Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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Never heard of fizzy plonk fatigue, sounds dreadful!

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That Billecart was this champagne?: https://m.klwines.com/p/i?i=1439393

I bought some of it too, but sounds underwhelming especially given the critical hype.

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Of course, this means I have just a little more than month to finish a lifetime worth of shopping at KL retail and auctions!!!

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Well, I was going to drive to Santa Fe to meet a KL shipment. One local wino was going to carpool with me and we were going to meet another formally local wino there to make a night of it with dinner and wine, etc. All three of us had vino coming from KL, could have been fun (as a one-off). But FedE...

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Not I, Patrick. It has been months since I looked at auctions. Also, I generally don't bid against a P there before checking with you. Haha, good to know! All kidding aside, it would have been tres apropos for you to win a lot of the William “Stefan” Johnson Wine of the Year. I liked thinking it mi...

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marcs wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:15 pm The wines Ian shared with me in London were also particularly wonderful, but it had a lot to do with the setting and the company as well.

Ditto, albeit it 2021 for me. Hopefully we can do it again together in March!

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You guys are drinking way better than me. Just have to have the right friends. Nearly all of those were drunk with friends/groups, and I think that's true for most of us. Come by SF and we'll add some to your list for 2023. SF Ed Yeah, me too (Dale brought the 82 l’Evangile, jckba brought the 70 Ma...

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To my surprise, I just won 3 x 2018 Chevillon Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Pruliers. I thought for sure I get sniped at $89.83/each all-in. Not sure what I’ve heard about 2018 red burgs, but the critics (that I listen to) all like this particular wine: https://m.klwines.com/Auction/BidDetail/1651324...

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You guys are drinking way better than me.

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Edited to reduce to 10… Reds (no order): 1982 Canon 1982 l'Evangile 1982 Beychevelle 1970 Magdelaine 1996 Jadot Corton-Pougeots White (no order): 2007 Taittinger Comtes 2012 Cristal 2014 Niellon Chassagne Vergers 2016 Alzinger Riesling Smaragd Dürnsteiner Hollerin Dessert: 1990 Pinon Cuvee Botrytis ...

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>> Best Final ֵֵֵEver >> Only until it went to a kick off. I repeat: this is a ridiculous way to break a tie. Can you imagine the Super Bowl being decided by lining up five players each team to try to kick extra points? I couldn’t agree more, oh wise one. This is the biggest turnoff for me with soc...

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Reviewing this thread, it looks like we are currently at a max of 12 BWE attendees? 1. Ian ( confirmed ) 2. Jim ( confirmed ) 3. Patrick ( confirmed ) 4&5. MichaelP and Nalan ( confirmed ) 6&7. Ed and Lisa ( confirmed ) 8. Tim ( confirmed ) 9. Alex ( confirmed ) 10. Joel ( probable ) 11&...

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I am totally down with all Bordeaux, all the time! That said, I do think part of the reason the Friday nights are the least satisfying/interesting wine-wise is the lack of any structure, beyond having no Bordeaux. Now maybe sticking to Bordeaux each night would provide enough cohesiveness right ther...

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Argentina’s keeper is terrific. Against the Dutch and now French, he came up huge in the penalties.

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We could do New World on Friday? Though that doesn’t preclude pinot.

I could bring a mature-ish Ridge Monte Bello and maybe a Heitz Martha’s, or a 70’s Forman-era Sterling cab. There’s lots of excellent New World whites to chose from and I’ve got some killer cali dessert wines too.

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May this thread serve as the confessional? I’ve bought from Acker auctions, even after I knew about Rudy, etc. It hasn’t been often, it hasn’t been high end (even by my miserly standards), and I’ve uniformly lowball bid every time. Over the last 4 years or so, I’ve won about 4 cases of wine all told...

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I had a brief glimpse of the 2017 a few weeks ago at the Saatchi tasting and it was similar too, albeit a v small pour. Glad I have a case of that too. I liked it more than the 2019 that Patrick, Alex and I tried 14 months ago, which tasted a bit too modern generic for my liking. I didn’t realize y...

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I remember the buzz well on BWE about this wine circa 2018, compelling enough that I finally caved and secured half a case at the outrageous price of $59/each (outrageous compared to how they were giving it away in NH).

Now how tickled I am to I have 6 bottles on standby.

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My plane tickets are reserved and paid for. I arrive Heathrow in the morning of March 23rd. Who else is confirmed and ticketed so far?

Can’t wait!

