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Markus S

Charles Weiss wrote: ↑
September 23rd, 2020, 1:09 pm
... Like kissing the neck of a wealthy Frenchman. ...

eeew! TMI!

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If your stimulus check is burning a hole in your pocket, I'd say go for it.

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I... Sure, they're knowledgable, but they're completely price uncompetitive in most recent vintages because of their inherently hight cost structure so they've tried to differentiate themselves by going into the niche of selling older vintages sourced from peoples' cellars. High cost structure? And...

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These wines have a quiet beauty...

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And here I thought Radical Love Machine was a really bad English translation of Einstürzende Neubauten~

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Marshall Manning wrote: ↑
September 22nd, 2020, 2:03 pm

The Only Bottles Available in the world!"

As if the "Only bottles available in the US" weren't enough...now it's the world!

The World's the limit!

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David_K wrote: ↑
September 22nd, 2020, 6:50 am

Brian S t o t t e r wrote: ↑
September 21st, 2020, 8:42 pm
Every time an email says “[famous winery]’s neighbor”
For sure - but even better is when it's [famous winery's proprietor's] best friend, or what [famous winery's proprietor] drinks at home.

Or what about The Greek???

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BTW, talking of apostrophes why do both Sotheby’s and Christie’s have them? Same reason Macy's does: We tend to refer to sellers in the possessive. I suspect it's because, when the company name is a surname, we think of it once having been a person's establishment. It has become force of habit, so ...

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Probably a blessing in disguise. Of course, when you see sites like "cheapwinescheap", you kinda know what to expect!

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chambers street in NYC just got a nice cache of older ones. https://www.chambersstwines.com/Articles/12852/newsletter I... Sure, they're knowledgable, but they're completely price uncompetitive in most recent vintages because of their inherently hight cost structure so they've tried to differentiat...

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Two points of context for this vintage. Many producers had very, very long malolactic fermentations. Many wines were delayed going to market, and you basically had 08 and 09 back to back (some wines arrived 6 months apart). The other issue is that they were cranky when they arrived, and didn't tast...

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Guessing answer is NO but do some winery's have insurance for this kind of thing? Not sure about wineries. But, I would hope the vineyards have crop insurance that covers the winery not purchasing their fruit. In general crop insurance covers crop loss from listed natural issues. ... This is intere...

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Always love these!

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Thanks for taking one for the Empire State!

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Mich@el Ch@ng wrote: ↑
September 19th, 2020, 3:57 am
I love 17 burgs and generally like to drink young burgs early before they shut down. 16s are gonna a take a minute to be ready, though.

What do you like about the 17's? Can't say I've tasted the vintage yet.

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What's the band got to do with this?

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J Henson wrote: ↑
September 18th, 2020, 6:43 am
Why are so many people who comment on wine so tiresome?

Welcome to the Boring Club.

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Ed Baum wrote: ↑
September 18th, 2020, 7:25 am
... for delivery to multiple locations in multiple states in the US for an online tasting...

Are you talking hundreds here...or thousands? If these are "widely available" as you say, couldn't people simply purchase them locally? You would be doing the environment a big service if they could.

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William Kelley wrote: ↑
September 16th, 2020, 11:22 pm

Markus S wrote: ↑
September 16th, 2020, 6:10 pm
Had a white Hauts Cote de Nuit at 14% alcohol. Tells you much you need to know.
About tariffs?

Not sure about that, but it tasted ripe. Not looking forward to it's sister red at 14.5%...those comparisons of Burgundy-Barolo might not be that far off!

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Had a white Hauts Cote de Nuit at 14% alcohol. Tells you much you need to know.

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I see you throwing out a lot of geographic descriptors...Burgundy....Barolo...Rhone...
but really, the Jura is its own thing.

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Wouldn't it be comforting to learn that all those First Growths you never could afford were in fact full of toxic chemicals?! Wouldn't it be mind-blowing that the chemicals in these wines affect the taste enough that some of them are part of the profile that makes 100 points wines? Question: are th...

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Gee, business getting around rules they were supposed to abide by....I'm SHOCKED, I tell you, shocked.

