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I had a very hard time choosing between 1982, 1989, and 1990 (and 1996 if I limit it to the Left Bank). I ended choosing 1990, but it was by an incredibly narrow margin over 1989. The highs of 1982 are extraordinary, but I give the edge to 1989 and 1990 because there are several top chateaux that I...

I tend to buy and drink broadly so no single producer stands out. It’s more regional, and red Bordeaux stands head and shoulders above the rest. After that is Chateauneuf. Among producers, Lynch Bages, Haut Bailly, Pichon Baron, Pichon Lalande, Clinet, Conseillante, Cantemerle, Sociando, Meyney are ...

Alex Valdes wrote: ↑January 18th, 2021, 9:03 am
David Glasser wrote: ↑January 18th, 2021, 8:55 am I agree with Howard on marriage year wines...
Marriage year, college graduation year, highschool graduation year, year I got my first car: if the vintage is good I will find a way to convince myself to buy more

LOL, believe me I have used all of those as reasons to buy!

I agree with Howard on marriage year wines, but when it comes to birth year... Lucked out with a 1989 vintage daughter. I bought wines I like that I thought would go 20-50+ years: red Bordeaux and Sauternes. Yquem and La Tour Blanche 750s for more and less-"serious" celebrations and a 6L o...

I voted 2005, thinking mostly of the left bank. My threshold for over-ripe and over-extracted has decreased over the years, but it remains higher than some here. 2000 is a close second. 2016 may challenge for the top spot but it’s still too early for me to tell. I made a (possibly foolish) bet on 20...

Haut Brion
Montrose
Palmer
Talbot
Lynch Bages

Where does this come from? I didn’t think we’d rank highly, but not even top 20, wow. Go Portugal! I assumed we’d be first, by weight. These are per capita stats as people have noted above. I recall seeing the below article last year - only c. 60% of adults in the USA drink alcohol at all, and ther...

My dog doesn’t mind the waiting lists, but he's downright ornery about the tariffs.

So I just talked to a Service Rep (a real person). She advises me the package in Monroe Township NJ is out for delivery and will be delivered today to me in White Rock NM. Uhhhh.....sure!! And her accent was so thick I could barely understand her. The UPS shipping saga continues. Tom Well, Tom, if ...

And don't ignore the savings on the 2006 Dom P2 on the same page: reduced from $24,500 to $1999.99!

Did they describe this in the auction? If not full 100% refund should be issued. Auction house did properly describe, not blaming them. Just have never encountered a wine this "gone" and was surprised when I poured. Have you bought wines with signs of seepage before? If so, and have not e...

What did they charge for shipping?

The wait is worth it.

Again, just because you aren’t liable doesn’t mean a suit isn’t costly and disruptive. Whoopee, you won. After how many thousands of dollars and hours? More than with almost all other claims I can think of, it just doesn't really make sense to file a frivolous or even weak defamation suit, especial...

Again, just because you aren’t liable doesn’t mean a suit isn’t costly and disruptive.

Whoopee, you won. After how many thousands of dollars and hours?

RE: the choice of 55 degrees ... isn’t 55F also the temperature at which the pressure inside the bottle/headspace neither exerts outward OR inward forces on the cork? I would think that in terms of maintaining a proper seal, the most advantageous temperature (all else equal) would be the one that d...

Still master of my domaine.

Great note on a great wine. Drank my last bottle last month with the same results.

Horrible, tragic, senseless. RIP.

You can expand that question and include CT. Will you be sued for a bad wine review? The writer has always been subject to suit for a bad wine review. The issue is whether Todd or Eric can be sued over a bad wine review posted by someone else to WB or CT. Section 230 protects a platform from being ...

Great bottle. Drank mine but this would worthy of backfilling. Charvin is one of the few CdP I still like and will buy. My list looks like Jonathan's above.

I've had a pair of the Bordeaux Sommelier for 20-30 years. Used them a few times, not in the last 15 years or so. Never particularly liked them, from either an organoleptic or ergonomic perspective.

The top 30-40 wines would be considered real winners - plenty of ripe fruit, great balancing acid and tannin, not too alcoholic, should drink young better than many vintages and age beautifully for decades. But it would lose a few points for lack of consistency, as there were fewer properties, parti...

