Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

From about a month ago, the 2009 was open for business with lovely aromas of dark, ripe, blackberry fruits, leather and tobacco that carried through on the silky, savory palate. 93 whereas the 2010 is still sporting its spearmint and oak cloak and really just needs more time. 91+

Thanks JC that’s helpful

Another 2009 that seems to be drinking well is Leoville Barton an epic wine in the making

The 2009 vintage is shaping up as the modern day 1982

Lucky, i found 1 bottle of 2019 Jamet Côte Rôtie.

1 2016 Nameless Wine
12 2020 Nameless Wine (as per BD dictum)

Very well done, Stefan. Very well done indeed!
I'm about to follow suit.

We are low on white wine in Texas, so I stopped at Total Wine to see what they have and ran into a 15% off sale on Winery Direct products. I bought

3 2018 Belland Puligny-Montrachet Champs-Gain
1 2018 Belland Chassagne-Montrachet Morgeot
4 2002 Lanson Noble Cuvee

1 X 1974 La Spinona Barbaresco
1 X 1978 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco

Stefan, are the Winery Direct wines worth investigating? I've always been a bit suspicious that their markup on those wines is the way they make money.

Jon, what I bought today were at or near the lowest price in the USA. Many of the Winery Direct wines from our TW are familiar Bordeaux. I was not interested in them because I do not want any more red wine in Texas. I am not familiar with Belland, but the two I bought reviewed well. 2002 Lanson Noble is a good Champagne. I finished mine several years ago, but imagine that it is still fine. This Total Wine had it (as well as the Bellands) in cold storage.

1 x 2020 Calon Segur
1 x 2020 Calon Segur magnum
5 x 2019 Langoa Barton
3 x 2020 Langoa Barton
2 x 2020 La Lagune

Jim, I see that you are keeping busy when you are not in court.

When I got home with the white Burgundy and Champagne and Lucie saw the Lanson, she asked how many bottles they had. I responded, "eight". She said, "why didn't you buy them all?"

That's my gal!

Very well done indeed, Mr. Johnson, yes, I'm off to pick up my latest order.
Tied up this week with my "boy gangster" in court, I need to buy more wine to alleviate my PTSD from all these murder trials.
https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/02/01/p ... new-trial/

I did not know that buying wine was a cure to alleviate PTSD.

I think I also suffer PTSD, as i'm looking more and more to a cro-magnon lately with beard and long hairs. Buying more wine should help me too.

Folks wonder why I get so mean sometimes, Nicola, I’m traumatized by the horrific things I see day after day. I see too much. I need to compensate by buying more Bordeaux…

I got seduced into buying two bottles of 2018 Bruno Giacosa Barolo by this note from Susan Hulme MW - no I have never heard of her either - but I happen to think that the 2018 Barolo (and Barbaresco) vintage is very under-rated:

Susan Hulme MW writes, “The 2018 Bruno Giacosa Barolo is very rich and hedonistic, with ripe strawberries and rose hip and notes of incense, lilies and violets. It is a lovely nose, persistent, intense and enticing and on the palate it is like falling into a soft velvety bed of rose petals.”

Hulme continues, “It already has such beautiful harmony and poise. It has a lush, sensual texture of crushed velvet, and is full-bodied without feeling heavy. There are plenty of dense, savory tannins extending the very long finish, creating a combination of seductive charm and power.”

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

I’ll uncork my magnum of 2020 Calon Segur with you guys on my 105th birthday….

JimHow wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 7:13 pm I’ll uncork my magnum of 2020 Calon Segur with you guys on my 105th birthday….

OMG, i'm jalous. I thought the 2020 Calon Segur is such a great young Calon, preferring it to 2000, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011... so much complexity, balance, clasic style, poise in the 2020.

This is what i thought about the 2020 :
The 2020 Chateau Calon Segur is young, but impressively gifted. Dark color, with a nose full of blackcurrants, integrated oak, cedar, lot of forrest floor, blackberries... with something spicy. Mouth is very balanced, fruity, but with lot of flesh, tannins, freshness, cedar, violet berries and flowers. Some ripe green something, tannic cherries, and a long ligth austere long fruity vegetal mineral finish. Very Calon. This is quite something, and surely a distinctive excellent to great Calon Segur. Prices are up, but this is a great showing, for those who appreciates classical Bordeaux, made in a controlled ripe way. Very drinkable. Tn : 95.

I did not open any 2016 or 2018 yet.

It seems to get very high reviews, Nic, I also bought a 750, I might give it a try at some point to see if I want to buy more.

2013 Dom Perignon x 6

1 X 2009 Pichon Lalande

Domaine Drouhin Spring Club Wines:
12 2022 Pinot Noir Origine 35
3 2022 Roserock Chardonnay

ONE bottle, David? Would you like a loan?