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In my experience, in the last 40 yars Leoville Barton has been the most consistently good of the St Julien second growths. Actually, I have not had a single bottle that I thought underperformed significantly. LLC has great highs, but all too frequently underperforms. Ducru is my favorite, but for y...

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I’m going to agree wholeheartedly with Eric that I’ve never really been blown away by Leoville Barton (with the possible exception of one bottle of 2004), and I’ll go further to say that I’ve been underwhelmed many times. I’m willing to call it and say LB is overrated. Sacrilege, you Philistine! A ...

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More grim news on Sherry-Lehmann, sounds like gross mismanagement at best and outright fraud at worst: https://nypost.com/2022/12/15/sherry-le ... ts-waited/

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DavidG wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 8:44 pm Great choice, really surprised me!

Yeah, seriously. GPL of all wines. What's next, the BD nominates a Burgundy! (oh wait).

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Great choice, Jim.

New year will be a Pichon Lalande for sure!

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As a red Burgundy neophyte, I'd follow Stefan's sage advice and Jadot is reliable-to-excellent for my tastes. Not sure if these are available in south Florida, but I've thoroughly enjoyed young, lower end reds from Felettig, like the Felettig Chambolle-Musigny Vieilles Vignes 2016 -- I bet the 2019 ...

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When in doubt, our default theme in denver is “the finest wines available to humanity... we want them here, and we want them now!”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ig3pcF-M4LI

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stefan wrote: ↑Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:54 pm What is wrong with pre arrivals? Usually you get a good price and always you have free storage of wine that is too young to drink. Sometimes you even eventually get the wine.

This was Premier Cru’s official motto, right?

It sounded better in Latin.

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Futures are often substantially cheaper than when the wines hit the shelves, even today. I don’t have hard numbers in front of me but my sense is you’re getting 20-25% off when buying Bordeaux as futures, even compared to prices right after the wines first show up. This payoff used to be (a lot?) be...

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It took a while to happen, but looks like COVID will bring down one of America’s most storied wine merchants. There’s a thread on Berserkers about Sherry-Lehman stiffing folks on futures, doesn’t look good. Remember this thread?: http://www.bordeauxwineenthusiasts.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9050&am...

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2 x 2016 Niellon Clos St Jean Chassagne Montrachet
1 x 2013 Stony Hill Cabernet

Never had SH’s cab before.

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From this list I remember purchasing full cases of 1982 Ch Margaux (two bottles left) 1989 La Mission Haut Brion (three left) 1981 Lafite (finito) 1990 Petrus (five left) and 1991 Rousseau CSJ (one left) In addition to what is reproduced below the list had three cases of Gentaz Dervieux Cote Rotie ...

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We can definitely source some bubbles in London as needed. The only real issues I’ve had lugging wine around is with old Nebbiolo (35+ years), those usually have super fine sediment that can take weeks or longer than settle. Bordeaux sediment is usually coarse enough, even on ancient bottles (due to...

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I have a nice section of 83s, fewer for 90, but I am happy to sell some to BWE at cost (I bought some excellent 83s quite reasonably a few years ago and I only backfill bottles that look pristine). I’ll have plenty of room in my checked luggage on the way over (I use a Vin Garde Valise). Email or PM...

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WARNING LABEL: Wine may take up too much of your time and money; BWE will always advise buying

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Sothebys in London is currently auctioning some 1990 Bordeaux, this auction ends 12/14. eg Pichon Baron, Lynch Bages, Cos, Magdelaine, Figeac, etc. These bottles all look perfect. -https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/the-adrian-bowden-collection-finest-rarest-wines/chateau-pichon-longuevill...

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Comte Flaneur wrote: ↑Sun Dec 11, 2022 2:23 pm What about 1983 AND 1990?

Yes!

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A few examples:

1995 Haut Brion
https://m.klwines.com/Auction/BidDetail/1650069
1998 Haut Brion
https://m.klwines.com/Auction/BidDetail/1650319

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I’m probably the wrong person to chime in given how mature I like my claret, but I’d say pass. The 2020 vintage is likely to be epic based on the few barrel samples I’ve tried BUT it sure looks like a vintage that will need 30 years. For that money, you can buy at auction mature or close to mature F...

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I like the 83 theme! I still have a good selection though no Palmer or Margaux. Sone of my favorite 83s: Pichon Lalande Canon VCC Figeac Beychevelle Rausan Segla Haut Brion Lynch Bages Talbot Gruaud Larose Leoville Poyferre Cantemerle Leoville Las Cases Or, maybr even better, we could do 1990 on Sat...

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Who’s the favorite now? Argentina?

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