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- Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:21 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWE London 2023: The Epilogue
- Replies: 11
- Views: 957
Re: BWE London 2023: The Epilogue
As Ian covers, we had one last wine dinner on my return home from Europe. Such a treat to get one last evening with Ian and a couple of fully mature Ducru. Ian captures both wines, though I slightly preferred the 71 (birth-year bias?) for its more expressive and complex aromatics and it’s wonderful ...
- Sat Apr 01, 2023 8:52 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Biggest deception of the last 10 years
- Replies: 12
- Views: 671
- Thu Mar 30, 2023 9:14 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Bordeaux
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2724
Re: 2020 Bordeaux
Damn, those are some really positive scores. I like. Most of those were not shown at the K&L 2020 UGC, but of the same wines at both events, here are my scores: Gazin: 93-94 sturdy, balanced, strong potential DDC (rouge): 95+ (see Ian’s comments) Leoville Barton: 97 killer, balanced, power and c...
- Thu Mar 30, 2023 7:16 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: A glorious BWE week of wine and friendship in Ian Amstad's City of London.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1355
Re: A glorious BWE week of wine and friendship in Ian Amstad's City of London.
Love the write up, Jim. So many thoughts to process, it’s hard to get it out, and now I’m here with my family traveling around France, but my share your feelings, what an amazing trip…. A wine that didn’t get much mention but that I really enjoyed was the 95 Pesquera Reserva. It was just outside my ...
- Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:33 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2020 Bordeaux
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2724
- Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:35 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWE London 2023: Saturday Night
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1657
Re: BWE London 2023: Saturday Night
Ian Amstad: Saving the world's banking system by day, drinking and sharing the world's finest wines by night!
- Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:21 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 37 Pichon Lalande
- Replies: 4
- Views: 350
Re: 37 Pichon Lalande
The 37 was my favorite old wine (ie pre-1970), by a wide margin. It was really good.
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:58 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: President Trump
- Replies: 5492
- Views: 692168
Re: President Trump
After over six years of non-stop efforts by all the most powerful institutions in American life to come up with something to definitively take Trump down, we've ended up with...miscategorizing his hush money payments to a mistress in the company books? Which then apparently had to be upcharged from...
- Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:37 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Nebbiolo wines tasting
- Replies: 2
- Views: 195
Re: Nebbiolo wines tasting
This. I had a 00 PdB Moccagatta Riserva at age 15 and it was shockingly tight on day one (arrived for business only 24 hrs after opening). In the bigger vintages, these take at least 20 years to even think about.
- Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:45 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: What are we drinking in the Omicron ominous?
- Replies: 1979
- Views: 192495
Re: What are we drinking in the Omicron ominous?
It was the Cuvée Jean Gautreau, Patrick. I just forgot to mention that in this post. Actually, you have to have sharp eyes to find Sociando on the label as it appears only in the symbol. Thanks, Bill. Given the ripe, presumably forward 09 vintage, I hoped this one was primed for a Howing, but it so...
- Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:51 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWE London: Saturday night 2019 Blind Tasting....
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4534
Re: BWE London: Saturday night 2019 Blind Tasting....
I'd rather pony up for the 90 Lynch if that's not already in the works...
And if not already planned, I really enjoy doing verticals blind... let the wines themselves tell us which is the best ever!... just sayin'.
And if not already planned, I really enjoy doing verticals blind... let the wines themselves tell us which is the best ever!... just sayin'.
- Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:07 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWE London: Saturday night 2019 Blind Tasting....
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4534
Re: BWE London: Saturday night 2019 Blind Tasting....
Can’t wait for this vertical, my 83 Lynch’s fill is almost as good as the one for Nic’s 88… I’d bring the 82 if I had one!Comte Flaneur wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:00 pm That is going to be amazing with the 1986 also in the mix for the Lynch vertical, thanks Joel, we are only missing the 1982, because Patrick is bringing the 1983.
- Sat Mar 18, 2023 7:15 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWE London: Saturday night 2019 Blind Tasting....
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4534
Re: BWE London: Saturday night 2019 Blind Tasting....
Given the epic quantities of wine Ian has sketched out, I’d vote for only 5 wines in the 2019 flight:
2019 Lynch Bages (Ian)
2019 Montrose (Jim)
2019 Mystery Wine (Jim)
2019 d'Issan (Joel)
2019 Giscours (Patrick)
2019 Lynch Bages (Ian)
2019 Montrose (Jim)
2019 Mystery Wine (Jim)
2019 d'Issan (Joel)
2019 Giscours (Patrick)
- Sat Mar 18, 2023 7:13 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: What are we drinking in the Omicron ominous?
