Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

JimHow

It wouldn't be a BWE event if we didn't, Bobby G!

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My life has been one of risk taking, Tim.

I have not thought that far, jckba.

My first thoughts are to get somebody legitimate like Alfred Tesseron to commit to a general timeframe and begin to work around that.

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Yes but don't you think it would be tougher to get the French over during the usual April BWE convention season, way over on the left coast, rather than on the east coast of the US, in the mid-Atlantic, where Robt Parker, Tom Wheltle, and a ton of other infrastructure is already in place… Don't you ...

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This bottle, the third from a case, is much nicer than the first two. It definitely passes the 90 point threshold for me. Big and bruisin', not Margaux- or southern Haut Medoc-like, but a beauty nonetheless. 13%. 90 points.

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I like it!
Yes, definitely blind.
There are a million possibilities.
Remember, we could approach like 200 properties from each side.
All we need is 5-6 from each side to participate.

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Has there been a big Bordeaux versus California face-off since the legendary one in the 1970s? I don't know, and I don't care. It is time for a BWE-sanctioned event…. In 2017, I would like to round up 5-10 of the biggest names in Bordeaux and get them in the same room as 5-10 of the biggest names in...

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I'm finding myself liking this bottle. It is full-bodied, a borderline bruiser. It has a mean green streak to it but I like the mean green streak. It is not a typical La Lagne-Cantemerle-Margaux styled effort. But it has a ruggedness that I'm finding appealing. It seems just a bit less harsh than th...

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A wine by which I have not been bowled over to date.
Perhaps a decanting might help.

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I just ordered 3 bottles each of these 2015s: 3 2015 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac 750ml (Future) 68347 $82.00 $246.00 3 2015 Chateau Tour St Christophe St Emilion 750ml (Future) 68353 $25.00 $75.00 3 2015 Chateau Rauzan Segla Margaux 750ml (Future) 68346 $75.00 $225.00 3 2015 Chateau Pape Cleme...

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I expect to be drinking wine into my late 70s and beyond, health permitting. Thus I will be purchasing some 2015s. The pricing seems decent. Not great, but not bad. Smith Haut Lafitte and Pape Clement and that crazy Tour St. Christophe are next on the horizon for me!

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…Which means when the 2015s are TWENTY years old… repeat, TWENTY years old… I'll only be 77.
I mean, come on. Myself, I'm not going crazy, but I'm going to buy me some 2015s….

Giscours
SHL
Pape Clement
du Tertre
Coutet
d'Issan
Gazin
Rausan Segla

And this crazy Tour St. Cristophe shit….

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Dear BWE: I wrote a disturbing little short story over the past week, offered here for your light early summer reading pleasure. I present to you my latest creation, Wojciech Janulewicz, for your imagination to absorb. Like all great Jim How works of fiction it starts off slow. This is intentional, ...

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Chateau Tour St. Christophe -- of which I have never heard before -- is going for $25 at MacArthur's. Seems like a bargain!

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I just pulled the trigger on six bottles of 2015 Giscours.

What's this Tour St. Christophe stuff?

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I was never a big fan, thought he was overrated, but I can't deny his impact. One of his greatest moments was right here in Lewiston, Maine… Just a couple miles from my house. I wasn't at the fight but my father took me there the day before, when they were setting up the ring, great excitement, I re...

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As benevolent dictator of BWE I order your attendance jckba.

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lol. Yeah, it's pretty damned depressing.

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And Christopher Hitchens summarized well how vile her hubby was: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgSocr2DTic And by the way, can we stop talking about how well Bill Clinton worked with the Republicans? They impeached him. And he worked well with them because he signed all their bills (DOMA, "cr...

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I've done over 2,000 bankruptcies over the years and I recall when they "reformed" <rolls eyes> the bankruptcy code back in 2005. Senator Hillary Clinton was so vile during that debacle, shamelessly bought by Wall Street. Here is Elizabeth Warren summarizing well what happened: https://www...

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I'm going to pull the trigger on a case of Giscours, and that will be about it for prearrivals.

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I saw that WSJ article. It gives guys like me hope but I think Hillary is pretty much a lock, unless the unexpected indictment comes. And as for the Trump Man… He is mad. He is a madman. Can you imagine having to put up with those press conferences for 4-8 years? We'd all be emotionally exhausted by...

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That sounds about right. I recall it as being a strong B+ effort. That 2012 Clos de l'Oratoire really opened my eyes to that estate.

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This is the "light on its feet" vintage.
I generally consider "light on its feet" as a positive, as it implies that there is an underlying backbone to the wines as well.

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Interesting. Myself, I've had pretty good luck with the 2006s from Pichon Baron, Haut Bailley, Montrose, Lagrange, we tasted some nice 2006s in the BWE France trip last year, I believe from Palmer and Haut Brion/LMHB.

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I really encourage everyone to get a bottle of the $35-ish 2012.

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Clinton refuses to state where she stands on a tough death penalty issue. Imagine that. What a surprise.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ ... li=BBnb7Kz

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Omg Jean-Nicolas with a porn mustache. Now that I have to see.
Well, I haven't cut my hair yet in this calendar year, and won't do so until they Free Tom Brady.
I won't cut my hair if you leave your porn mustache at least until October in NYC.

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Indeed, both the 1999 Palmer and 1999 Chateau Margaux have been borderline epic in my book.

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This property is the real deal.

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We dined last night at Piccolo Fiore, which was just coincidentally recommended by one of Michael's friends. If I'm not mistaken BWE has had some dinners there. They waived their $25 corkage fee for us. Michael brought a 1967 Barolo, I don't think it even had the producer's name on it. It was intere...

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Amazing presentation, those bottles are beautiful even just to look at.
I want to see the video!

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By all means Francois, no need to ask for permission, I look forward to the report!!!

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So… The big question:

A case of 2015 Giscours, from MacArthur's, a merchant I trust and from whom I have received excellent service, at $52 per bottle, a price that seems to be competitive.

Buy, or No Buy?

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Happy birthday old man, say hi to MEK for us.

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I think the 2012 is every bit as good and it goes for $23.

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Agreed.

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It seems to me Haut Marbuzet disappoints more often than it impresses.

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This is not a profound wine but it is lovely. It is very distinctively Pessac. It will never be La Mission, but these wines are going for $20-35 and they are well-crafted, "pure", smoky, with black cherries, under control alcohol levels, 10-20 year age-worthiness. They are a slight notch b...

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And I keep waiting for you guys to ask what happened, David, when we advanced into the school gymnasium….

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I think Hillary should drop out of the race. I don't think she can beat The Donald: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html In fact, if it weren't for her hack friends like Debbie Wasserman (whose days are numbered, by the way), I don't t...

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