Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Bacchus

I can only envie your prices Nic. Here in Nfld the '07 Ch. Kirwan will set you back $89.99!! These government monopolies have got to go. Usurious! I don't know about Quebec, but here the government uses the liquor stores as make work projects. They always have huge numbers of staff on the job. There...

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Popped and poured. I know '04 is supposed to be an off, er classical, year, but damn this is good. Really nice deep red to reddy purplish colour. The first thing to hit me on the nose is that pauillac gravel; smokey and flinty. This is followed by reddish black fruit (black cherries) and some vanill...

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Almost opened the same 2006 Duhart that Jim's sipping on, but went with a Barbaresco Prunotto 2004 instead. Better with turkey. Merry Christmas everyone.

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So, how 'bout those Saints?

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I too like the idea of nominating Dom. Chevalier rouge -- always good, and usually fairly priced. If value is part of the equation, how about the '04 vintage. Up here in Canada the '04 is about 60% the price of the '06 (and 1/2 the price of the '05). -- An interesting side note: In comparing reviews...

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Son of a gun -- that stuff goes for $90 up here!!!! Damn, I live in the wrong place.

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A timely review from my perspective. I was in the wine store a little earlier today to pick up a white for a pasta dinner when I noticed a number of bottles of both the '05 and '06 GR. I was in a hurry so didn't pick any up -- well, couldn't decide between the 2 vintages -- but I think I'll have to ...

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Just wondering if anyone has tried the 2002 Brane Cantenac. I know where there's some available but am a little unsure about it. Chris Kissack over on the Wine Doctor site doesn't care for it very much, saying that it lacks impact "and class"!! But I also know that some on this site think ...

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Maybe so JonoB, but although I used the '05 HB as my example, I find this sort of disparity to be quite widespread. And it's not just on matters of weight. Length of finish is another area where there can be incomprehensible disparity. Sticking with the example of the '05 HB, one contributor writes ...

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A thought piece: Some of my drinking buddies complain about the ratings they find on CellarTracker. They have a difficult time understanding how some can rate a wine in the low 80s, while others will rate that same wine in the high 90s. I generally have no problem with this issue, and explain the di...

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Looks like the Jets turned out to be a bottle of Hearty Burgundy. Despite costing a lot, it's not for real!!!

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Well that works too, Jim. Very funny.

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The Jets -- always almost there, but something not quite right. Great expectations then . . .. The pedigree suggests greatness, but then something . . . Sounds like Carruades de Lafite to me :-) http://gofins0769.multiply.com/video/item/3/Dan_Marino_Fake_Spike_vs._Jets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

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I couldn't help but laugh at Chasse's comment: Feiring, the would be wine critic, is a winer!!! I like a variety of styles. Today I've had a couple of glasses of the '04 Cos d'estournel and a couple of glasses of the '00 Oliver's Taranga HJ Reserve Shiraz. I'm sure we all have a sense of the Cos -- ...

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Well, that's the price in Newfoundland. I see Ontario has the '07 for $40! I haven't seen the '07 around here yet. And there's no '05 left, so I'm not sure what it went for. Ontario's pricing on bordeaux is typically about 15% better than it is here! The reason cited by the Newfoundland liquor corpo...

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No complaining you guys. In Canada Cantemerle is $54; and that's the '06!!

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What's on the label, a pandering bear?! Think I'll switch to new world wines now.

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Well if I could get some up here I would. Sadly they're all sold out of the '03. I can only get 1999, 2004, and 2006. I already have a case of the '04 (and half a case of 2000). 2006 is really pricey (twice the '04), and '99 doesn't have that great a reputation, so I may wait until the '08s appear o...

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Wow, I didn't realize this tidbit would get people going -- lots of fun though. I've read a little more of her blog and it's clear she's got a couple of different agendas: 1) she want's wine that she thinks reflects/contains terroir; 2) she doesn't like the "international style" or "f...

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Some interesting reading, perhaps. Something to comment on:

http://www.alicefeiring.com/files/d10_b ... p40-44.pdf

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I'm not a native son, Rob, but I've been here 15 years now; so I guess the answer is yes. Although here there are some that won't count you as a Newfoundlander unless your "people" have been here for at least 3 generations, and sometimes that isn't even long enough.