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... In so far as what makes Burgundy taste like "Burgundy" is not just about site influence but also about how the primary fruit is complexified (patinating is the word I am increasingly inclined to use, as I think it describes very well what goes on) in the production process, then you can expect ...

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13 years is quite young for a Petite Sirah, but you think they won't improve? I still have a 2002 I am waiting on!

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Sc0tt F!tzger@ld wrote: ↑
September 14th, 2020, 12:35 pm
Paging Monsieur Audoze.

We already know his answer: these are much too young and should be held until the whisper becomes louder.

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Mmm...dog food.

I miss Puffeney already. Wish I had set more aside.

Too bad you didn't try Bornard, Macle, or Montbourgeau, as I would have loved to hear your take on them.

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Taste it and guess? Or let Rudy K have a glass in his cell and see what he thinks - herd he was a master blender?

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Château-Grillet 2006 – 17 – LG17 L’abricot sec, l’amande, et en filigrane, cette forme musquée de violette et de poudre de riz évoquant la joue fripée d’une bisaïeule endimanchée, signalent rapidement le grand viognier (Chéry ?, Vernon ?). Mais la convergence collégiale sur Grillet se dessinera en ...

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This was great with a tomato-based ragu and, tonight, with Turkish lahmacun ... Growing up I was always told these were Lebanese... Barbera seems to handle extreme ripeness better than other varieties (in the same way that 15% fruiliano seems to work), but still, there's got to be a limit somewhere?

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Looks like WB is a national security threat.

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Ramon C wrote: ↑
September 11th, 2020, 6:12 am
Is La Guiraude a single vineyard?

I don't think so. It is similar to Clos de la Roilette's "Tardive" bottling, a pick of barrels, not of vineyard.

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Thanks! That video shows what a dramatic location this is. I think anything cream-based is excellent with savignin.

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It ain't so.
And 2015 was a ripe year, so I would expect it to be flabby.

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Anything SIX FIGURES is out of my price range!

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Usually when somebody says "imminent" it's in relation to a disaster coming 'round the corner....

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I actually like young wine, there's a different type of challenge than with older wine. My main problem here is that I tend to overfetishize tasting something "new" (producer, vintage, grape, etc.) so I ignore all the wine I already own in my collection. It's a character flaw and my ongoing hope is...

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HenryB wrote: ↑
September 9th, 2020, 2:43 pm
...how....you can get below retail prices, unless said distributor is giving you a discount because they like you vs the other people they sell to

Well Premier Cru did this for Years!

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Those alcohol levels are quaint.

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I've always found black pepper in Graillot Crozes (both the reg and Guiraude). Very masculine syrah. Perhaps the Nuits of the Rhone?

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Robert Sand wrote: ↑
September 6th, 2020, 12:14 pm
Not a great fan of 2008 in red, in opposite to one or another critic.
I often find the acidity pronounced, and the wines lacking in substance.
...

Bingo!

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Emidio Pepe Trebbiano d'Abruzzo, something with some years on it

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How lucky is that?!

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Again? Didn't they just have one of these a couple of weeks ago?

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Thanks everyone, especially those with notes about how things have or haven't changed. So often, when new wine collectors ask for advice about what to buy or cellar, they hear "be careful, your tastes may change," which is absolutely true, but that just touches the surface of how things can change ...

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Well good for them.

Just an idea how much $'s are in booze:
"Each of the 20 retailers agreed to pay a minimum $90,000 in penalties rather than having its license suspended for months."

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robert creth wrote: ↑
September 2nd, 2020, 12:34 pm
Dirty and Rowdy?

Unkempt and Boisterous

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hmmm...never had a Dutraive that was volatile; that sounds kinda worrying. I just read a great article that didn't mention Dutraive specifically, but mentioned "Even the greatest of the great producers of Beaujolais" are having a hard time with ripe years like 17 and 18 (I am assuming 19, as well) ...

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hmmm...never had a Dutraive that was volatile; that sounds kinda worrying.

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... You'll find something you like, and fear that the availability is about to disappear and/or the prices won't be the same, and you'll be tempted to stock up a bunch of it. That's not always wrong, but for the most part, you'll keep discovering good wines and good values, and it's better to resis...

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