Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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Château Lynch-Moussas Pauillac 5eme GCC 2007 : Lynch-Moussas always has been a château that seemed to perform below par, like Pédesclaux and Croizet-Bages in the same appellation. But this is just a very good, well-composed wine. The first 2007 I had without the balsamico-notes I don't really need ...

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Château Léoville Las Cases St. Julien 2eme GCC 1994 : Bought in 2004 for 40 €, prices long gone. This one really needed its air. The wine opened up during the evening. Lovely nose with thyme, cherry, tomato leaf, cedar, ink, cinnamon and mint. On the palate full of crisp fruit. 'Cool wine' for sure...

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Château Carbonnieux rouge Graves GCC 2000 : Fine wine, but not typical for a Pessac at this point. Luxurious appearance with soft oak, forest fruit, cherry, thyme, licorice and in wonderful shape and balance. Solid finish. A very fine wine, that developed more Pessac Léognan- like impressions (leaf...

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Virginie de Valandraud St. Emilion GC 2009 : And so the vintage wins over heritage. This 2nd wine of Valandraud, born in the glorious 2009, blew away the two expensive wines (Figeac 1988 and Cheval Blanc 1994) it shared its flight with. 3-4 tenners paid and we agreed... This was my WOTN. Excellent ...

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Hi Comte, the Figeac was tasted next to the Cheval Blanc and Virginie de Valendraud 2009 (have to post a TN

). Sound provenance, bad company? And yes, it has been 27 years...

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Vincent Dauvissat Chablis 1er Cru 'Vaillons' 2004 : Shy appearance at first, but opened nicely. Yellow fruit, minerals, pineapple, dry and ripe. This wine resembles riesling in a way, as it is clear that minerals and stones are more obvious than 'just fruit'. It's also fresh, open, very elegant and...

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Château Cheval Blanc St. Emilion 1er GCC-A 1994 : My first Cheval Blanc! The absolute high-end in St. Emilion, together with Ausone at the time. A luxury sniffer it was. Sweet and inviting nose with tobacco, cedar, black fruit, herbs. On the palate full of fruit. Sightly one-dimensional and the fin...

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Château Figeac St. Emilion 1er GCC-B 1988 : Some serious stuff here. Figeac is for the real connaisseur, I guess. This bottle, in this particular company, was outclassed. A compact wine with tones of cedar, blood, wood, cinnamon, forest floor, pine and with some drying tannins. Hardly any fruit lef...

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Domaine de Chévalier rouge Graves GCC 2003 : Very hard to imagine this is a 2003! What a stunning wine and by no means showing the heat of the vintage. Cinnamon, licorice, plum pie, cedar, creamy oak, soft bitters and tannins. Fresh, alive and kicking and with a 'full body'.Sublime (added?) acidity...

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Château La Tour-Carnet Haut-Médoc 4eme GCC 2001 : Modern, slightly commercial and tasty too. Cedar, black cherry, tobacco, licorice, chocolate, fine oak. Love the freshness after 14 years. A well-made wine, only lacking some soul compared to the rough Sociando it stood up against. Still 90 points M...

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Château Sociando-Mallet Haut-Médoc CB 1989 : This is tasty, classic and a tad rough Bordeaux! Full of life and enjoyment. Berry, plum, red peppers, cedar, licorice, wood, vanilla, tobacco and mocha. A little backward ( poop de rustique ) first, but some fresh air did wonders and brought more elegan...

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I love almost all 2010's. Love the bite they have compared to the lush 2009's.

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Nice notes! Good to read about the 1996 Marquis de Terme, a rare and symphatic wine imho.

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So many critics now.. Neal Martin won't save Bordeaux I guess. The world likes sweet these days. Maybe rediculous pricing will come to a stop, though. And maybe Neal wil provide us with the little 'sleepers of the vintage' that will be classic-in-a-good-way-Bordeaux. All is not lost.

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Interesting TN, AKR! It may be a case of heat damage or other bad storage issues if the two bottles came from the same lot. Haven't checked CT to see what others thought and I haven't had the wine myself, but it sounds like something indeed was not meant to be in these bottles. 2009 + Médoc at this ...

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Classified Growths are just a small percentage of what Bordeaux is. The Cru Bourgeois, Cru Artisans and Grand Cru's from the right bank, the better wines from the Côtes, etc., it's all so much better than most Classified Growths were two decades ago. Bordeaux is changing like always, with or without...

