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- Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:52 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Poll: HWSRN: Has he been good or has he been bad for Bdx?
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Re: Poll: HWSRN: Has he been good or has he been bad for Bdx?
One quick correction. I realized 15 minutes after I sent the previous post (while I was out walking our dog) that I misspoke slightly in responding to the issue of blind tasting. I should have said that my understanding is that Parker historically tasted wines that were blinded not double-blinded. ...
- Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:16 am
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- Topic: Poll: HWSRN: Has he been good or has he been bad for Bdx?
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Re: Poll: HWSRN: Has he been good or has he been bad for Bdx?
If you are good enough to taste the La Conseillante-ness in the La Conseillante, then I don't doubt you might be disappointed if it were replaced by even a (objectively?) "better" wine that did not taste quite the same. But it's a brave new world and there's probably an emerging cohort la...
- Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:47 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Poll: HWSRN: Has he been good or has he been bad for Bdx?
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Re: Poll: HWSRN: Has he been good or has he been bad for Bdx?
To add to this... I've had a number of dinners with J-M Laporte from La Conseillante and he agrees with me on one thing. He prefers his 06 to his 05. Why, because he had to work hard in 06 and make a wine that a) tells a story, and b) tastes like a quintessential La Conseillante. He says the 05 is a...
- Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:44 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Poll: HWSRN: Has he been good or has he been bad for Bdx?
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Re: Poll: HWSRN: Has he been good or has he been bad for Bdx?
1982 is when modern winemaking techniques were not in place and remember... Alcohol levels at13.5 were considered ripe then. 13.5 (eh hem, 2007) is considered weedy now. I think Leo-Poy 08 is good because it is from what critics consider a marginal vintage. I will think forever that 08 is a BWE kind...
- Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:29 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: HWSRN on Bdx
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Re: HWSRN on Bdx
No, more like ego rubbing but to be fair, all the comments seem pretty genuine if you understand HWSRN's palate.
- Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:20 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Poll: HWSRN: Has he been good or has he been bad for Bdx?
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Re: Poll: HWSRN: Has he been good or has he been bad for Bdx?
Yes, as Jeff will argue, it's a free market and in some theoretical sense if you believe in capitalism shouldn't producers be able to charge whatever the market will bear, ...-- there's a lot less thin, watery, astringent bordeaux these days because of Parker's and other critics' encouragement of v...
- Wed Feb 06, 2013 5:18 pm
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- Topic: Poll: HWSRN: Has he been good or has he been bad for Bdx?
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Re: Poll: HWSRN: Has he been good or has he been bad for Bdx?
I love Haut-Bailly but (this isn't in a bad way) the style has changed. It has gone from classic Pessac- 1983 is magical to being something more akin to VCC or Red burgundy. Not necessarily a bad thing, but Pessac it is no longer! I suppose some things like Domaine de Chevalier and Pape-Clement can ...
- Wed Feb 06, 2013 9:27 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Poll: HWSRN: Has he been good or has he been bad for Bdx?
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Re: Poll: HWSRN: Has he been good or has he been bad for Bdx?
Jim,
There is always Louis Jadot to save the day...
Isn't it about time we had a protest vote WOTY??
2010 Piedmont perhaps?? :p
There is always Louis Jadot to save the day...
Isn't it about time we had a protest vote WOTY??
2010 Piedmont perhaps?? :p
- Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:26 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Few odds and ends
- Replies: 8
- Views: 861
Re: Few odds and ends
Thank you for the notes. A nice collection of middle (?) to young aged wines. It is nice to see the Eugenio Bocchino wine showing well. Whilst the wines are modern, it was one of my most memorable visits when in Piemonte... they have a lovely house at the foot of the hill going up to La Morra, and t...
- Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:17 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Poll: HWSRN: Has he been good or has he been bad for Bdx?
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- Views: 49788
Re: Poll: HWSRN: Has he been good or has he been bad for Bdx?
Because of everything that has transpired, I said negative, but I can't really disagree with anything said. To be honest, one could argue that the biggest problem is not Parker but points and price chasers. A good example. I went to a restaurant that I love on Saturday with friends, and they have a ...
- Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:48 am
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- Topic: Château Palmer Tasting in Oxford (9 January 2013)
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Re: Château Palmer Tasting in Oxford (9 January 2013)
99 Palmer is WOTV no??
Fantastic stuff...
Fantastic stuff...
- Thu Jan 31, 2013 2:03 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Vintages of the noughties revisited
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Re: Vintages of the noughties revisited
For me...
2005
2000
2009
2006
2008
2002
2001
2004
2007 (I think these will show well eventually though and in time will be above 04)
2003
2005
2000
2009
2006
2008
2002
2001
2004
2007 (I think these will show well eventually though and in time will be above 04)
2003
- Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:10 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Chateau d'Aiguilhe Querre, Cotes du Castillon
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Re: Chateau d'Aiguilhe Querre, Cotes du Castillon
Thanks Robert,
I'll see if I can taste some first.
2010 is a vintage I do really like, but I'm concerned that it may be lacking, because at the Cru Bourgeois tasting in London I found a lot of wines were not well balanced compared with the big guns.
I'll see if I can taste some first.
2010 is a vintage I do really like, but I'm concerned that it may be lacking, because at the Cru Bourgeois tasting in London I found a lot of wines were not well balanced compared with the big guns.
- Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:31 pm
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- Topic: Chateau d'Aiguilhe Querre, Cotes du Castillon
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Chateau d'Aiguilhe Querre, Cotes du Castillon
... or should that be AOP Castillon, Cotes de Bordeaux. ?? :twisted: :?: Possibly more a question for Alex, but we are putting together a work offer for 2010 Bordeaux pre-arrival and whilst the prices are lowest on the UK market, some are still quite eye-watering and make me feel a bit... :cry: :o :...
- Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:01 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TNs: two white Burgs, a Tuscan and a South African.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 258
Re: TNs: two white Burgs, a Tuscan and a South African.
That's the problem nowadays. Mature white burgs can be absolutely magical, but when spending that much money, is one willing to take the risk? I tend to be drinking my white burgs younger and younger (and often at the lower end for earlier drinking) nowadays. Right now, I really should try some 05s ...
- Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:19 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN's Ch Poujeaux 2008
- Replies: 5
- Views: 429
Re: TN's Ch Poujeaux 2008
I don't see a huge change in style. The consultantancy have come along, but having spoken to members of the team, nothing has changed in how things are done. I think Derononcourt coming to give advice may lead to more consistency, but I've always liked the wines. I tasted the 2008 when I tasted the ...
- Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:51 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Is this a left-leaning board?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4583
Re: Is this a left-leaning board?
More left, but I have a dirty secret... "a penchant for Pomerol", and the odd Saint-Emilion etc.
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:55 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TNs: two white Burgs, a Tuscan and a South African.
- Replies: 4
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TNs: two white Burgs, a Tuscan and a South African.
2010 Bourgogne Blanc; Domaine Hudelot-Baillet lots of buttery fruit, good depth and rounded perfume. Good zip and poise, with hints of clay and quite a plump figure. Plenty of citrus, grapefruit and lime fruit and nice length. Lots of clay and earthy notes; a hint of wax... Lovely round length. Ora...
- Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:07 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: Piemonte Trip 3; Report
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Re: Piemonte Trip 3; Report
As usual per every year, Day 1 of my annual trip to Piemonte can be found here. This year we only went for three days rather than four, so it will be a bit shorter, but it was probably better for the fact that it was a not a huge group and we were thus able to visit producers who accept no more tha...
- Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:31 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TNs: Spain and Chile.
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TNs: Spain and Chile.
2011 Bodegas Castaño, Monastrell Viñas Viejas en Altura, DO Yecla smoke, blackcurrant and tobacco, some depth and je ne sais quoi. There is something about this that draws you in. Angostura bitters, leather and tobacco. Smoke and fruit, with good length, simple but better than the price charged for...
- Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:30 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2010 Bordeaux Buying Plan?
- Replies: 83
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Re: 2010 Bordeaux Buying Plan?
Perhaps for many Cru Bourgeois and the like... but from barrel, and from bottle, I saw no obvious lack of fruit in the top estates.
I really think there may be transport issues for some of these wines, or simply that after 4 months in bottle they are heading into a deep slumber.
I really think there may be transport issues for some of these wines, or simply that after 4 months in bottle they are heading into a deep slumber.
- Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:33 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TNs, including 1985 La Conseillante
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Re: TNs, including 1985 La Conseillante
Mike,
Great notes.
I've had three or four bottles of the 85 La-C, and the first set in motion the idea of a La-C mega tasting in London a couple of years ago.
It was simply magical, the other bottles haven't lived up to the high, but your bottle sounds like my first.
Great notes.
I've had three or four bottles of the 85 La-C, and the first set in motion the idea of a La-C mega tasting in London a couple of years ago.
It was simply magical, the other bottles haven't lived up to the high, but your bottle sounds like my first.
- Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:26 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: What Was Your Epiphany Bordeaux?
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Re: What Was Your Epiphany Bordeaux?
I'd drunk quite a lot of Bordeaux, but the search for greatness started when I tried 61 Mouton... Rather than simply a nice fruity drink, I started to see wine as something altogether more magical. I'd been tasting wines simply because I liked the differences, but that set the "hole in the wall...
- Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:51 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2010 Bordeaux Buying Plan?
- Replies: 83
- Views: 16371
Re: 2010 Bordeaux Buying Plan?
WOW, All the comments from the UGC there are coming out completely different to the UK one's late last year which I went to to reconfirm or disprove my original assertions, and low and behold, I was correct in that nothing had changed, and I felt the wines had improved and hadn't seen too much wood....
- Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:48 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TNs: the scourge of TCA and a Tuscan...
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TNs: the scourge of TCA and a Tuscan...
2007 Bourgogne Blanc "Cuvée Oligocène"; Patrick Javillier showing butter, caramel, cooked lemon and lime on the nose, then there is something bitter (not Angostura) and astringent on the palate. Then it is quite nasty and showing hints of TCA on the finish. Not undrinkable, but the fruit ...
- Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:45 am
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- Topic: TN: a pleasant Spanish red...
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TN: a pleasant Spanish red...
2010 Abril de Azul y Garanza; Tempranillo-Cabernet Sauvignon: DO Navarra, Agricultura Ecológica lots of dark fruits, strawberry and minty herbs, some silky wood and vanilla. A hint of meat and leather... Quite crisp and clean on the palate. Almost verging on delicate, not lean but not heavy or too ...
- Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:20 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: 2010 Bordeaux Buying Plan?
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Re: 2010 Bordeaux Buying Plan?
http://www.bordeauxwineenthusiasts.com/ ... f=4&t=2833
These were my thoughts from a buying trip for the company to Bordeaux in April 2011.
I tasted at the London UGC, and the wines had calmed and showed well... my thoughts remain consistent with my original opinions.
These were my thoughts from a buying trip for the company to Bordeaux in April 2011.
I tasted at the London UGC, and the wines had calmed and showed well... my thoughts remain consistent with my original opinions.
- Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:09 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TNs: Anne Gros Bourgogne, CNDP & others:..
- Replies: 4
- Views: 305
Re: TNs: Anne Gros Bourgogne, CNDP & others:..
Indeed, I'm not usually a fan of this producer, but this was lovely... Some of their other bottles I've tasted in Japan have been a bit too modern. There was a nice middle ground with this one. I would add that Koshu is quite light and idiosyncratic but in terms of flavour that is probably the best ...
- Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:40 am
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- Topic: TN: a Japanese white of quality.
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TN: a Japanese white of quality.
2010 Grace Koshu "Toriibira Vineyard"; Chuo Grape Wine Co. Ltd lots of smoke, flint and lime aromas on the nose, lots of freshness and poise, plenty of zip and elegance. Very classic and flinty, and a welcome return to the mineral classic style of old after a vintage of ripe international...
- Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:39 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TNs: Anne Gros Bourgogne, CNDP & others:..
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- Views: 305
Re: TNs: Anne Gros Bourgogne, CNDP & others:..
It is a Japanese white wine from Katsunuma made from the Koshu Grape. Iwai means celebration. This particular winery has Bernard Magrez as a consultant/partner.
- Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:47 am
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- Topic: TNs: naturalness-- Frizzante Rosso & Orange!
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TNs: naturalness-- Frizzante Rosso & Orange!
2010 Trebbiolo Frizzante; Bonarda, Barbera: La Stoppa funk, earth and chocolate, very fresh and with plenty of scorched earth and a hint of fizz. Bacon fat and blood. Some grip and structure... Beautiful with the Nduja, this is an umami filled combination! Pepper, spice and chili oil. It is mainly ...
- Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:42 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TNs: Anne Gros Bourgogne, CNDP & others:..
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TNs: Anne Gros Bourgogne, CNDP & others:..
2010 Iwai; Koshu, Katsunuma Winery: Adega Vinicola D'Aruga lots of bitter herbs, lemon and silky texture, good freshness, flint, marble. Quite lifted, perfumed, crisp, rotten rice, raw brown rice, there is some waxy undertones, some lemon juice and minerals. Raw white fish; lemon sole perhaps? Lots...
- Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:28 pm
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- Topic: TNs: Rhone & Friends head to the beach...
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Re: TNs: Rhone & Friends head to the beach...
I'd probably say for the fresher styles white fish, grilled or fried... Perhaps with a creamy sauce for Older wines or richer styles.
- Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:42 am
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TNs: Rhone & Friends head to the beach...
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TNs: Rhone & Friends head to the beach...
... Or rather to a local Italian restaurant for Mayuko's birthday! 2012 Conegliano, Prosecco Superiore, Sainbury's Taste the difference lots of green apple, chalk and freshness, simple, appealing and loveable. Quite round and fruit driven, with lovely herby balance. A great little Prosecco that tick...
- Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:14 am
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- Topic: TN: a mature White Burgundy.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 179
Re: TN: a mature White Burgundy.
JM, This is a wine I have followed for a number of years. It always punches well above its weight and is as good as a lot of village wines. Patrick Javillier for me is third only to Coche-Dury & Pierre Yves Colin-Morey in the whole of white Burgundy. His reds can be exciting as well, but are mad...
- Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:09 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN: a mature White Burgundy.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 179
TN: a mature White Burgundy.
2007 Bourgogne Blanc "Cuvée Oligocène; Patrick Javillier initially quite honeyed and with a hint of palo Cartado & wild flowers, this has become very focused, mineral and precise on the palate with the mildest hint of lemon, lime, butter. Some richness and breathe marry well to bright acid...
- Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:59 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TN 2007 Produttori del Barbaresco
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- Views: 196
Re: TN 2007 Produttori del Barbaresco
The non single vineyard vintage is 06 which is quite brooding and backward. 05 Riservas are starting to sing now. 07 was a warm/ripe vintage and general feeling is that unlike typical vintages like 04, 05, 06, 08, these wines won't shut down but simply develop over the next 10-20 years. Produttori m...
- Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:43 am
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- Topic: TNs: two everyday Piemontese wines.
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TNs: two everyday Piemontese wines.
2009 Dolcetto di Monferrato; Agostino Pavia & Figli minerals, sweat and dark plum, dark cherry, dense inner perfume, smoky, funky and intense, dark fruits, leaves, forest floor, very fresh and quite deep but with decent complexity, some dark chocolate and a delicate lift and balance. Really nic...
- Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:00 am
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- Topic: TNs: some natural wines.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 160
Re: TNs: some natural wines.
David, I wouldn't know but that oaky/vanilla flavour can come from reduction rather than wood. It did taste like it had seen some but "natural" doesn't have a true sense as everyone uses different meanings, and thus can you use steel rather than wood or cement for wine? I'd guess it is mai...
- Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:58 pm
- Forum: Our Forum
- Topic: TNs: some natural wines.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 160
TNs: some natural wines.
2005 Les Rochais Brut Nature (Chardonnay), Champagne Francis Boulard oaky, rich, lots of butter, minerals, chalk, some asparagus, lots of minerals and depth, oxidative and nutty, with good concentration and complexity. It is a good bottle of bubbles that will improve but is good to drink now. A bit...