Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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In the end, Nicola, the Maine blueberries with whipped cream did nothing to bring out anything special in the 2009 Calon Segur. Sipping on the last half of the bottle with Ben and Jerry's Boom Chocalatta and Vanilla Chocolate Fudge, however, is drawing a spark....

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Lol, Stefan, it is a running joke in the defense bar here in Maine.

Still, I'm tired.... This is a younger person's game.

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One thing I was telling Dave and Peggy on the back deck was that I really think Joe made a mistake in agreeing that the microphones should be turned off during the debate. I think one of the big moments in the 2020 campaign was when Orange was so out of control during the debate. In 2024, Joe said h...

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Man, skimming through the voluminous CT notes, they seem to be all over the place, from tight to open, tannic and brooding to elegant. It seems to be performing more impressively with the juicy steak, but then again we would hope that most table wine Bordeaux would.

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Somebody on CT described it as "too jammy," maybe that's the descriptor I'm looking for.
Still early, though, the sirloin is on the grill....

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Only 7% merlot, per Leve. He gave it 92 points early on.

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This Calon has a sweetness to it, Nicola, I'm curious about its merlot content and how it compares to other years.

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It was fun to talk politics with David and Peggy, I can't speak for them but I think Peggy is a little more optimistic about the election than Dave and I. I just think this is going to be a brutal final stretch. I kind of wish Harris had come out of the convention with a little more than a one or tw...

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Oh and of course we have the BWE DC '24 convention in October, I got a couple texts from Joel, we had hoped to do a FaceTime with him when Nic was here and Joel was in London but couldn't hook up. I think he has some places lined up for the Friday and Saturday night dinners, though.

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I had a 2020 Meyney the other night that was absolutely stunning, so much so that I ordered 12 more bottles from Saratoga at $30/each.

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13.5% on the 2009 Calon Segur. Both the 1996 and 2016 Lafites said 13% on the bottle, although Nic thinks the 2016 was actually like 12.8%.

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The 2009 Calon Segur is opening up with air, Nicola, it is indeed a complex wine that is still youthful but offering up a lot now. I'm curious how it compares/contrasts with the 2010 Calon Segur.

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I'm sort of officially in vacation mode, a couple things to wrap up but soon it will be off first to Paris for a week, then on to Bangkok for a week, then back to Paris, then back to the U.S., where I will embark on a nine month "trial schedule from hell" that will involve three straight m...

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It was great to get the Maltais and Glassers here, finally, after 24 years! We'll have to get more of you up next summer for Maine lobstah and the Jim How steak-and-fine-northern-Medoc experience on the grill! I was trying to think through the list of BWEers who have visited, I'm sure I've missed so...

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I swear I am telling you the truth: I saw not ONE single mosquito out here on the back deck this summer. Not ONE!

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

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I grilled up a porthouse, T-Bone, and ribeye with the Glassers the other night, I told them, when Tom and Gail come over, they want "the Jim How experience" when it comes to grilling of the steaks with fine northern Medocs: lightly seasoned simply with salt and a little coarse black pepper...

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This is coming out of the gate strong, Nic, such a deep ruby color, a significant contrast with that 1996 Lafite from the other night, I was immediately struck by how it was fading at the rim. Still youthful on the palate, though, a long way to go, the Lafite.

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Soon the trees around my house will turn yellow, orange, red and gold, a poignant beauty that is breathtaking to behold. It peaks fleetingly, then as October turns November the yellows predominate and mix with the remaining green, New England winter around the corner but stunningly beautiful in its ...

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Sitting here on the back deck on an absolutely perfect late August evening in the Great State of Maine. Man, David and Peggy couldn't have ordered more perfect weather.

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Great time David, you and Peggy look healthy and relaxed in retirement, it was fun to sort through the current political mess. It's been a nice four days weatherize in the Great State of Maine! As we discussed, Orange is trying to silence the off-mic portion of the debate, his handlers know that hur...

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Well done. Very well done indeed.

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We'll make a point of it indeed Jean-Fred. We had an absolutely beautiful evening on the back deck last night with Peggy and David, the weather was just perfect. Grilled up some steaks, which we had with 1996 Lafite and 2008 Dom Perignon, both absolutely amazing, the Lafite showing considerable evol...

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What the lobstermen of Maine tell us about the election:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/25/opin ... =url-share

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Thanks Timmy, I'll check it out!

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As Leonard Pinth-Garnell would be fond of saying: The 1993 Batailley was bad. Very bad.

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Thanks JF, we'll get you and Josee down next summer, along with those Ottawans.

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I thought you two were not allowed to be in the same area. I wonder who is the designated survivor?

Security will undoubtedly be enhanced.

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12 x 2020 Meyney

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LEWISTON SUN-JOURNAL VICE DICTATOR TO MAKE HISTORIC FIRST VISIT TO LEWISTON Renowned lawyer philanthropist makes joyful announcement Lewiston, Maine (AP) -- Internationally renowned lawyer and philanthropist Jimmy "Lynch Bages" How confirmed today the upcoming visit this weekend of Bordea...

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I got it for about $600 tax free in NH but I bought them out of their last 22 bottles. Like Stefan said, it is going for well over $800+ here in the US. Buy like the wind!

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It is indeed a historic month, with several of BWE’s earliest members making their first visits to Lewiston….

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Indeed, Nic, it was profound on several levels, bit it really hit me over the head that Bordeaux has survived Parker and modernization, it is still capable of making balanced efforts like this. To me this was the perfect bottle of wine. I can’t think of any aspect of it that was anything less than p...

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In relation to the 1993 Batailley, this was never a good vintage and sounds like whatever fruit it had was suffering from old age, something I’m starting to get used to…. Mark, 1993 Batailley is an inside joke originating from the earliest days of BWE, when Nicola once described a wine "as bor...

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lol yeah it cost me three times its cost to ship it from Belgium.

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That is the BWE spirit Nicola! Of course, all BWEers have an open invitation to BWE back deck holy land!

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I'll be in Bangkok in September, Claudius, we are trying to book as many Michelin restaurants in Paris and Bangkok as possible, we have some interesting reservations in Bangkok but I'm still trying to rationalize my red wine preferences with the cuisine.. I was concerned about ordering my lone bottl...

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Ha I remember in those earliest days of BWE, some guy named Emil, aka "brodway," offered to ship me a case of 1996 Ducru by US Mail, and I could "pay him later." Yeah, right.... A week later, the case was delivered to my office by my local letter carrier. Legendary generosity and...

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Can’t wait, David!
Knock on wood, the early weather reports for your trip to Maine are looking splendid!

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Ha ha, Claudius, I bought three six-bottle owc cases -- 18 bottles -- of the 2016 Mouton Rothschild, based primarily on Musigny151's report that he thought it was the best young Bordeaux he had ever tasted, or something like that. Indeed, the price for it seems to have come back to earth a bit. I ha...

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Sorry we missed you, Danny, we had several video calls planned, including London, but it didn't work out.
We'll catch you guys soon, maybe another visit to Canada this winter.

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