Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

robert goulet

Great notes as usual Nic, I was never a fan of Cuvée Louise, my fault entirely. The one time I splurged and bought one I got apple cider and oxidation while everyone (experienced tasters like John Gilman, Dale, Musigny) around said this was a feature not a bug. I decided right there to stop buying ...

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Nice...I just picked up a '14 clape cornas...need to grab the '12 based in your experience...well done

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Hahaha...looking for some more 04 L.Barton too! Some lovely wines in this vintage. Not sure if I am much of a big fan of vintages with 'power'...they do not seem to shed that power to reveal that classicism quality I desire.

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Musigny 151 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:48 pm Giscours 1979 is my Eureka wine. Still decent but beginning its downward evolution. Last tasted May 2022 and a 92 point wine.

I can tell u this boys and girls...the Giscours '04 is a cracker!! Had it a few weeks ago, classic and charming...need more

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I wonder if anyone really answered the question, though. What is your '89 Lynch? To me, the question isn't what's the greatest wine you've had, or want to have. What wine out there are you emotionally connected to? And it might not necessarily be a Mouton or a DRC. Maybe it's a '79 Giscours.... Or ...

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Good points, Marcus. My last PLL was the 2003, notably good for the vintage— though I did get a minuscule pour of the 16 at the UGC. I am a big fan of the 2000-2003 PLLs though. But by all accounts, PLL probably did lose the thread thereafter when May-Elaine de Lencquesaing sold the estate in 2003....

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'82 Talbot back in '13 ....going by racerchris notes..its still in that zone

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I found the William Kelley reference Marcus made and I quote more of it here: “After 2000, Montrose has been fermented in stainless steel rather than wood, and concerted efforts seem to have been made in the cellar to tame the estate’s animal side: the 2005 is as great as the 2000, but noticeably m...

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William Kelley has said this was the last of the more rustic and old school vintages for Montrose - it was the last before wooden fermenting vats were replaced with stainless steel tanks - but I didn’t find it rustic at all. It had a lot of Cabernet snap and tension to it but I found it very elegan...

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I've been doing some heavy fasting in the past two months, with the exception of the recent BWE festivities in DC. All evidence is that the great American democratic experiment is coming to a screeching end at about midnight on Tuesday, as the crazies assume power. It looks like it is going to be e...

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'19 Dufort Viviens
'14 Clape Cornas
'95 Malescot
'00 Haut Batailley
'98 Gruaud Larose
'83 Clos Fourtet
'04 GPL
'89 Brane Cantenac
'01 Pichon lalande
'03 Teachworth Manzanita Hill
'12 Domaine Gros Frere et Soeur Richebourg

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Nice...Billecart bdb is my favorite bottling from them

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Nic...please take some time to think about this, there is really no rush to jump into things!

Congrats Brother

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Just now seeing this!!

Luv the 1995 GPL and the 2010 had a strong showing en premier

Funny because I was bidding on 2 '04 GPL prior to seeing this.

Congrats GPL!

One day I'd luv to see a 1998 bordeaux earn a spot

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Edited to reduce to 10… Reds (no order): 1982 Canon 1982 l'Evangile 1982 Beychevelle 1970 Magdelaine 1996 Jadot Corton-Pougeots White (no order): 2007 Taittinger Comtes 2012 Cristal 2014 Niellon Chassagne Vergers 2016 Alzinger Riesling Smaragd Dürnsteiner Hollerin Dessert: 1990 Pinon Cuvee Botrytis...

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I’ve mentioned this one before but it’s been a while: the best “off vintage” claret I’ve had, by far, was the terrific 1992 Talbot. It was being dumped in the mid-90’s for like $8 a pop, so my dad grabbed 3 cases and walked around with a big grin repeating “it’s Grand Cru!”. We drank reams of the s...

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I would love a tasting w/ strictly off vintages That was pretty much Saturday night at this years BWE DC - all 2002 all the time! The upcoming year will permit us to celebrate vintages like 1983, 1993, 2013, etc. 2024 will offer similar opportunities 1983 has some killer wines...almost forgot I had...

