Trivia questions from my wine cellar (and yours).

[jal]

Unfortunately, Ian, they're all Nuits St Georges Clos de la Maréchale

There was I thinking copious amounts of Amoureuses and Musigny...

Oh I wish, I used to buy these when the Musigny was $75 and the Amoureuses $60, and that was the 1996-2001 vintages. Probably the two best Burgundies I have ever drunk were the 2001 vintage of these. The prices for current releases are now about $1,200-$1,500 minimum. Absurd but I guess the demand is there.
So I'm settling for the Nuits Monopole which is excellent but obviously not in the same league by a wide margin.

[Blanquito]

Of my USA red wines only, Ridge is 44%, as I have 29 bottles of Ridge Chardonnay, Rose or dessert wine. I am not a fan of most American red wines, though I count myself a St Innocent man (and there are several other Oregon pinot noirs I quite happily buy, cellar and drink), and I really enjoy many Napa cabs from 1996 and older. Post-1996, the only cabernet I've bought from the USA is from Togni, Mount Eden, Forman, and of course Ridge.

I’m like Pat, Ridge and Bedrock make up about 80% of my meager US holdings, probably 80% of my cellar is French. These two wines scratch my Zinfandel itch, it’s a wine that pairs so well with hearty regular food like burgers or pizza. Ridge used to be the biggest holding in my entire collection but over the years I truly believe they increased their use of new American oak and my aversion to American oak got worse. I am down to buying Geyserville only and skipped the last 2 vintages. Bedrock is a thing, I buy a fair bit and its range is very broad, with Morgan snapping up historic mixed-fruit vineyards left and right. He will be a legendary producer, trust me.

Yeah, things have changed at Ridge since Draper retired or semi-retired. Ridge always has shown some American oak for my palate, but like old school Rioja, this usually integrates and at worst I don't mind it. But starting about 10 years ago, I decide to buy only Geyserville and various cabs (the Estate, Klein, Terraces, and Monte Bello) from Ridge's new releases and the Estate chardonnay which is great for $30-$35. I still backfill older stuff when I can, but those opportunities have become much rarer and pricier -- I won a two-bottle lot of the 1990 Jimsomare cabernet for $100 each recently, I won't go higher than that for these wines and only won it at that price due to a coronavirus discount...

I own a bottle of the 2013 Bedrock Evangelho, but I've yet to try any reds from them (ironically I am drinking their Chuy Chardonnay as I type). But this is some serious high praise you're giving here, I will move the Evangelho up in the drink now queue.

[sdr]

Unfortunately, Ian, they're all Nuits St Georges Clos de la Maréchale

There was I thinking copious amounts of Amoureuses and Musigny...

Oh I wish, I used to buy these when the Musigny was $75 and the Amoureuses $60, and that was the 1996-2001 vintages. Probably the two best Burgundies I have ever drunk were the 2001 vintage of these. The prices for current releases are now about $1,200-$1,500 minimum. Absurd but I guess the demand is there.
So I'm settling for the Nuits Monopole which is excellent but obviously not in the same league by a wide margin.

Ha, Jacques, you had much better luck than I did with Mugnier. After many disappointing to downright poor experiences, including the Moose and the Lady Lovers, from vintages such as 1996, 1999 and 2001, I sold them all. I bought them from B-21 at the prices you mention.

In fact, not long after that, I sold almost all of my red Burgs, even a couple of DRCs. Freed up a lot of funds to buy real wine, AKA Bordeaux.

Stu

[Nicklasss]

With that last post, i hereby declare SdR the ultimate BWEer!

Nic

[jal]

Good one Nic. Stu defends his title beautifully!
1997 Mugnier Musigny, from a "mediocre" year remains my red Burgundy epiphany. Heights that have not been reached since and I doubt will be reached again.

[JimHow]

Jackdaw's 1996 DRC Grands Echezeaux with Gio's tuna dish at the 18 course Thursday night dinner we had at NYC '03.

OMG.

[Blanquito]

1990 DRC Richebourg, London 2018 = Viniferous nirvana.

[tim]

1990 DRC Richebourg, London 2018 = Viniferous nirvana.

Quite agree, that was an amazing wine.

It seems I've had more DRC in London than anyplace else. And always Ian involved in the dinner. Hmmm...

[Dandersson]

In my small cellar, Largest producer/estate has 10.9% of the volume. The make up is 43% Bordeaux, 80% French, of Bordeaux a 100/0 split between left and right bank. As it grows during the coming years I intend to increase the percentage of French's wines and keep 45-50% from Bordeaux.