I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 11:57 pm
I'll give you 20 questions.
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I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
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Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 11:58 pm
A bottle of the wine to the winner, if any, which by itself should give you a subtle hint.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:01 am
By the way, the questions can only elicit YES or NO answers.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:22 am
How many guesses each person gets?
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:23 am
Left Bank?
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:25 am
This is not a question within the rules, but I will nonetheless re-phrase it as Question #1 to get the party started.
Question #1:
Do BWEers get more than one question each?
Answer: Yes.
Yes or No Questions remaining: 19.
Question #1:
Do BWEers get more than one question each?
Answer: Yes.
Yes or No Questions remaining: 19.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:26 am
Question #2:
Is this a wine of the Left Bank?
Answer: Yes.
Is this a wine of the Left Bank?
Answer: Yes.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:31 am
Is it from Pessac/Leognan region?
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:33 am
Question #3
Is it from Pessac/Leognan region?
Answer: No.
Is it from Pessac/Leognan region?
Answer: No.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:34 am
Did you have this exact wine before?
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:36 am
Question #4:
Did you have this exact wine before?
Answer: No.
Did you have this exact wine before?
Answer: No.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:37 am
Is this a growth property?
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:40 am
Question #5:
Is this a growth property?
Answer: No.
Is this a growth property?
Answer: No.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 1:54 am
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:07 am
Is it a Chateau that has been a favorite in past vintages for you?
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:31 am
Question #6: Is it Lilian Ladouys?
Answer: No.
Answer: No.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:32 am
Question #7:
Is it a Chateau that has been a favorite in past vintages for you?
Answer: Yes.
Is it a Chateau that has been a favorite in past vintages for you?
Answer: Yes.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:33 am
Is the estate in question a previous BWE WOTY winner?
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:35 am
Question 8:
Is the estate in question a previous BWE WOTY winner?
Answer: Yes
Is the estate in question a previous BWE WOTY winner?
Answer: Yes
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:37 am
Is it the 2018 Sociando Mallet?
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:39 am
Question #9:
Is it the 2018 Sociando Mallet?
Answer: No.
Is it the 2018 Sociando Mallet?
Answer: No.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:41 am
Is it the 2018 Cantemerle?
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:46 am
Ha, you are good!
This wine is lovely!
It is nothing like the other 2018s I've had.
And I'm not here to criticize the 2018s.
I just found this Cantemerle light on its feet, smooth, medium bodied, and "only" 13.5% alcohol.
Very lovely and velvety, young but definitively Margaux/Haut Medoc.
Quite an aberration from the big, hot, wild-ride 2018s I've had so far.
Very lovely, one of the better Cantemerles I've enjoyed in recent years. Very understated, smooth....
93 points.
This wine is lovely!
It is nothing like the other 2018s I've had.
And I'm not here to criticize the 2018s.
I just found this Cantemerle light on its feet, smooth, medium bodied, and "only" 13.5% alcohol.
Very lovely and velvety, young but definitively Margaux/Haut Medoc.
Quite an aberration from the big, hot, wild-ride 2018s I've had so far.
Very lovely, one of the better Cantemerles I've enjoyed in recent years. Very understated, smooth....
93 points.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:48 am
Is there anything better than wine trivia?
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:49 am
Ha... well done indeed!
Definitely gonna pick up a few more bottles of this stuff.
Definitely gonna pick up a few more bottles of this stuff.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:50 am
But you said it’s not a growth property...JimHow wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:46 am Ha, you are good!
This wine is lovely!
It is nothing like the other 2018s I've had.
And I'm not here to criticize the 2018s.
I just found this Cantemerle light on its feet, smooth, medium bodied, and "only" 13.5% alcohol.
Very lovely and velvety, young but definitively Margaux/Haut Medoc.
Quite an aberration from the big, hot, wild-ride 2018s I've had so far.
Very lovely, one of the better Cantemerles I've enjoyed in recent years. Very understated, smooth....
93 points.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:51 am
Oh shoot did I get that wrong
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:53 am
Chateau Vin has a point!
I know i bought some Cantemerle, but can't remember if it the 2019 or 2020. Seems like i should have bought 2018...
The 2003 Cantemerle i had were quite good too, at only 12.5 % alcohol, in that warm unusual vintage.
I know i bought some Cantemerle, but can't remember if it the 2019 or 2020. Seems like i should have bought 2018...
The 2003 Cantemerle i had were quite good too, at only 12.5 % alcohol, in that warm unusual vintage.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:55 am
This wine was incredibly reserved vis a vis the vintage, Nicola, I would never have guessed it to be a 2018.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:01 am
Almost Burgundian.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:04 am
Cantemerle ranks 46th out of 56 wines in my reclassification of the wines of the Medoc, between Malartic Lagraviere and Chasse Spleen. It proudly acquits itself as a solid fifth growth in 2018.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:25 am
I note this wine gets high marks on cellar tracker for its light, medium-bodied, non-alcoholic style. A lot of 93 point scores there. Two enthusiastic thumbs up, a very pleasant surprise! Very different from recent vintages of Canemerle, very different from other 2018s... in a good way.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 11:15 am
Saratoga has magnums for $80. I may put one in my next order from them.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 7:13 pm
I wonder if somebody can find GBF’s review of the 2018 Cantemerle for me.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 11:54 pm
In bottle tasting from GBF:
Cantemerle CC - 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 6% Petit Verdot. Quite a seductive nose of blackcurrants, exquisite and stylish. For me, it was a bit light on the palate and lacked some more depth and length. 89-90p.
Cantemerle CC - 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 6% Petit Verdot. Quite a seductive nose of blackcurrants, exquisite and stylish. For me, it was a bit light on the palate and lacked some more depth and length. 89-90p.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 12:05 am
Thanks for posting, Nicola. Very interesting note from GBF. For me, the lightness on the palate in 2018 was a positive, not a negative. I thought it was lovely, feminine, charming. Nuanced. Much closer to 93 points, or more, than the Burghound-like dungeon of 89-90.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 12:07 am
I would indeed think this would seem light in a wide ranging tasting if 2018s. This is why it is best to actually drink and analyze these wines.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 5:52 pm
Jim, do you prefer the 2018 over the 2016 Cantemerle?
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 5:55 pm
Yes. It seems like a very different styled Cantemerle.
I like the 2016 as well. 2010 is my favorite Cantemerle ever.
I'm a fan of Cantemerle in general, and I like this toned down version from 2018.
Very different than other 2018s.
I like the 2016 as well. 2010 is my favorite Cantemerle ever.
I'm a fan of Cantemerle in general, and I like this toned down version from 2018.
Very different than other 2018s.
Re: I just tasted my favorite 2018 so far, can you guess it?
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:06 pm
I am a big fan of Cantemerle too, I will have to fit in a 2018 in my reduced buying.