Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Blanquito

Got an 09 Lanessan breathing to accompany dinner tonight.

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Just won three bottles of the 2011 Robert Chevillon Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains for $70 each.

Hope you guys were right about this producer! Gilman also gave this wine high marks, 95 pts worth.

When to drink?

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OK I will get the ball rolling 2000 La Tour Haut Brion Double decanted at 5pm four hours before the conference. Still taut, youthful, with smoky, scorched earth notes, tensile and not particularly generous right now; coiled and strict, holding back something in reserve. As the call progressed it be...

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2015 Chateau Siran is an excellent, even more than excellent fot the price. Dark color, nose of concentrayed blsckberries and red Margaux berries, light spices, light oak and some rasberries. In mouth, young but with that balanced power, flavored with red berries, cinnamon, spices, more red fruits....

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Sorry I had to miss it, gents. 2 PM local Colorado time just couldn’t work for me given the full-time domestic situation during lockdown and a six-year-old and a three-year-old loving their constant parental attention. Looks like it was a great online offline!

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Finished a great bottle of 2004 Selvapiana Bucerchiale Riserva Chianti Rufina last night. This is in a great place. Traditional stylings combined with tremendous freshness and a terrific core of unadulterated fruit. One of my favorite Tuscan wines and truly one of the world’s great QPRs at $25-30. I...

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Stefan: So are you saying my case of Cal Cab that went into FedEx from HDH 2 weeks ago will be OK when finally delivered? Seems because I used a business address, and the Bay Area shut down all but essential businesses 2 weeks ago, that FedEx decided they can't deliver those and has just left every...

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I’ve liked the 13 Geyserville from day 1.

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I opened a bottle of the 2004 Geyserville this week. Both Paula and I thought it was fabulous. It had such lovely balance and, surprisingly for a Zin, it was almost Burgundy-like in its finesse. It may be the best Ridge Zin I've ever drunk. Sounds great. I normally love Geyserville, it’s probably m...

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Had an 01 Ridge Geyserville last night. Just needed some lamb stew. Very good, but I suspect it was better/fresher 4-5 years ago: Rich, roasted, jammy bouquet reminiscent of cocoa powder, cassis reduction, hot chocolate, black cherry compote, and minty-eucalyptic topnotes. There’s something a touch ...

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And when speaking of investment grade 1st growth wines, could the 2016 Mouton Rothschild be the most investable Bdx wine ever at that $600 +/- price point? What was the price of '61 Latour in 1965? In real terms, I’d still wager the 61 was way cheaper in 1965 than where first growths are priced tod...

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stefan wrote:Lucie's thought of the day: "If you have a glass of wine in your hand you cannot touch your face".

Genius. Someone should get the CDC on the horn and have them update their guidelines and recommendations.

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stefan wrote:Lucie is making a Moroccan lamb stew. It is challenging to pair a wine with this dish. I decided to try a Usseglio CdP. We'll see.

Almost sounds like something for an Amarone.

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Had a very pleasant bottle of Gruner from Alzinger last night, got a dry Alsatian Riesling from Weinbach on deck for this evening.

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I’ll second the recco for the Halcon Alturas syrah. Great stuff especially for $30.

Doubt I’d think it was northern Rhône if served blind, but certainly it’s one of my favorite new world syrahs.

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JoelD wrote:Whats a good price for that 1990 La Louviere? May keep an eye out

I just got some for $65 at auction, and the bottles look pristine. That’s as high as I’ve gone for this wine — it used to be out there pretty regularly for $50 or $55 not long ago — but the condition of the bottles made me do it.

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Thanks, I’ll hold off then. Got plenty of other stuff really to go instead.

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How are the 2012 SI PN drinking, Bill? I’ve got several each of Shea, Momtazi, Freedom Hill and Temperance.

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Enjoyed a 1990 Louviere rouge last night with homemade egg noodles and tenderloin. A terrific bargain in mature bordeaux, this has been drinking well for at least 15 years. Still going strong, 92 pts.

