Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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Ducru and Gruaud are nice for their colored labels.

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The 1971 Mouton label (birth year for me), with Kandinsky famed for pioneering abstract art, is down right dull:

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Carbonnieux Blanc's Venus-on-the-half-shell motif has long been a fav:

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My vote for ugliest (and most shameless):

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Count me in!

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UPDATE 2016 Thivin Reverdon : OMG, this is awesome now! I froze 3/4 of the bottle for a few days, and this has been transformed. The grapey note is gone, and has been transformed into lovely savory, herbaceous and saison scents accented with an amazing topnote of fresh strawberries. Seems like ther...

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I am increasingly confident I will be enjoying a first growth at my brother's expense!

But I’m most worried about the debates.

And Republicans cheating (again).

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Happy bday, Lisa... Last night we had two half bottles, a pretty overdone split of the 2003 Beaucastel CDP and surprisingly oaky 2005 Carbonnieux rouge . The Beaucastel had some redeeming features and we happily drank it, but it has an overripe nose of red wine reduction and some pruney notes. The C...

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Thanks for the tip, JC. I'll hunt one down.

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The election is only 29 weeks away. Just like in the 2018 midterm elections this far out from election day, it is becoming increasingly clear that the question is not if the Democrats will win in 2020, but how big their victory will be. Indeed, the results in the all-important state of Wisconsin’s e...

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Wonderful note, Robert. Now I really want to try Roilette! I popped a 2016 Thivin Reverdon last night as part of my research. Honestly, while pretty good, this seems like it could use a few years to come together, as it is really grapey right now (with some of that Gamay candy David referred to abov...

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OrlandoRobert wrote:Covid will add 19 pounds on me when it is all said and done!

Absolutely, my exercise regimen has gone to hell and I'm eating and drinking more due in part to boredom.

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Nicklasss wrote:All the ones cited are top.
Louis Claude Desvignes is great too.

Nic

Good to know, Nic. Are you a big fan too? Do cellar any bojo or just drink em up shortly after purchase? Age worthy Beaujolais used to be an oxymoron at least in conventional wine circles.

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Sounds great, Ian. If it’s that much better than the 02, then man it must be great.

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It’s a good thing I don’t live in Europe or I’d quickly go broke backfilling... so many great prices on older vintages of bordeaux.

Case in point, the 04 Leoville Barton: https://www.laywheeler.com/product-deta ... d=01040301

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Thanks, gents. Just what I was looking for.

Looks like Crush has a bunch of these, including a number of the special cuvées (which I’ve yet to try) from Thivin for ~$30.

If I like the Thivin Brouilly classique, is it safe to assume I’ll like Roilette too?

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For me, the issue with SHL is first and foremost the level of new oak. I gag on that, sort of like how GPL’s roast is a turnoff for you, Jacques. Plus I find SHL uber glossy, a trait I find very boring in a wine (if not an outright flaw like excess new oak). Finally, I’ve found some vintages of SHL ...

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As my AFWE cred deepens, I’ve become more enamored with Loire reds (always loved the whites) and Beaujolais even more so. It took the right vintage (2015 and 2016), but I finally saw the light on Thivin Brouilly — now I’m quite taken with it. Then a local wine buddy started opening some Côte du Py f...

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Robert, what do you think of the mid-90’s Pontet Canet? From your post, it sounds like you like them. I guess I’d be surprised if you don’t like the 95 and 96.

Totally agree with you on the SHL, no surprise there, but for my palate that’s one of the worst wines in Bordeaux and has been since 2000.

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Last wine we opened was a 2010 Selbach-Oster Graacher Himmelreich Anhrecht. This is a very good German Riesling. Last night, Marjorie and I split a bomber of aged Avery Raspberry Sour (2016 release). Chris Bublitz How sweet was the Anhrecht, Chris? Over the years, my interest in offdry Riesling has...

