The JimHow March BWE Month Special Wine has been uncorked.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 10:47 pm

...and other ramblings.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:08 pm

An interesting ruby/purple color, a touch lighter than I expected, almost Burgundy-like.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:17 pm

Thank you again to all BWEers young and old for your response to the BD challenge, we've seen some great wines pulled out so far during the "March Is BWE Month" celebration.

The first half of my month was busy, we had another couple of bruising days of hearings last week in the Alaska case, this time taking on the head of DNA testing of the Alaska crime lab. We really went at it over the course of two days....

The rest of the month is a little less crowded with court action, but things are picking up again and we are hoping to resume jury trials in May for the first time since February 2020.

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:25 pm

I'm drinking a mildly corked half bottle of 015 Ch. Haura, nursing a sore back injured moving wine.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:30 pm

The initially bashful bouquet on this feminine beauty is now evolving, Chris, I popped and poured, thought briefly about decanting but to heck with it.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:56 pm

The elegance is lovely but boy it really needs coaxing in the big Riedel sommelier glass.
Remind me to decant next time.
Earthy, Burgundian, on nose and palate.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:19 am

With a small sirloin it is now opening up, in the second hour.
It really needed to be decanted a good 4 hours.
It is a very, very classy wine, but nuanced, you need to spend time with it.
It's almost like a Volnay or Pommard, plum, earthiness, very elegant, feminine.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:26 am

Checking some reviews on line, my this has gotten pricey since I bought it.
Others note the Burgundy comparison, albeit Chambolle-Musigny.
Now the flowers are emerging, just in time, for la pie de la whoopee....

marcs · Post by **marcs** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:27 am

Not telling us what wine you’re drinking...

Calling it “Burgundian” when it’s actually Bordeaux...

That’s TWO STRIKES around here! You’re lucky you’re the BD!

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:30 am

Mmmmm.....

A marcs kind of wine....

marcs · Post by **marcs** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:32 am

I’m not convinced by just Pommard, Volnay, and C-M Jim...I’d like to see this wine compared to Gevrey, Morey, Beaune, Corton, Nuits St Georges, and especially Vosne-Romanee before I’m convinced it’s any good...

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:35 am

I'll give you a hint...

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:35 am

I believe you have reviewed this wine here on BWE. But I could be wrong.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:37 am

Now we are talking, this wine is completely opening up at the two hour mark into a 95 pointer.
It took a little while, but it is showing everything... elegance, complexity, violets and summer flowers on the nose.
Drinkability now and for 25+ years.

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:41 am

JimHow wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:30 pm The initially bashful bouquet on this feminine beauty is now evolving, Chris, I popped and poured, thought briefly about decanting but to heck with it.

I do that all the time with weeknight wines but I keep open bottles overnight in my kitchen wine fridge. I'm inclined to decant anything special to get it off the sediment in a single pour, and return it to bottle for serving. A fully mature wine will go back in the bottle right away while something only a few years old will be out for a few hours.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:47 am

This wine has evolved slowly, delicately, like a flower in a spring rain.
A really lovely wine. Very complex, but you have to spend some time with it to see the nuances.
If you popped and poured in some tasting or even a dinner out on town, you might miss it all.
What was very closed two hours ago has now blossomed, not in some big spectacular fireworks but subtly, elegantly.
This is a 13.5% wine.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:49 am

We have to have at least 2-3 guesses before I reveal the wine, it is ok if you get it wrong, you can blame it on my usual poor descriptors, although the description of it as a "Marcs-kind-of-wine" and 13.5% alcohol, duh, should I just give you the answer....

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:51 am

We can even play 20 questions if you like, with yes or no answers...

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:55 am

...you can even ask questions.

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:58 am

Is it a left bank Bdx?

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:02 am

Okay, here we go, 20 yes/no questions:

#20. Is it a left bank Bdx?

No.

marcs · Post by **marcs** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:06 am

Is it a right bank Bordeaux?

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:07 am

So you have gone to The Dark Side.

Is it a Pomerol?

marcs · Post by **marcs** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:07 am

Pomerol was going to be my next question, I like my 20 questions step by step

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:08 am

Marcus, he already said that it was right bank Bdx.

Or he is in need of exorcism.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:10 am

#19: Is it right bank?

Yes.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:10 am

#18. Is it Pomerol?

Yes.

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:14 am

You should not charge for Marcus' question since it was answered by your answer to my question.

Does the name of the estate contain 3 or more words?

marcs · Post by **marcs** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:14 am

Is it Conseillante?

marcs · Post by **marcs** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:15 am

stefan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:08 am Marcus, he already said that it was right bank Bdx.

Or he is in need of exorcism.

It could have been a non-Bordeaux

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:15 am

#17. Is it Conseillante?

Yes.

marcs · Post by **marcs** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:17 am

Is the vintage pre-2000?

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:18 am

That's not a yes/no question.

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:19 am

>>
It could have been a non-Bordeaux
>>

Marcus, for that comment you might be expelled or at least suspended!

marcs · Post by **marcs** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:20 am

JimHow wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:18 am That's not a yes/no question.

Realizing that, I just edited to ask if the vintage was pre-2000

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:21 am

#16: Is the vintage (of La Conseillante) pre 2000?

Answer: No.

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:21 am

>>
Is the vintage pre-2000 or 2000 and after?
>>

The answer is "yes", Jim.

marcs · Post by **marcs** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:21 am

stefan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:19 am >>
It could have been a non-Bordeaux
>>

Marcus, for that comment you might be expelled or at least suspended!

That was just exploring the space of logical possibilities. If Jim had tormented the board to this degree about a non-Bordeaux it is he who should have been suspended. Thankfully he didn’t

marcs · Post by **marcs** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:22 am

JimHow wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:21 am #16: Is the vintage (of La Conseillante) pre 2000?

Answer: No.

Is the wine the 2001 La Conseillante?

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:23 am

Oooh, I take my answer back, per my mathematician's advice....

16. "Is the vintage pre-2000 or 2000 and after?"

Answer: Yes.