Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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Manton, putting aside the "debate" in this thread, I'm having a little trouble with your lament about wishing the thread had never existed. It well predates your joining the board, a cursory review of the opinions expressed in it would have acquainted yourself with any "slant" in...

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Manton, he was quite moderate on social issues - for his time and then as an "old man" out of office to use your words. He was pretty much a libertarian - a "Brokeback Mountain" conservative and an environmentalist. He suppoorted civil rights but voted against the CRA as an infri...

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Alex, the US is sending drones into sovereign airspace a lot, and not just for reconnaissance. It's one of the principal means of fighting the "war on terror." While I'm all for getting the bad guys doing it this way is highly problematic from an international law standpoint. Fact is, we d...

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BTW, the reason he didn't talk about "social issues" in 1964 is because no one was talking about them, they were not on the table yet. And most of the country agreed on them anyway. Brother manton, how old are you and or what planet do you hail from? Have you ever heard of the Civil Right...

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Has some 09 vintage characteristics but comes across as atypically tannic or hard as against the two other data points I have. Needs a lot of time. I have five more bottles. One's coming with me to Hawaii but if my time frame is only 3-6 years there it might be coming back with me too. Of course thi...

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So, what's the JHEPI of buying more of this?

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I think on the fifth day God was all like frowny face and probably that's where brett came from. Just remember to take it easy on the seventh day, whichever day that is. Have a nice day!

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In this unfrozen half 09 I get more oak in the nose but less in the palate. Jim, what's your oak meter reading now?

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Hey Jim, since we are on to 2016 already, a friend of mine had a pretty interesting idea. The dems should just pay party adherents to resettle away from comfortably blue states into marginally red ones. It would be a lot cheaper and more efficient than traditional campaign spending. The republicans ...

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Told ya. Funny, I took the bottom half out of the freezer to have with a monster T-bone.

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The media also worked very hard to produce those bogus polls showing Obama ahead. Those polls showing the democratic turnout that would equal or exceed that of 2008. Somebody assured me that would never, ever be the case. And that Florida would never, ever go for Obama this year. There definitely is...

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By the way, the 03 is very good, as is the 06 too. I snapped up some handfuls of both that Benchmark Wine Group was giving away last summer.

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No, I already have enough wine set for checked baggage. I'll wait just a little longer.

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Just because the liberal elite mainstream media polls weren't wrong does not mean they didn't conspire to throw the election!

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I have 6 of these and 6 of the 09 Tour de Bessan just waiting for me to push the "deliver" button.

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Yes, I know all that, or assumed it to be true. I guess he would also know best how to further his "brand." Presumably though his brand is not "75% full of shit" or "unhinged." But maybe he's like pro wrestling. That's an enviable franchise in many respects.

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I am lucky. I could be so unlucky as to be Donald Trump. Why is he so angry? By his own admission he is probably the most successful person the world has ever known. What could make the world's most successful person feel so unfulfilled?

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I'm lucky. I like my Bordeaux young, old and middle aged. Just not closed. I like them cheap, expensive and mid-priced. Just not overpriced. I like them crunchy and crystalline, dry and savory, and rich, plush and fat. Just not blowzy. Anyway, I'm a lucky guy.

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I have a few 09s in a holding pattern until they get clearance to land at Honolulu Int'l Airport. I'll be pulling corks when they do. I feel lonesome without my wines. I wonder if they miss me? While it's nice to have stacks of wines to lean on in the cellar, there's a special thrill comes with pull...

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Yes, regarding entitlements. Sadly, I didn't have the luxury of doing without the OASDI payments my mother received on my behalf when my father died prematurely when I was just seven years old. It's possible I would have been able to rear myself up by the boot laces if given the chance. Bully for an...

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Bearing in mind that I did not pay a lot of attention to the campaigns, because I'm too busy pursuing the American dream, Adam Smith-wise, in my own invisible hand, self-interested way that will ultimately redound not just to me but to the benefit of all, I thought Romney ran an above-board, high-ro...

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I'm feeling pumped this morning. That was a lot of pushups, though I stopped when Ohio was called. Anyway Colorado, I've done my job, now it's on to Hawaii for a while. I can't subscribe to the mindset, expressed occasionally, that it is time for hard-working Americans to become a sponges. Sponges h...

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A quick note to Brian Williams: The polls close in Colorado at 7:00 pm, not 9:00 pm. I am sensing an eastern, liberal, media-elite agenda to this election coverage. I've known for a while now what that Great American Curt Gowdy first observed about "the forgotten time zone": "Nine Eas...

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I'm a little ahead of the projections. I have to get up in the morning.

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Savannah Guthrie has Blue eye shadow and Red lip gloss. I've fed that bit of information into the model.

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I'm doing a pushup for every electoral vote my candidate scores.

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A Right banker. From 2000. Voting with your corkscrew.

The 05 CdG is pretty good. 18 bottles good.

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Raise your hand if you think in 30 years Congress votes to change the name of Washington Dulles Airport to Washington Romney Airport.

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If you stand in the center of Bordeaux and face north, Burgundy is pretty far to the right.

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A certain member of this board would like the other members to refocus the discussion back to wine and away from politics. So, what will you be drinking tonight as you watch the election returns? Let me make a couple of guesses: JimHow: A "Left" bank wine. Stefan: A moderately aged Champag...

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I omitted the '00 Duhart, which was really good. Up there.

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Sortons en boîte ce soir !

That's a new one on me. I like it.

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Mark: Better than cat's pee!

Marc: I recall now the BD poured a 2000 LB a couple of years ago which was clearly special. I'm trying to recall whether I placed it in the "Holy Trinity" with the 99 Margaux and the 95 Cheval Blanc that evening.

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Here we might refer to a polling firm or "house" as a polling "Chateau" for the sake of clarity. I wonder if the Bordelais would launch a protest.

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So I noticed that the 1990 Semeillan Mazeau I just purchased came in two sequentially numbered batches per the label: bottles 2,6xx and 12,xxx, the numbers in each series being very close sequentially. I opened one of the 2,6xx bottles and it's corked. That had me worried. I opened one of the 12,xxx...

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A du Tertre I had a few years ago was excellent, but one more recently was pretty lean and closed. A Louviere I had shortly after release was excellent - one of the more notable bottles I've had - but one a year or two ago was like a caged ferret. The Beychevelle was rich and soft from the get go an...

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This business is making me anxious. And when I get anxious, I buy Bordeaux. I've been holding off on a couple of items until I could ship them direct to Hawaii. Can't hold off much longer.

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2000: a bust, or just in a weird place? We've heard one BWEr's opinion on this fairly recently.

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If you have a feeling that this site and the so-called "JHEP Index" are part of the MSM conspiracy to reelect Obama, you're not alone. Maybe. Or maybe you are.

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Both sides fear a mine shaft gap. Thus the polling.

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