Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

JimHow

Thanks, it's ok, I like the first chapter, the rest needs work.
I've got a lot written, a lot will be added, a lot will be subtracted, a lot will be amended.
I do like how the plot that I've put together.
it just takes a lot of time.
It took me a year just to edit Lisbon Street.

JimHow

Aww thanks you guys are the best. You’ll recall when we last saw Billy Cole he was in his early 40s and in his prime during the year of the WTC attacks. Now it’s 15ish years later, he’s in his mid fifties, his body starting to succumb to the ravages brought on by the life of a criminal defense lawye...

JimHow

The first three chapters to "THE GHOSTS OF THE SEVEN MULLAHS," a sequel to "LISBON STREET." The title is a working title, the chapters are only in draft form, they may or may not survive the final cut, which is at least a year away. (I cut out 40% of what I wrote in LISBON STREET...

JimHow

We just don’t want to see them carry you out of your law office in a box. I'm just giving you guys the business. To the contrary, Jacques, I've never found my work more rewarding. I get to take on and challenge the government every day, I've become one of the top voices for the Sixth Amendment in t...

JimHow

Lol, wow, I suddenly feel like I should be jumping off a bridge after reading you guys, my life is apparently so meaningless. Hey, I'm just a country lawyer from Maine, I'm not rich like you guys, I still gotta work to pay the bills! Fortunately, definitions of happiness are as individual as the sno...

JimHow

Happy aniversary, Bill!
2000 Gruaud is a very nice wine.
It gets mixed reviews on cellartracker because the 2000 was produced during that two-decade window in which Parker was down on the estate.

JimHow

So why six and 8/12 more years? Do you love it that much to keep enduring the punishment? It's my job, David! I have money saved up for retirement, plus two debt free houses. But i still have to work until I get to retirement age. I've been taking 6 weeks of vacation each of the last three years, w...

JimHow

Yes, exercise doesn't directly help me to lose weight. But I generally feel a lot better, my blood pressure and stress levels seem to be in a better place, when I'm exercising more. I like to walk briskly 3-6 miles per day, which I'm usually able to do during the summer months. And holistically that...

JimHow

The second of a couple of fun articles on the 2020 election: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/29/opinion/columnists/trump-loss-re-election-2020.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opin...

JimHow

After next month I will be six years and eight months away from retirement. I look forward to slowing down but I don't want to wish my life away. A young lawyer the other day was asking me how I've done it all these years. The stress. The long hours. The fighting with the state. The unfairness of th...

JimHow

I never drink a wine on Day Two.

JimHow

I was able to pick up the last three 2014 Jadot Mersaults in the NH liquor store system the other day, enabled completely by this thread.

JimHow

I got a bunch more "free" Giscours, I have like two cases of it now.
Gerry, it sounds like 2015 Canon is in dwindling stock, I got mixed reports, one saying that item #21477 was the 2011 and another that it was the 2015.

JimHow

Well done, Hound. Very well done indeed.
I was 139 in college. My goal is 165.

JimHow

I know Timmy disagrees with me and sees Pence as the lesser of two evils to Trump, but I disagree and agree with this article in the NYT. I'd rather have Trump in there. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/opinion/sunday/mike-pence-holy-terror.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=sto...

JimHow

Ha, quite timely, Arv, I'm litigating a motion in an attempted murder trial in a couple weeks challenging the fact that we have virtually no minority representation in our all-white jury pools.

JimHow

I think you are right, Jacques, I'm pretty sure it was the Brane Cantenac, and we did indeed hate it, I don't recall having Cantenac Brown.
I do recall enjoying the 2005 Brane Cantenac though. Or maybe it was the '10.

JimHow

Yes we had a simple 2014 Jadot Mersault last year that was the wine of the night at a tasting at my house.
I'm assuming most of these 2014s are sold out now.

JimHow

Mmmm. That Gloria sounds like a Jim How kind of wine.
I have one '14 in my cellar and I bought a couple '15s this past week.

JimHow

Gerry: You are allowed to use up to 10 gift cards in any one transaction. So, I used 10 of my 14 gift cards. But I used the cards AFTER the purchase was rung in, and I accumulated another 7 gift cards. So, I used 10 gift cards but accumulated 7 more, which still leaves me with 11 after having walked...

JimHow

I hear what you’re saying, Marcus, but I think it depends on what your definition of “wow” is. If “wow” is big, rich, Parkerized, fruit-bomb, being “wowed” may be what a lot of people are looking for. If it means elegance and balance, this may be close to a wow. I found this wine 1985-like, which ai...

JimHow

Agreed, Hound, it is a quality that corroborates the seriousness of the vintage.
I've been wanting to try La Tour de Mons, I'm going to try to access some this coming week.

JimHow

This is a nice young wine, it has a bit of a leafiness to it. The tannins are present but silky, nothing like those two Pessacs I had last week. The color is splendid Margaux purple. Oak still fairly present. it is light on its feet. A real beauty, but not a "wow" like Giscours and Siran. ...

JimHow

I don't think I've ever had a Cantenac Brown before...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp4SC7zhWPk

JimHow

I don't know squat about white Burgundy but it seems to me that this property is poor, based on the few times I've had it.
So 2014 is a great year in white Burgundy?
How are 15 and 16?

JimHow

Reports to come...

JimHow

Gerry on my way to the game last night I bought the following 2015s at Hampton South: Leoville Barton x 3 Cantemerle x 12 Cantenac Brown x 6 Gloria x 2 There are wines appearing on the shelves that aren't listed in their on-line inventory. Another thing: When you make a purchase, you accumulate gift...

JimHow

Ha great piece. I agree with every prediction in it.

JimHow

My experience with 2015 is extremely limited.
I was just really struck by the 1995-like tannins in the Carbonnieux and Latour Martillac.

JimHow

Try Léoville Barton, Clinet or Brane-Cantenac instead.

I need Trump-like wealth to drink those wines in the name of science, Nicola.
I have one bottle of Leoville Barton.
I'm going to be getting my hands on some Cantenac Brown this week.
I'm going to stick to Margaux in 2015.

JimHow

I liked Giscours (albeit "big") and Siran.
Labegorce was good, not great, although certainly better than these two Pessacs I've tried.

JimHow

Interesting article, jckba.
I'm finding the tannins in 2015 to be pronounced... perhaps disturbingly so.

JimHow

Tried the 2015 Carbonnieux.
Not much of a step up above the Latour Martillac.
Is 2015 overrated?
These wines seem tannic, angular, sharp.
Okay, Margaux seems great.
But there are other parts of Bordeaux, too.
And the prices prohibit drinking the big boys ITNOS.

JimHow

Good to know, Blanquito, we'll focus on BWE '19 after Labor Day.
Sounds like Denver would be a great venue.

JimHow

I would say no, Nicola. I'd rate it 89 points. It was good but did not deliver 90 point goods, which is what I look for.

JimHow

It's too bad that Denver, like Boston and other great US towns, doesn't legally allow BYOB in its establishments, which has always been the first prerequisite of BWE convention locations.

JimHow

Indeed, Jon, I did a small two sip pour at the outset.
The second glass seems to have put on some weight.

JimHow

Ah, Pontet Canet.
Thanks for the report from that vintage that got me obsessed with Bordeaux, Jon.
Where have the years gone?

My cellar contains the following quantities of Pontet Canet:

1996 x 2
2003 x 2
2003 3L x 1
2004 x 12
2006 x 12

JimHow

Let's see if this is any good.
Seems kind of thin and supermarket-level at the outset.

JimHow

I've never been to Denver!

Search found 20219 matches