Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

jal

Ah, good question
But my lovely wife had the fish and I had the veal. We didn't want two glasses of different wines and preferred a whole bottle.
Sancerre was a good compromise

jal

Hi Alex. Thank you for your comments Quasi de veau we had many times. That was the first and only time we were asked how we wanted it cooked. And yes we did answer rosé 😁. The headwaiter was still annoyingly stuffy, I guess he didn't approve of pairing it with a white Sancerre 🙄 We didn't complain a...

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We landed in France Saturday morning and rented a car at the airport heading to Amboise, on the way we stopped in Chartres to see the magnificent cathedral; absolutely stunning stained glass windows, enormous nave, very impressive. We then walked around the outdoor Saturday market where the best pro...

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Thank you for posting this, you nailed Tokyo! We loved the place but we were also charmed by the rest of Japan. Kyoto, Kurashiki, Okayama and countless other places. You must go back for longer than one week, it is a wonderful country with a lot of respect for ancient ways, for the environment, for ...

jal

Very nice Alex I must admit my taste is more Larmandier Bernet than Heidsieck. The d'Angerville Volnay Champans is always so seductive and lovely. Too bad prices have skyrocketed The Trimbach I love and is always a crowd pleaser. 2004 is probably my favorite Bordeaux vintage of the 21st century (go ...

jal

Just lovely to revisit all these old favorites Ian Les Carmes and La Tour Haut Brion were both great in their youth. I remember the 1998 La Mission opened a few years ago as being just incredible, more open and accessible than the 1996 in any case. The Pape and the Conseillante gave a lot of pleasur...

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JimHow wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 3:59 am Off to Tokyo for a week, do they have good wine there?

They have good whisky. And safe travels

jal

Olga Raffault Chinon Rose 2022 × 3

As per Florida residents Rosé exemption

jal

Happy birthday Alex. Many many more and wishing you only good things

jal

stefan wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2023 11:00 pm I congratulate you, Patrick, in your glorious failure.

I will win the competition easily. I have not bought a single non exempted bottle and am not tempted to do so.

jal

Who is still in? Except for two bottles of Champagne in the Paris Duty Free (general Champagne exemption) and some bottles I bought and left in Israel (general buy and consume abroad exemption) I am holding steady but barely. Today some good offerings came my way and I stopped myself even though I n...

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Are These Sherry-Lehmann’s Final Days?

https://www.winespectator.com/articles/ ... OgfVdaa5UI

The saga continues

jal

So many awesome old school wines. A lot of them old favorites. That's a wonderfully typical BWE kind of evening.

jal

How does he get Secret Service protection if he's in prison? Just curious

jal

AKR wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:18 am PXL_20230610_203232246.jpg

I had some trouble getting the pix to upload properly, so this is appended separately.

Arv there is a limit of 5 photos per post. It used to be 4, I can change it again but there has to be a limit of some sort.

jal

I am a little more on the fence about this than you guys. I have no doubt there was obstruction of justice, and as Bill Barr said in the WSJ article: “This would have gone nowhere had the President just returned the documents. But he jerked them around for a year and a half.” But I also don't think ...

jal

stefan wrote: ↑Sun Jun 11, 2023 12:43 am >>
I don't speak for all of BWE, my opinion is that you should send at least half the wine to OR. That will still be cheaper than a buying spree.
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Which half? You'll have to come to CS and go over the inventory to help me decide.

Happily Bill

jal

I don't speak for all of BWE, my opinion is that you should send at least half the wine to OR. That will still be cheaper than a buying spree.

jal

I also like Torrontes but it doesn't fit your good acidity request. It reminds me of a lighter gewurztraminer.

jal

JimHow wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:53 pm 12 x 2019 Ridge Lytton Springs
12 x 2020 Ridge Geyserville

No longer Lord of the Manor?

How many are left?

jal

Why only 400-500 bottles? Why not move most of the bottles from Texas to Oregon now? Just leave enough in Texas for the next couple of years.

jal

I wouldn't vote for either. Rather write down the name of my daughter's dog, the pup is more honest, more humane and has more empathy than either of these two evil characters.

jal

These are my go to quaffing wines for summer Falanghina Friuli/Alto Adige/Veneto Albariño/Alvarinho Txakolina Assyrtiko Experiment. For the record, I am not a fan of Muscadet, Rieslings or Northern Rhone, Touraine and Sancerre from the Loire are getting too expensive, Chenin Blanc is a yumm experien...

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JimHow wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:11 pm Emergency exemption granted, Jacques, I hope I am not too late!

Nope,
Still master of my domain

jal

Good to hear about the 2001 Trot Jacques It was one of the wines that Patrick and Tom kindly shipped over for me back in March from my remaining US stash. I was going to use one for my Bordeaux dinner on May 17 but saw the mixed reviews on Cellartracker so went for 98 Figaec instead. I will figure ...

jal

Instead of paying $80 on a not so good Burgundian replica, you should go straight to your neighborhood store and clear them out of the 2015 LdH Gravonia for exactly half as much before they are all gone. BD, give this man an exemption so he can buy a couple of bottles for a fair price that will bri...

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I liked the 2001 Trotanoy the sole time I had it an couple of years back and do they change the name on those 00 wines if you don’t like them, 00 NVGW (‘Not Very Good White’ ;). And while I have had the occasional Oregon Chardonnay that surprised like Walter Scott and Morgan Long and may have thoug...

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A gorgeous evening in Sarasota and we had friends over for a casual dinner With some meze to start; a chopped salad, avocado cucumber salad, hummus, baba ghanouj, we opened a new one on me the 00 VGW Chardonnay, my friend served it blind and it started as a racy, sort of all over the place wine. It ...

jal

Thank you
Now the real challenge begins. I may need to activate the Florida Rosé exemption soon

jal

At the CDG airport in Paris on the way back to the US
Philipponat Royale Reserve x 2 (good price at $34 each)

Purchased as per Champagne exemption. Still master of my domain.

jal

I second JC's selection of Cotat. Also, Jean-Maurice Raffault makes a great rosé, so does Lucien Crochet.

jal

That was a great evening, the 1996 Margaux, one of my all time favorite wines was also present then. That Haut Brion might need another 15 years,

jal

So much love, generosity and goodwill in one room. Restores one's faith in humanity.

jal

Thank you for posting these wonderful notes Ian, your palate is impeccable as always. I have had most of these wines at one time or another, some like the 1998 Haut Brion in your company. I cannot find one instance to disagree with you. And thanks for the heads up on the Las Cases as my bottle has b...

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Congratulations Jean Nicolas and Marie Claude, very happy for you two! Best wishes from Jill and me.

jal

Screenshot 2023-05-17 at 7.58.34 AM.png Mine, too, Jacques. But what is Shoresh Or? It's a dessert wine Bill, Gewurztraminer grapes, and instead of ice to concentrate the sugar in the grapes on the vines, Tzora sends the grapes to freeze. First I heard of this technique, but I had a small taste of ...

jal

On our way to an outing in the stunning Judean Hills, we stopped at Tzora Winery, long our favorite Israeli winery, and purchased the following:

Misty Hills x 2
Shoresh White x 2
Shoresh Red x 1
Shoresh Or x 1

Purchased and to be consumed in Israel as per granted exemption.

jal

2019 Chave St Joseph Offerus x 6
2020 Billaud Simon Chablis x2

Purchased and to be consumed in Israel as per granted exemption.

jal

I thought I read/heard somewhere that the old Martinelli 'Jackass Hill' Zins were able to hit 17% abv naturally, although not sure what kind of yeasts can keep working at that concentration. I've only tried it once, but they were crazy potent/full throttle/powerful. I also tried that Martinelli onc...

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It is very difficult for me to generalize, I have hated a lot of 13%-14% wines from Bordeaux that are syropy, unbalanced and manipulated and yet that 2010 Troplong Mondot at 16% was balanced and exuberant with good acidity and without being overly sweet.

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