- Replies: 1979
- Views: 192495
Re: What are we drinking in the Omicron ominous?
Nice, Bill. Was this the normale Sociando or the reserve bottling with the different label, the Cuvée Jean Gautreau?
Sounds like it was the normale but I thought you said you purchase the special cuvee in the other thread.
Sounds like it was the normale but I thought you said you purchase the special cuvee in the other thread.
- Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:04 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Couldn't keep my hands off 2016 Siran....
- Replies: 11
- Views: 518
Re: Couldn't keep my hands off 2016 Siran....
Thanks for the check in, DG. I bought the 16 but don’t think I’ve tried one yet. I did seriously enjoy the 15 around release as you know, but a subsequent bottle a couple years later was far less enjoyable and showed more overtly modern. I confess to having dumped my half case of the 16 after readin...
- Fri Mar 17, 2023 11:45 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4887
- Views: 1558243
- Fri Mar 17, 2023 11:44 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2023 BWE LONDON / MARCH 23, 24, 25, 2023
- Replies: 246
- Views: 19221
Re: 2023 BWE LONDON / MARCH 23, 24, 25, 2023
What could it be? 1961 Latour? 1900 Margaux? 2016 Tour Saint Christophe? Or the fabled deserted island juice?Comte Flaneur wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:39 pm The Palmieri stash included one - pristine - bottle - of - by far - the greatest wine ever produced by human kind…
- Fri Mar 17, 2023 11:41 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Please pre order!! BWE London 2023: La Cabotte, March 24
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8117
- Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:14 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4887
- Views: 1558243
- Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:10 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2023 BWE LONDON / MARCH 23, 24, 25, 2023
- Replies: 246
- Views: 19221
Re: 2023 BWE LONDON / MARCH 23, 24, 25, 2023
One small step for sommelier, one giant leap for BWE…
- Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:06 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4887
- Views: 1558243
- Fri Mar 17, 2023 5:27 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: So what have you bought lately?
- Replies: 4887
- Views: 1558243
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Since 14 is the new 02, and everyone seems to love the 14 Sociando Mallet (normale), I just grabbed 3 magnums of the ‘14 Cuvée Jean Gautreau for $90/each for future conventions.
- Fri Mar 17, 2023 2:12 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Please pre order!! BWE London 2023: La Cabotte, March 24
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8117
Re: Please pre order!! BWE London 2023: La Cabotte, March 24
Starter: Burrata
Main: Slow cooked lamb belly
Side: Wilted spring greens
Dessert: French cheeses
Canape Menu
Half dozen oysters
Thanks Ian!
Main: Slow cooked lamb belly
Side: Wilted spring greens
Dessert: French cheeses
Canape Menu
Half dozen oysters
Thanks Ian!
- Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:35 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Thunder in London, 22 years after Chicago : 2019 Lynch Bages vs 2019 Montrose
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1855
- Wed Mar 15, 2023 12:09 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Best $1.79 bottle of wine in history?: 2013 Wind Gap Woodruff Chardonnay
- Replies: 1
- Views: 163
Best $1.79 bottle of wine in history?: 2013 Wind Gap Woodruff Chardonnay
2013 Wind Gap Woodruff Chardonnay Bright, fresh, gingery-limey bouquet. Tart palate, all lime and wet stones. Zippy, simple, long, lean, nice pairing with salmon, gets the job done. So, as mentioned previously, I got a 6 bottle lot of this from WineBid for $10.78 all-in. Best $1.79 bottle of wine in...
- Tue Mar 14, 2023 9:42 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWE London: Saturday night 2019 Blind Tasting....
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4534
Re: BWE London: Saturday night 2019 Blind Tasting....
Sorry, I misspoke, I have the 2019 Giscours (not the Gloria). Even better. Will save me a trip to the store. Now I just need to know if everyone wants the Branaire, or some other fun 80's Bordeaux. Maybe 89 Pichon Lalande. Or 1990 Haut Bailly etc. Easy! 80’s Bordeaux, the best ever! If it helps, I ...
- Tue Mar 14, 2023 8:41 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWE London: Saturday night 2019 Blind Tasting....
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4534
Re: BWE London: Saturday night 2019 Blind Tasting....
Sorry, I misspoke, I have the 2019 Giscours (not the Gloria).
- Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:30 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWE London: Saturday night 2019 Blind Tasting....
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4534
Re: BWE London: Saturday night 2019 Blind Tasting....
Actually, I’ll can bring a 19 GISCOURS easier than a Branaire.
- Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:30 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWE London: Saturday night 2019 Blind Tasting....
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4534
Re: BWE London: Saturday night 2019 Blind Tasting....
I can bring a 750 of the 19 Branaire, happy to do it especially as Branaire has become my poor man’s Lynch Bages/rich man’s Cantemerle.
- Tue Mar 14, 2023 2:47 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Apologies that I cannot make London…
- Replies: 8
- Views: 847
Re: Apologies that I cannot make London…
You’ll be missed, Marcus. Hope your mother’s health improves quickly.
- Tue Mar 14, 2023 3:06 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Who’s indubitably making their best wine ever?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 655
Re: Who’s indubitably making their best wine ever?
Thinking on this, I realized there’s at least one wine from the post-90 era that can run with the best of the 80’s: 1995 Figeac. What an incredible wine. I think once fully ready — they’re evolving glacially indeed — some 98 Right Bankers will be as good as of yore. Overall I’m higher (possibly much...
- Mon Mar 13, 2023 11:52 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Who’s indubitably making their best wine ever?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 655
Re: Who’s indubitably making their best wine ever?
Nice write up, Mark. Several takes away (from my perspective): (1) for your palate, modern Bordeaux isn't better than traditional Bordeaux; (2) but given the realities of climate change and the market place, modern Bordeaux is probably as good as nature allows it, with ripeness and extraction dialed...
- Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:27 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Who’s indubitably making their best wine ever?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 655
Re: Who’s indubitably making their best wine ever?
Can’t argue with most of these worthy nominees. But lots of them were making plonk in the 80’s, so nowhere to go but up from there. An interesting debate could be centered around a chateau like Montrose. Arguably it didn’t round into peak form until 89/90 (though there are lots of glowing notes on t...
- Mon Mar 13, 2023 2:03 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Bordeaux today
- Replies: 9
- Views: 724
- Mon Mar 13, 2023 2:00 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Who’s indubitably making their best wine ever?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 655
Re: Who’s indubitably making their best wine ever?
Good questions. I’m definitely thinking about chateau that made good to great wine in the past, but have really pulled off something even better in the new era.
But if you have examples from outside Bordeaux that meet this criterion, I’m all ears.
But if you have examples from outside Bordeaux that meet this criterion, I’m all ears.
- Mon Mar 13, 2023 1:39 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Who’s indubitably making their best wine ever?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 655
Who’s indubitably making their best wine ever?
The WK article chatter, here and on Berserkers, has prompted some reflection. Do I even buy that notion that any chateau is indubitably making their best wine ever? Of course, we only have the vintages we’ve tasted to compare to and most of us haven’t been lucky enough to taste these wines through t...
- Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:21 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Bordeaux today
- Replies: 9
- Views: 724
Re: Bordeaux today
I should add that my skepticism doesn’t mean I think the Bordeaux of today is no good. I still buy it, cellar it and enjoy it (some of it anyways). I just reject/doubt the “best ever” notion and will continue to until my palate tells me otherwise.
For my curmudgeonly old-school palate.
For my curmudgeonly old-school palate.
- Sun Mar 12, 2023 10:55 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Bordeaux today
- Replies: 9
- Views: 724
Re: Bordeaux today
Very interesting and well written article. Nevertheless I’m still skeptical, but maybe because we’ve been hearing for 35+ years “the bordelaise have never made better wine”, which WK’s essay debunks… right up until the current vintages that just happen to be for sale. Sorry to be cynical, but I’ve s...
- Sun Mar 12, 2023 7:21 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: BWE London 2023: Noize, March 25
- Replies: 17
- Views: 979
Re: BWE London 2023: Noize, March 25
I think that's a solid idea, Patrick. I plan to have bottles of each with me. Still whitling down the list but I know that I have an 83 Gruaud Larose that I'd be happy to bring. I have a 1990 Haut Bailly that I could bring. I was thinking about bringing a 1989 Pichon Lalande as well. But I think Ia...
- Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:27 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: We only live once, live a little, I say.... The 2019 Chateau Montrose has been uncorked....
- Replies: 59
- Views: 2067
Re: We only live once, live a little, I say.... The 2019 Chateau Montrose has been uncorked....
Can’t wait to try this in London!