Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

I am borrowing a format here from Tom Cannavan, Jim’s equivalent (benevolent dictator) on wine pages.

What were your personal wines of the year in the following categories? You can enter n/a as appropriate:

Red:

White:

Bordeaux specifically (you can choose another if it is your red wine of the year):

Most promising Bordeaux discovery:

Budget red:

Budget white:

Sparkling:

Rose:

Sweet:

Fortified:

Hmm as for sparkling a 2004 Pol Roger I had with my old law school buddies in Boston was in a good place.
As for the other wines, I drank about 98% Bordeaux this year.

Red: 1986 Mouton

White: n/a

Bordeaux specifically (you can choose another if it is your red wine of the year): 1958 Haut Brion

Most promising Bordeaux discovery: Siran

Budget red: n/a

Budget white: n/a

Sparkling: 2004 Pol Roger

Rose: n/a

Sweet: 1967 d'Yquem

Fortified: n/a

Okay I’ll give this a go;

Red: 1970 Vega Sicilia Unico
White: 2014 Peter Michael Belle Cote
Bordeaux specifically: 1996 Pichon Lalande
Most promising Bordeaux discovery: 2006 d’Issan
Budget red: 2017 Thivin Cote De Brouilly
Budget white: 2017 Pepiere Pepie / Clos des Briords Muscadet
Sparkling: 1996 Dom Perignon
Rose: 2017 Tempier Bandol
Sweet: 1988 Yquem
Fortified: 1920 Cossart Malmsey

The categories make the results just a little different than my top 10 list:
http://www.bordeauxwineenthusiasts.com/ ... 822#p69822

Red: 1982 Mouton
White: 2014 Jacques Carillon Puligny Montrachet Les Champs Canet
Bordeaux: 1986 Mouton
Most promising Bordeaux discovery: 2015 Siran
Budget red: na
Budget white: na
Sparkling: 1988 Krug
Rosé: 2014 Sine Qua Non Gallinita (my only rosé in 2018 )
Sweet: 1988 Yquem
Fortified: 1977 Taylor Port

Budget red: Haut Brion 1961
Eclipses the rest of the year although they were some stonking good wines...

Here's mine

Red: 2014 Maybach Materium

White: 2016 Merryvale Sauvignon Blanc

Bordeaux: 2000 Peby Faugeres

Most promising Bordeaux discovery: 2014 La Croix Ducru Beaucaillou

Budget red: 2010 Ch. La Matheleine

Budget white: 2015 Cote Montpezat Cuvee Caroline

Sparkling: 2004 Veuve Clicquot Brut Vintage

Rose: n/a

Sweet: 1983 Beerenauslese (don't know the producer)

Fortified: n/a

Red: 2006 Rayas
White: 2014 Jacques Carillon Puligny Montrachet Les Champs Canet
Bordeaux specifically: 1986 Lynch Bages
Most promising Bordeaux discovery: ?
Budget red: Any 2016 red Bourgogne
Budget white: Any 2016 white Bourgogne
Sparkling: Jacques Selosse Champagne Initial January 2015 Disgorgement
Rose: 2006 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne
Sweet: 1990 Yquem
Fortified: ?

Red: 1976 Penfolds Grange Hermitage

White: 2000 Laville Haut-Brion

Bordeaux specifically: 2015 Lafleur

Most promising Bordeaux discovery: 2016 La Lagune

Budget red: 2016 Giuseppe Rinaldi Dolcetto D’Alba

Budget white: 2015 Radford Dale Chenin Blanc

Sparkling: NV Reflet D’Antan, Bereche

Rose: NV Billecart-Salmon

Sweet: 1975 Coutet

Fortified: Capellano Chinato (2010 base)

Oh, you can do that I guess, so I change my Rose selection to 2006 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne