Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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I want pictures!

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Ok Mom, I'll follow whatever advice you give me.
I can only dream of enjoying life some day as much as you.

As I said previously, I'm glad you like it!
Myself, i thought the 2005 was swill, but it sounds like the 2000 is better.

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The federal prosecutors have you by the balls because of federal sentencing guidelines. If you don't "accept responsibility" you get punished more. As for 2003 Lafon Rochet drinking window, Arv, you are asking the wrong guy. In my mind this wine is drinking beautifully right now, at the 15...

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In any event, I rate both the 2003 and 2004 Lafon Rochet at 94 points each, they are both great but very differently styled wines.

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Sounds like an astounding deal, Danny, a $30 Pessac rivaling an $800 per bottle Pessac first growth.
Sign me up for two cases!

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Anyway, the rest of the meeting went reasonably well, after I had to tame down these federal lunatics. The point I'm trying to make is that I have this girl who I know is completely innocent, and yet we have 6 FBI agents and a federal prosecutor who have completely made up their minds otherwise. And...

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Nicola, I don't remember where I was yesterday, let alone in 2017.

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So after the big blow up I told the guy, hey, we've got nothing to hide, if you just be more nice my client will answer any question you have. He said, Attorney Howaniec, I've never had anyone treat a female agent that way. Oh, boy. Dude. I'm giving you a chance to be nice, dude... don't push it. Th...

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A lot of times, when we are talking about quality Bordeaux, we are talking in the negative: It is NOT overly alcoholic. It is NOT over-extracted. It is NOT Parkerized. Here, the 2003 Lafon Rochet is NOT flabby. It is not raisiny. It's NOT volatile. This wine is a beauty! Lead-pencil, cedar, balance,...

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So I was in the bowels of the United States Attorney's Office yesterday in Portland, Maine. Obviously I can't talk about the specifics of the case, but I can tell you that, usually when a criminal defense lawyer is in the bowels of the fedral prosecutor's office, it is because of a matter involving ...

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The film about the Somali-led state champion Lewiston High School soccer team has been picked up by Netflix.
One of the greatest sports stories I have ever witnessed:
Such an inspiration.

http://www.sunjournal.com/book-about-le ... y-netflix/

Fuck you, Donald Trump.

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The film about the Somali-led state champion Lewiston High School soccer team has been picked up by Netflix.
One of the greatest sports stories I have ever witnessed:
Such an inspiration.

http://www.sunjournal.com/book-about-le ... y-netflix/

Fuck you, Donald Trump.

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Sitting on the back deck at Chateau How on an absolutely perfect June night.
Been doing some fasting in anticipation of some medical tests later in the summer, but I've been dealing with the U.S. Government U.S. Attorneys this week, enough to drive any man to drink....

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I like this Ronaldo guy, he seems pretty good.

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Tom handed me a glass while I was preoccupied talking to Werner, Timmy and others.
I told Timmy that I "have had this wine before," referencing what was actually the '89 Lynch.
Tom snuck in the 1988 VCC. It was a big scam.

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I'm glad you liked it Danny.
My recollection is that AlexR did not like it either, although I don't recall drinking the 2000.

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You recall incorrectly Danny.
The era for Lynch was the 1980s.
It has been overpriced since 2000.
The Baron has been better since the 2000 vintage.
I don't recall Lynch ever losing to the Baron at a BWE event.

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I thought the 2005 Larrivet Haut Brion was supermarket-level in quality.

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Allons enfants de la Patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé! Contre nous de la tyrannie, L'étendard sanglant est levé, (bis) Entendez-vous dans les campagnes Mugir ces féroces soldats? Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras Égorger vos fils, vos compagnes! Aux armes, citoyens, Formez vos bataillons, Marcho...

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Ha no kidding. You know, you can buy those things at Walmart. My client was walking down the street and then all of a sudden there were four white guys respectively carrying a baseball bat, a metal pipe, a rock, and, yes, an expandable police baton. We had a homicide in the park this week, in which ...

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Thanks for the report, Danzur.
2002 Gloria is in a good place right now.
I had the 2014 a couple weeks ago in the name of science. Very nice indeed.

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It's a crazy case, updated in today's paper:

http://www.sunjournal.com/court-hearing ... w-witness/

I wonder if the outcome would have bee the same if it had been four African American guys with bats and pipes confronting one white guy?

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Hey, we generated a self-defense instruction.
The 2012 Mongeard Mugneret was really nice last night, definitely a Nicola Maltais kind of wine.

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Big case before the Maine Supreme Court this week, applying U.S. Supreme Court precedent to a jury trial here in Maine involving a young African American man: http://www.sunjournal.com/high-court-hears-appeal-on-claim-of-racial-discrimination-during-jury-selection/ Here is the audio of the oral argu...

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I'm picking France, to have a rooting interest.

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He's bring along Madonna, a case of Bordeaux, and a Netflix gift card.

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Indeed, the 1997 Ducru was beautiful, what was that, about 6-8 years ago?
We had the 1997 Mouton at Le Bon Souppe in Manhattan must have been around 2002ish?

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A good article in today's NYT on why the Republicans and Trump are surging: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/opinion/sunday/if-theres-a-red-wave-election-in-2018-this-will-be-why.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opi...

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I had a lunchtime 1997 Mouton in a little midtown bistro the first day I met Jacques and Arv, it was sublime.

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LoL.

The video. Recommended that you drink a whole bottle of a fine northern Medoc before watching, to dull the pain:

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

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This is good stuff, I wish it were under our epic President Trump thread! Hey, count me among the minority who held his nose and voted for Hillary. The Dems aren't much better. They should have elected Bernie. I was watching a youtube video of Beyill Clinton speaking at Georgetown on the 50th annive...

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As Mitt Romney said this week, Trump will be easily re-elected in 2020.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/ ... 020-632995

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I’m just a country lawyer from Maine but I’ve always enjoyed those 1986s from the left bank. Cos, Mouton, Lynch, PLL, LLC, Sociando, Leoville Barton, Langoa Barton, Meyney, Chasse Spleen, Lafite, Haut Brion, Margaux, Rausan Segla, Talbot, Beychevelle, the old man Tesseron Pontet Canet was excellent,...

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Sorry to hear about your father, Chris, I recall taking my then-89-year-old father to the hospital several times because he was anemic.
No excuse for a waiter not properly uncorking a 2009 cork.

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I flew Emirates to Thailand last year Felix in just the "regular" class and it was a pretty impressive experience.
I have to load up on some of that 2009 Dom Perignon, they have it for $145 in New Hampshire but I'll wait for one of their 15% off sales.

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So by mid-morning I read that Anthony Bourdain had committed suicide in France. It was the first day in weeks that I didn't have to be in court so I was dressed down in the office, in jeans and a casual shirt, getting caught up on some work at the office. I have a big argument before the Maine Supre...

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I just accepted delivery of 6 bottles of 2015 Labegorce, one of which I have just ncorked.

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You are indeed correct, Blanquito, 1988 is a JimHow kind of vintage.
Reading between the lines, though, I’m wondering whether it has seen its better days.

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La Lagune was 100% cabernet... like a fine Napa cab. Mmmmm.

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Alfred Tesseron loved his 2013. 2013 is a function of price. If you drank the 2013 La Lagune with a steak and paid $25 for it you would think it was a tasty wine. If you paid the $50 they've been asking for it you would say it is swill. The only 2013 I recall us drinking was La Lagune on our 2015 tr...

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