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Outside of the Timmy McCracken PC vertical in NYC (where we tasted up through the 02?), the only post-96 Pontet Canet vintages I’ve tried are the 02 and 03. Both of these are good wines, but lack the character and quality of the 95 and 96 in my experience. My last bottle of the 96 — tasted at Ian’s ...

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The 1979 Haut Bailly is a great wine, was still singing a few years ago in nyc.

Popped a lovely 06 Mount Eden Chardonnay Estate for dinner. In a great spot, probably a little too big to make one think burgundy, but this is still balanced by plenty of brightness. 93+ pts.

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Only an anecdote but the most rabid Bernie Bros at my employer says that Trump has been coopting the Sanders message to youth and he would vote for Trump over Biden. When Orange Head says, like I just heard hm say, "NAFTA was the worst deal ever made by any country," he actually appeals t...

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Some recent general election polls of registered voters...

Apr 6-7, YouGov — Biden 49%, Trump 40%

Apr 4-7, Fox News — Biden 42%, Trump 42%

Apr 3-7, Monmouth — Biden 48%, Trump 44%

Apr 3-6, CNN —Biden 53%, Trump 42%

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Bill, I thought in Texas one was never far from the smell of petrochemicals?

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At the UGC in 2019 tasting the 2016s, I noticed how little the merlot percentage was in virtually all of the Left Bank wines, and so I started asking assuming it was like the 86 or 96 vintage that really favored the cabernet. The wine makers virtually all said, no it was because global warming was m...

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FWIW, I found the 02 Cos modern, unpleasantly so. We picked these up for like $35 at the MacArthur’s heist, but I still didn’t want them even at that price. I can only imagine what the 03 is like if the 02 showed this way.

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Really enjoying a 2006 Tempier Bandol rouge tonight. Man this is good.

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I can see the 16 Siran being really good. I’ll hunt some down.

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The 90 P. Lichine was very good. Never had the 83, but the 82 is a credible wine. But it was always an inconsistent 4th growth at best.

It seemed they turned up their quality with the 2000 vintage. The 2005 is strong.

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The challenge for me is I didn’t start buying good wine until 1995, and then I only had a grad school stipend to work with. So the first wines I could try on “release” had been on the shelves a few years, and I couldn’t afford the big names. But there were tons of inexpensive claret from 89 and 90 b...

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RPCV wrote: 1982 Château Beychevelle

Purchased at the CdG airport of all places and consumed in the African bush by pushing the cork through

Like your style!

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Loved that 2014 Calon Segur you brought to BWE SanFran, Jim.
On release, a half bottle of the 2005 GPL was a wow wine.
The 1996 Leoville Las Cases was thrilling in 2008.

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I’d rate even the subpar bottles of d’Yquem at least 91 pts, for sure Nic. I think it’s more that I consider 91 pts a disappointment... for a d’Yquem. I’ve rated the 95, 96 and 98 d’Yquem all 94-95 pts or higher. I’ve only had the 88 (consistently terrific) and 89 a few times each, and all bottles w...

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I’ve definitely been underwhelmed by the 89 d’Yquem and I’ve outright poor bottles of the 90. But d’Yquem is a victim of its own brilliance - we hold it to a very high standard.

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Haven’t had a Listrac is many moons, but Fourcas Loubaney used to be a mainstay in my grad school days.

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The 96 Pontet Canet is close to Howquito, I think...

Controversial d’Yquem comment for the day: the 95, 96, 97 and 98 vintages are as essentially as good and certainly more consistent than the more famous 88, 89 and 90 trio. Discuss.

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JCNorthway wrote:...The wine needs time to open up; it still seems pretty young to me at age 23+...

Now this is my kinda tasting note.

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Your dog poops and pours, like Danny? Cool.

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DavidG wrote:I have a 6-pack of Halcon Syrah coming tomorrow. Bought on Orlando Bobby's recommendation.

How are you shipping David? FedEx still working in your end? Many wine shops seem closed up too like K&L.

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