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1993 Dom P3 1996 Angelus 2000 Leoville Barton 2001 Latour 1966 Poulet Santenay (increds) 2002 Dom. Raymond Launay Latricieres Chambertin 1996 Leoville Barton 1997 Sociando 1994 La Mish 1993 D'issan Some Honorable mentions 2004 Leoville Barton 1985 Magdelaine 2001 D'issan 1998 Gruaud Larose 1998 Palm...

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I know Orl Bobby has been praising this vintage for sometime...sad to say I have only 4 bottles of this vintage...I'm just not buying much young bordeaux anymore

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I would love a tasting w/ strictly off vintages

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Speaking trashed vintages...1991 Mouton is a gem...oh '87 is good too!

Funny...one of my other favorite bordeaux of the past year was '94 La Mish

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RG is my new personal hero. Calls ‘em like he sees ‘em. Yes sir...and this is after having all of 1st growths from the left bank, plus some righties the likes of Cheval, Le Pin and Petrus. Dare I say the '93 D'issan would have wiped the floor of all these wines...was increds...for me, that wine u c...

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RG is my new personal hero. Calls ‘em like he sees ‘em. Yes sir...and this is after having all of 1st growths from the left bank, plus some righties the likes of Cheval, Le Pin and Petrus. Dare I say the '93 D'issan would have wiped the floor of all these wines...was increds...for me, that wine u c...

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Man I'm tempted to pop the '99, this to me is the best D'armailhac I've ever had...I've had it 4 or 5 times, last yr I had one avg. experience, but I feel that was an anomaly.

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My 2022 bordeaux of the year is the '93 D'issan RG is my new personal hero. Calls ‘em like he sees ‘em. Yes sir...and this is after having all of 1st growths from the left bank, plus some righties the likes of Cheval, Le Pin and Petrus. Dare I say the '93 D'issan would have wiped the floor of all t...

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Nice boys...love to see the appreciation for this fine estate

'01 is a gem...had it 2x last year, gorgeous , classic gem

I have a bottle of the '90 resting...this will be something I will pop with Orl. Bobby come the right time.

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Nice....My 2022 bordeaux of the year is the '93 D'issan

Need to find a 2000

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A good friend of mine hosted a steak dinner in his apartment on Wednesday: 76A360EB-5853-4CDA-9BD7-069FF7AD89BC.jpeg My system is still processing all those lovely steaks, here are my impressions of the wines. Veuve Cliquot 2008 Served blind…a bit dull, lacking drive, a bit of a yawn, I didn’t want...

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Nice...had the '89 Bey. 6mos back and it was a gorgeous classic quaff...I need more of this wine in the clear.

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Your 478? No way!!!

1996 Barton is increds...Leoville B is by far my fav. of the Leovilles

Happy Birthday njoy

..looking forward to your thoughts

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Went thru a couple '16 Olga's ...not their strongest picasses by any measure, but a nice quaff regardless. Best qpr's are still in Loire.

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WOW

Bobby and I had the '82 HB a couple yrs back...classic textbook graves, drinking at peak...steller

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Orl Bobby and I had the '96 2x last yr, along with the seller '04...both just killer juice..and just recently some other friends popped the 2000...another LB cracker that took some decant coaxing to come around, intoxicating stuff

LB is so underrated

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Jeezus Christo Jim
..I thought stefan had died when I sw that ...phew

Happy Thanksgiving BWE

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I've never understood the angst about the "new" Pavie. I think it is a brilliant wine and, despite predictions to the contrary, the 1998s and 2000s have continued to perform brilliantly with age on them. The 1998 was not made with Michel Rolland. It is not a bad wine. As Jim, you would pr...

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I must say re: Lascombes, the 2003 was quite nice, def. shows the ripeness from a warm year, but not over the top...it gives it a bit of a new world feel too, but there is no mistaken that its clearly bordeaux. I would be happy to purchase another.

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Pavie Deceased?

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Pavie is def. not my style..At.All..but I'd be interested in the Pre-Perse era Pavie

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Croizet Bages, I've only tasted 1 vintage, the 2016.

Considering '16 is a strong vintage, the wine was extremely underwhelming. This is a poor reflection on the château.

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Jim GPL is a fifth growth in the 1855 classification and the wine at the moment would reasonably be classified in recent form as a 4th or 5th. I wasn’t exactly impressed with either the 1996 or 2000 and after 2000, it was deleted from my own personal radar as the price is, irrespective of its 1855 ...

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