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I look forward to the 2019 tasting. I am planning one myself to see what I spent so much money on.

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Around 2005, I was in Canberra to do a judging of Australian wines, and we did a side trip to the Clonakilla winery. Very impressed, I bought a few bottles of this, and tasted it a few years later, finding it a little monolithic. I decided to open one tonight. Routine weekend dinner, left over Coq a...

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I am glad the Langoa is accessible as I bought halves of this.plan to try one soon

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I don't recall having a high quality 1978 that was very good to start but fell off so quickly. It was a strange vintage. Winemakers were geared for a disaster after a cool wet summer. Saved by an Indian summer, the grapes came in barely ripe. The prediction at the time was that the wines would be b...

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Not sure how to answer your question. For at least half the time it was open, about an hour and a half, it was a beautiful fully mature wine, well worth the 94 points. By the the time I took my last mouthful, it was in the low eighties, with a pronounced plummines and notes of decay. Low eighties. T...

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No label, capsule which has the iconic tower on top, but had been cut to reveal the vintage. Cork slightly depressed but came out whole followed by a gorgeous melange of fruit, slate, spice and leather. Missing was the tiny shard of iron which I have used in the past to identify Latour blind. I pour...

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Nicklasss wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:30 pm 3 bottles of 2020 Volnay 1er cru Brouillards from Bernard and Thierry Glantenay.

Any Bourgogne lover should try a wine of that estate minimum once.

Agreed. Gorgeous wines. The 2010 Santenots is evolving beautifully. Jon Gilman just discovered the little vineyard gem in Pommard, Les Saucilles

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He was involved in all things wine. Rereading his biography, I get the feeling he was a pirate manque. Brilliant, restless, charming and amusing. I did meet him once, but he died in 1989 before I went full time into the wine business. He was indeed a negociant in Burgundy, wrote an encyclopedia of w...

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The thread on Berserker board how much it cost to visit Mouton Rothschild ($300 plus) reminded me that on my first visit to Bordeaux in 1985, only one classified chateau was open to the public; Prieure Lichine, owned by the brilliant and charismatic Russian emigre, Alexis Lichine. The fact that this...

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JoelD wrote: ↑Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:02 pm Looks like an Epic night. How did the 82/90 L'Evangile hold up next to each other? Also the 82 VCC vs the 82 Trotanoy?

Also curious about the other 1982s.
Really enjoyed the notes on the other wines.

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Izak, I think the world has stopped turning. I agree with you 100%; I hated the vintage en primeur, and it is even uglier with age.

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An interesting wine lunch centered around the wines of Corton. Some great ones, some good ones and one or two lesser ones. They do need a lot of time, the 1988 Prince de Merode Clos de Roi was easily my favorite. I decanted the Montrose 2019 a couple of hours before. Tasted a small amount and immedi...

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Opened at a wine lunch today. Fantastic showing.

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stefan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 12:27 am Mark, do you consider Drouhin Chambolle Amoureuses better than Drouhin Bonnes-Mares?

Yes. Not always the case, but Drouhin’s Amoureuses is particularly good.

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jal wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:32 pm
Musigny 151 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 8:59 pm 3 bottles of Drouhin Chambolle Amoureuses.
Woohoo
Vintage? Price? If you don't me asking

Sorry, 2020. £495 .

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3 bottles of Drouhin Chambolle Amoureuses.

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When I tasted in primeur, there were four stand out wines. The Ausone which was for me the wine of the vintage is the only one I have not retasted as it sells for well north of $1000. The other three were VCC which was the first time I realized the quality of the property. In addition to magnums and...

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What past vintages are similar? 85 and 89 come to mind....maybe 75? I do t think there are any templates RP…but the closest would perhaps be 2000 I found the 2000s a lot prettier, and although they also need time, will evolve more quickly, but will be less long lived. One old timer suggested 1928, ...

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I have really loved 2005 from its inception. A really old fashioned long lived vintage.The wines have a powerful tannic edge, but unlike say the 1986, they lack the hardness and are at the very early stages of coming round. I am surprised by the notes of lack of acidity, although TBH I have only had...

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Yes I am looking forward to the notes of the 2013 tasting I don’t know what you expect Jancis to say otherwise Izak? As Mark implies the vintage appears to be showing very well three and a half years into its evolution. She could actually have been a bit more cautious and said that the vintage is ‘...

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I think it is pretty obvious that 2019 is an extraordinary vintage, and a bargain at the time. I am not sure why we spend so much time with all the generalizations, when we have for years had the technology to focus on individual wines. But tastings at this early stage of a wine’s development is onl...

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Another very positive take from Jancis

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles ... -best-ever

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I think I paid £360 for a six pack which translates to about $85 a bottle delivered.

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My final 2019 purchase: a six pack of Leoville Barton.

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Depends what you mean by off vintage. 2008 and 2014 are assuredly not off vintages but priced like them.
Nobody made a good wine in 2013.

Latour (which doesn’t mean anything as it is still overpriced)
VCC ( you knew I would say that, but it is true)
La Mission
Montrose
Pichon Lalande

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I have had four 1985s in the last year. Three of them were at least the equal of their 1982 equivalents, Magdelaine, VCC and Cheval Blanc. The Gruaud was pretty good, not great, but the 1982 was arguably the best wine they ever made. It may seem absurd to think about it now, but when the 1985s were ...

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stefan wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 1:41 am Be glad you don't live in Texas. Here, when the temperature drops into the teens, you lose your electricity and heat.

Not to mention your senior Senator.

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I am afraid Thursday is out for me too. Rarity in my case, but I have to attend a planning board meeting which is trying to build a horrible 31 unit cluster of townhouses in one of Westchester’s prettiest areas. Wish us luck.

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Anthony Barton and Princess Margaret were close friends, so not surprised to see his wine at the palace. There are rumors of an affair, but never substantiated.

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You should buy more. One day you will be able to trade them for Lynch Bages 1989

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Bordeaux index has a few cases of Montrose for $165 a bottle.

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Generally we BYO, and I bring Hatzadakis Assyrtiko which matches beautifully, but we wanted a really relaxed meal, and at most one glass.

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A few days ago, I received a call from my friend Arturo, who is maitre d’ at my favorite local restaurant, Ibiza In Chappaqua, NY. Arturo was roped in during Covid by his friend the chef, and liked it so much, he stayed on. Now if I were to go to central casting and ask for the perfect maitre d’, th...

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Love hangar steak, and those look pretty incredible. Hope the wine showed well.

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Another report. Seems to be fairly universal that this is a truly spectacular vintage.

https://vinumfinewines.com/bordeaux-201 ... d-tasting/

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The difference between barrel tasting and out of the bottle is enormous. It is why Parker et al only had a range from the preliminary tastings, because it is easy to get an idea but impossible to be definitive. That comes with bottle tasting, but even that is still not entirely reliable. Moreover ta...

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Whether we like it or not, 2019 is the new paradigm. I doubt there will be many wines made in the future that will have the freshness and sparkle that I loved in the Bordeaux I drank in my twenties. Climate change, the new definition of ripeness, critic buying into the new style, means the wines you...

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I am in.

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Very interesting tasting. I can’t resist mentioning that VCC yet again beat Petrus and Lafleur

Seriously, would be happy to do a virtual tasting.

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I play chess; it’s important to anticipate your opponent’s next move. Seriously, ended up with an a case of mixed fifths and two magnums of 1982 VCC . And then he the bastard offered nine bottles of the 1982 Magdelaine, all pristine. Today I got the bill. Ouch! The wines were basically at the low en...

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