Your personal wines of the year
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Your personal wines of the year
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:
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:
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Re: Your personal wines of the year
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
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
Re: Your personal wines of the year
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
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
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Re: Your personal wines of the year
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
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
Re: Your personal wines of the year
Budget red: Haut Brion 1961
Eclipses the rest of the year although they were some stonking good wines...
Eclipses the rest of the year although they were some stonking good wines...
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Re: Your personal wines of the year
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: 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
Re: Your personal wines of the year
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: ?
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: ?
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Re: Your personal wines of the year
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)
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)
Re: Your personal wines of the year
Oh, you can do that I guess, so I change my Rose selection to 2006 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne
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