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Richard, you're a man after my own heart -- go '04. I find what I've tried of the '03s, and it's quite limited to be fair, to be a little too flabby for my likes.

Anyone tried the '03 Clerc Milon?

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I'd like to wish all the Americans on the site a happy thanksgiving. Of course in Canada we did thanksgiving back in October --well the crops and snow come earlier up here :-) I made a pasta dish the other day -- rotini -- with an olive oil based sauce containing such yummy things as kalamata olives...

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Just wondering what people here think of the '06 PC? I recall a while back reading elsewhere that it too was kinda california-esque. The '04, which I have, doesn't seem cali-like to me.

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Not legally, DavidG. The provinces are greedy so don't allow alcohol to cross provincial lines. If I were to buy from Ontario, that would cut into the profit that would otherwise go to Newfoundland -- at least I think that's the reasoning! It's certainly not a good situation for the consumer.

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I live in a small town of 100,000 people -- that's on a good day! -- on an island off the east coast of Canada (so far east, in fact, it makes Maine seem "out west", and England is little more than 4 hours away). And this is the largest "city" in the province by far (lot's of com...

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James who? :-) You're right about the attitude issues in wine. It seems to be the perennial (image) issue. It's counter-productive, of course, because people get intimidated by it, which in worse case scenarios keeps them from getting involved with wine. Just the mention of wine is enough to make so...

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Yes, Robert does make the wine sound good. As anyone tried the '05? How does it compare?

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JimHow, I don't know why you'd believe Michael Broadbent. For that matter, I don't know why you'd believe Robert P*rker, Jancis Robinson, Chris Kissak, the guy on Cellartracker who calls himself AlexH, or me for that matter :-) I think we're all just giving our impressions of the wines we drink. The...

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Just picked up a copy of the November issue of Decanter. In a review of the 2007 vintage in which they compare it to other vintages, 2002 was described as a "minor vintage but better balanced than '07." I guess, JimHow, you would take issue with Decanter. :-) That said, they provide a list...

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Hey, that's a great strategy SF Ed. I'll buy bordeaux for the future, and Cali Cabs for immediate gratification -- and maybe some of the better Aussie shiraz too.

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Gosh you guys got it good. In Newfoundland the 2005 LB will set you back $158; the '06 $125!!

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With the attention to the 2000 vintage, just wondering if anyone's tried the 2000 Talbot?

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Well, JimHow, I'm glad your wording doesn't give your opinion of Mr. P*rker away :-) It does seem that there is something of a (small) movement away from the "big" wines -- Napa Cabs and Aussie Shiraz, to name but two prime examples -- back to a more traditional form. I know a number of pe...

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I was wondering, JimHow, if you've tried other vintages of LP? I ask because a quick survey of reviews of various vintages on Cellartracker indicates that an awful lot of people are disappointed with it. And no one seems genuinely enthusiastic.

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I've never met Alfred Tesseron. Newfoundland is a little out of the way for any regular visitations from folks like that. Mind you, a year ago I had the opportunity to drink through most of Kilikanoon's reds with Kevin Mitchell. Powerful stuff that -- "confected" to be sure. Kevin, by the ...

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Gosh, when I see those American prices I could just cry. In Canada, at least here in Newfoundland, you can expect to pay close to twice those prices for C-S.

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Thanks for the warm welcome. I've been to Maine a couple of times JimHow. Fabulous place. And like my home province, so very east coast. How do you know Newfoundland JonB? You wouldn't be an ex-pat? Just as a point of interest, other '04s I've enjoyed include Domaine de Chevalier, Sociando Mallet an...

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2002 is the best left bank vintage since 2000! Interesting point of view considering what most seem to think of '05. How would the 2002 Cos d'Estournel stand up to this assessment?

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Hello, I am new here -- just registered. I found the site during a search for comments on the 2004 Pontet Canet and the 2006 Duhart Milon. I live in Newfoundland, Canada's easternmost province, where we suffer from high prices and limited availability due to the government monopoly/control of all th...

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