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I had a number of excellent bottles of the 89 and 90 La Gurgue, all consumed by 2001. These were super cheap in 1994 and 1995 and were a stable at dinners in grad school.

I bought some 05 LGurgue, but have yet to try one. This note is making me want to change that.

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Fox News Poll — Saturday March 27th, 2020
General Election: Trump vs. Biden — Biden 49, Trump 40 — Biden +9

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Wow. Sounds incredible.

My bro and I have one joint bottle of the 96 Margaux; based on this superlative note, I’d propose opening it now if he weren’t sequestered in nyc.

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Been the official end to the Great BWE 2020 Buying Moratorium (we have to do our part to support the global economy, after all) and too much time with little to do except cook and drink great wine, I have put 20 some bids out on lots at various auction sites right now. I am sure to lose many of thes...

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I almost never get to try cahors, but I love the region aesthetically.

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Lol.... I pray you are right, blanquito. I pray you are right... I think there is a third option... The whole electoral process will be thrown into chaos by corona, and Orange will retain control with a little help from his friends (at SCOTUS). I try really hard not to go there, such scenarios give...

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JimHow wrote:A lot of people eat that shit up.

Like modern Chateauneuf du Pape.

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I think the elevation is shaping up in a pretty straightforward way: First, the election will be close given entrenched partisanship and the realities of the electoral college (unless there's an economic disaster). Second, the economy will tip the outcome, given how close the fundamentals are. If th...

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Glad I did not bid on those items, Patrick. I was happy to get 6 bottles of the 2014 Louis Michel Montee de Tonnerre for $226 at the same auction. Close call! I tried to bid on those Chablis at the last second, but the auction timed-out. Are you W*, B* or S* at KL, Bill? I do see you time to time, ...

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Great stuff, gang... Damn DavidG, I didn’t know the G stood for gangsta! You’re drinking extremely well, I need to step up my game.

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Towards the end of last week we snuck for a little jolly before everything shut down, see separate post. Over the weekend a disappointing 96 La Mission versus expectations Working from home I have been drinking more than normal but also counterbalancing that by cycling every day on a step hilly cir...

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stefan wrote:Glad I did not bid on those items, Patrick. I was happy to get 6 bottles of the 2014 Louis Michel Montee de Tonnerre for $226 at the same auction.

Close call! I tried to bid on those Chablis at the last second, but the auction timed-out.

Are you W*, B* or S* at KL, Bill?

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With the buying moratorium suspended like Bloomberg’s campaign (I was way ahead of the curve on that one, buying weeks ago in anticipation), I’ve won the following pristine-looking bottles recently on auction: -1982 Talbot, 3 bottles, $173 each all-in -1990 Louviere rouge, 3 bottles, $65 each all-in...

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Enjoying with dinner prep, a 2004 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese #18 ... Intensely aromatic nose of bruised yellow apples, honey, lime, crystallized ginger. Big sweet attack, but with decent brightness if served extra cold. This is very large-scaled, borderline heavily-honeyed o...

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We've drunk quite a few Oregon Pinot Noir. I was pleased with 2016 St Innocent Zenith the other night--it was in a better place right now than the 2014 St Innocent Justice we drank the same evening. Yesterday afternoon, motivated by the good showing of 2000 left bank wines in DC, I cracked my case ...

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Like Jim, I’ve been catching up on household chores, getting lots of QT with the fam, and cooking up a storm. A little wine has been opened as well. To help weather the storm, let’s share what we’re each drinking in our respective bunkers in a low-maintenance, no-formal-notes listing style (to encou...

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Happy bday, Jill! Are you old enough to legally drink yet?

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I can’t bear to look...

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I know not all loved it, but the 2015 Siran at ~$30 was a great deal.

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I’d expect to have 7 cases of Geyserville lying around, as a start.

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Hmmm, just checked, I am getting low on Ridge, down to 7.5 cases across all varietals, bottlings and vineyards.

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