replies: 55
- Views: 25003
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 12:12 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWE in Manhattan….
- Replies: 55
- Views: 25003
Re: BWE in Manhattan….
So good to be back in Manhattan and catch up with dear friends last night, and what a night it was. Balvanera is in a lively part of downtown and is a great discovery by JC. The Ultramarine Californian sparkler from Heintz Vineyards that Jacques brought is a wine you can’t buy for love nor money unl...
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:52 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2016 Sociando Mallet and other musings
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1416
Re: 2016 Sociando Mallet and other musings
Thanks for the note Eric as like I am sure many others here I have a case of this.
I have never had a bottle of the 1996 that has impressed me - goodness knows I persevered with it.
Has anyone tried the 2005 lately?
I have never had a bottle of the 1996 that has impressed me - goodness knows I persevered with it.
Has anyone tried the 2005 lately?