The bad news is that last year I spent more on wine than Lucie spent on her (pre-owned) BMW.

The good news is that this year Lucie does not need (or want) another car! And I am content to drive my hand-me-down from Lucie, a 1998 Toyota Camry, which might outlast me. Nevertheless, I resolve not to spend more on wine this year than our after tax income from Social Security.

I have learned that if you live frugally (as you must on a teacher's salary) and retire at age 78, you don't have to worry about going to The Poor House when you get old. (Take note, blanquito.)

Wow, limiting your wine purchases in 2024 to your "after tax income from Social Security...."

Lolololololol....

Riiiight.

...And there won't be any Social Security when blanquito hits retirement age.

3 1970 Montrose

Jim, I am on track. I think. I hope. I can do it; I can do it...

2 x 1975 Magdelaine

2021 Fernand Engel Réserve Riesling
2022 Gustave Lorentz Riesling
2016 Allées de Cantemerle
2021 Cosse Maisonneuve La Fage Cahors
2021 Potazzine Toscana

2 x 6 Gazin 2016

3 x 2015 LaLagune (last 3 bottles on the shelf)
3 x 2016 Cantemerle
1 x 2018 Labegorce
2 x 2019 Fourcas Dupré
1 x 2020 Lilian Ladouys (alas, only 1 left; had planned on buying 3)

White non-Bordeaux:
1 x 2015 Kuntz-Bas Pinot Gris VT Cuvee Caroline (375ml)
2 x 2021 Theo Minges Riesling Halbtrocken (1L) to drink while we sit on the back porch on a muggy Kansas summer evening.

Those reds are BWE kind of wines, esl, well done. Very well done indeed.

Thanks Jim,
Credit goes to BWE for bringing Lilian Ladouys to my attention. The first three though, have been long-time favorites. When I say Labégorce, that includes the consolidated Labégorce-Zédé which I preferred over Labégorce back in the day.

1 x 2016 La Lagune
2 x 2019 La Lagune
3 x 2020 La Lagune
2 x 2019 Cantemerle
1 x 2020 Cantemerle
1 x 2019 Corbin
1 x 2020 Corbin
1 x 2019 Lafon Rochet
1 x 2020 Lafon Rochet
1 x 2020 La Dame de Montrose
1 x 2020 Leoville Barton
1 x 2020 Talbot
1 x 2019 Branaire Ducru
1 x 2020 Branaire Ducru
1 x 2020 d'Armailhac
1 x 2020 Chasse Spleen
1 x 2019 Meyney
1 x 2020 Meyney
1 x 2019 Siran
1 x 2020 Siran

2021 Arnaldo Rivera Langhe blanc
2020 Le loup de Loubière Bordeaux blanc
2021 Castellare di Castellina Chianti Classico
2022 Castellare di Castellina Chianti Classico

stefan wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:44 pm ONE bottle, David? Would you like a loan?

The bad news is that last year I spent more on wine than Lucie spent on her (pre-owned) BMW.

The good news is that this year Lucie does not need (or want) another car! And I am content to drive my hand-me-down from Lucie, a 1998 Toyota Camry, which might outlast me. Nevertheless, I resolve not to spend more on wine this year than our after tax income from Social Security.

I have learned that if you live frugally (as you must on a teacher's salary) and retire at age 78, you don't have to worry about going to The Poor House when you get old. (Take note, blanquito.)

I don't require financial assistance from you or from anyone else. The retailer had just one bottle on offer.

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I don't require financial assistance from you or from anyone else. The retailer had just one bottle on offer.
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Sorry, DavidK; that was a joke for the other David. I thought your post was by him.

However, seeing as you are well heeled, I would happily take a loan for some 09 Lalande if the interest rate is good.*


*That joke was for you.

1990 L'Evangile
2012 G.Raphet Clos Vougeot
2012 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste
1996 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron
2004 Château Le Gay
1999 F. Magnien Gevrey Chanbertin Lavaut St. Jacques Cuvee Unique
2019 Sarget de Gruaud Larose
2017 Luigi Pira Barolo Margheria

Cristom spring club case
6 2022 Domaine Drouhin Louise PN
2 2014 Frank Bonneville Bl d Bl
2 2009 Paul Michel Bl d Bl
1 2010 Paul Michel Bl d Bl
1 2002 Lanson Noble
2 2014 Pichon Baron

Case of 2019 de Lamarque
1 x 2019 Labegorce
1 x 2019 Gloria
2 x 2016 du Tertre
1 x 2015 La Rose du Temple(Pomerol)
1 x 2019 Dargan (Moulis)
1 x 2019 Champs des Sables (Montagne St. Emilion)
I will start a separate topic about the last three.

Wow, 12 x 2019 Chateau de Lamarque….
Well done, esl. Very well done indeed!

12 more 2014 Pichon Baron