Three days, 18 hours, 51 minutes and counting.

Red Bordeaux makes up half of my cellar.

Other areas of strength:
Champagne
German Riesling
N/S Rhône
California Cab/blends

Sad to hear this, enjoyed his posts. RIP.

I’ll guess 3:
Léoville Las Cases
Latour
Dunn Howell Mountain

Howard's poll and the ensuing comments may illustrate the differences in how we define "off vintage" as much as personal preference for the wines themselves. For some it’s in relation to the top vintages. For others auction/resale value is a factor. I don’t see comments that any of the lis...

December:
Bought 0
Drank 12

For the year:
My 2020 NY resolution was to buy no more than 12 bottles.

Bought 120
Drank 131

A modest move in the right direction.

I tend to think that Champagne's big houses lend themselves better to some sort of hierarchical classification than the growers. Producers such as, to pick three examples, Selosse, Lassaigne and Prévost have such strong individual styles that they will necessarily evoke strong personal responses. I...

Wish they made it with a longer screw. Only time I’ve had the Durand fail was when a long cork broke off below the screw. They did a special run a couple of years ago with longer worms for people that wanted them for old port and real old Bordeaux. You might want to give them a call to see if they ...

I’ll second Jayson's list. Great list. DDC and Pape Clement are the only ones not particularly in my wheelhouse but I’d happily drink them and they fit the OP's request.

Wish they made it with a longer screw. Only time I’ve had the Durand fail was when a long cork broke off below the screw.

Thanks for the tip. I have never noticed that % consumed portion. Seems pretty useful. Do you find this info to be fairly accurate? My only issue with the Capanna reviews is that although everyone seems happy with it, none of the more recent reviews really describe whether they think it is at its p...

No personal experience but this is what CTers have to say about 2 of them: Capanna - 25 users say drink 2015-2024, with 40% of holdings consumed suggest its good to go. https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=1081683 Corte Pavone - drink dates 2011-2021 but based on only 3 users, also 40% cons...

WOTY: 1982 Latour.

Discovery: backfilling non-trophy wines at auction works a lot better than I thought.

Mel Hill wrote: ↑December 15th, 2020, 1:58 pm the fake Rudy on Facebook seems to have run out of funny, maybe he can make some more?

A fairly short run compared to the real Rudy. Probably because fake funny is so much more different than the real thing than fake wine.

What you need to know:
Never turn on the AC.
Get on the condo board.
Don’t trust Jack.
Bring a space pen that can write upside down.
Leave the raincoats in New York.

I have always kept a locker at offsite storage solely for purposes of receiving my wine and avoiding hassles like described above. Always considered it a worthwhile investment. In line with that, living in a 24-hour doorman building is perfect for high-value deliveries. We had a fail to deliver on ...

Not just buy less. I’m giving myself a specific target: Buy no more than 12 bottles in 2020 (other than restaurant purchases for on-site consumption). So far, 1.5 days down and 0 bottles. Winning! SO... this was a very specific resolution. No more than 12 bottles purchased in 2020. One case. How'd ...

Thank you, Jay. Please sign me up: dbg@comcast.net.

No personal experience but this is what CTers have to say about 2 of them: Capanna - 25 users say drink 2015-2024, with 40% of holdings consumed suggest its good to go. https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=1081683 Corte Pavone - drink dates 2011-2021 but based on only 3 users, also 40% consu...

Happy with them both.

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Asked and answered: Sarah Kirschbaum's answer prett much says it all for me:
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I"d buy more "weak" vintage Haut Brion. I'm my view it always way outperforms in weaker years and usually the price is pulled down just like everyone else. But it is still pretty darn expensive. I just had the 2011. Really good for the vintage, but nowhere near worth the the price. I...

Gotta say I love links opening in a new tab without having to hold/right click. Maybe seems minor, but a really welcome feature. Thank you.

I like Alfert's list, but for me put Haut Brion at the head of the list. Way over $100 now, but up until the 1990s or so...

On an iPad in portrait orientation, the right side of linked tweets are truncated rather than resized to fit.

Young, robust wines go in the fridge with a stopper.
Older, fragile wines go in the fridge with a Repour.
Simple, easy, works well most of the time for wines I’ll finish on day 2.

Drank 12, bought none. A good month.

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