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The picture says more than a thousand words. Interview was OK, but drinking that much over three decades does something to you, as can be seen. Looking forward to Neal's

contribution. Seems like a nice bloke, but his notes differ more from mine than Parker's did.

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Cool notes. Sorry to hear about your loss Jim, but glad your dad lived a good life. My dad passed away this month (25th) ten years ago at age 66. Planning to celebrate him with a wine salute like you did. Lascombes 2002 and 2004 were way too extracted for my taste (and I like 'lush', 'hedonistic') a...

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Sounds like drastic, but very understandable steps. Wise!

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The 2009 Lacoste-Borie (2nd wine of GPL) provided me lots of pleasure. It also fared very well in a blind tasting.

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2000 is in a good spot for me too. Love wines like Léo-Poy and Lascombes (old regime) which are open and inviting in their own way.

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I'm not a a fan of 2002 at all. Found most wines green and/or uninspiring. I like the (mediocre too) 2007's better. If I have to chose..
Siran never has been a high flyer in my book. Fine, decent wines, but not très Margaux at all. Labels sometimes look better than what's in the bottle.

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I yet have to find a single 2010 Bdx I didn't like. Even the lesser properties made something worth enjoying in 2010, which happens to be my marriage year #stockup

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2010 Lilian-Ladouys is one of those runner ups worth checking out too. Excellent QPR, stunning wine.

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It seems not only the property wines, but also the négociant stuff is worthy to look for.. Nice.

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Cool! Bas-Médoc at age 14+ should loose some structure and fun, but this one survived nicely. Love these little gems. Médoc never inspires (me), but often gives more than just pleasure. A man's wine, like St. Estèphe in the south. Fruit, poop and mud combined.

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Happy New Year to you too, Nic.
Have a great dinner!

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Yes, 'light on its feet' describes 06 well. Also, many of the better wines hardly have any tannins (left) these days. Style of the vintage was 'likeable', imho.

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JimHow wrote:Im buying as much 2010 as I can these days.

Me too. Love the vintage on all levels, from humble Cru Bourgeois to GCC. 2009 is good too, but I prefer the crunchy style of '10.

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Glad you love your 2002's. Had my share and (mostly) liked them, not raved about them. I truely love 1988 btw. I just want to spend my money on2003, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Maybe some 2004's too.

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Yes, for LMHB it's a good price. But the vintage isn't. I would buy something else, never been impressed by any 2002. So fancy LMHB, buy! Fancy great wine or even QPR...Nooo!

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Was it good, the 2010?

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I think caution is concerned with just any négociant and their bulk wines, but I based my purchase on the good reports for domaine wines from Bichot. He has four, Domaines de Pavillon, Adélie, du Clos-Frantin and Château Long-Depaquit. In Meursault-Les Charmes for Pavillon, 3 acres mostly in Charmes...

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Domaine du Pavillon (Albert Bichot) Meursault-Les Charmes 1er Cru 2009: "This is Burgundy". Yep, tell-tale wonderful backward and utter authentic chardonnay, with lots and lots going on underneath. Butter, stones, smoke, hazelnut, soft oak, zesty focussed citrus and all this packed in a s...

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What a difference. Excellent terroir, just behind the church. Small (2.7ha) property. Traditional winemaking, label, everything. Obvious filtering, no sediment in both années. Château St. Pierre Pomerol 2009 : Pop and pour. Nose simular to the Taillefer. Ripe red fruit. Plum, cranberry, spice, cedar...

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Lol, what a story Rudi!
White Bdx.... Hmm... The ones that truely were great were exensive. Olivier and Carbonnieux are nice weekend sippers for 20+ Eur, but the great ones are too expensive. And they are 'just' white wines in the eyes of many consumers and enthusiasts.

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I only drink the 2009 Bourgeois now and even these need air. I would not touch a 2009 GCC for at least a couple of years.

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So did prices... Not really a bargain these days. Lilian Ladouys sells for almost half the price and that is a property to follow. OTOH, as is stated, in the good old days excellent terroir and winemaking found their way into the bottles produced in the 1980's. Have a few 1989's and these are still ...

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Balsamico = 2007 imho. Makes me not Always like the vintage in general. More or less depending on 'tha mood'.

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