Bloomberg - The Great Maison Ilan Enabler

WINE TALK
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bump… anyone that can fill me in since I have not followed this for awhile… thanks in advance

Salute !!!

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Not Pizzeria Bruno I hope.

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Who is the “Burg Dude”?

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Guessing Burghound

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91-94 points Allen Meadows - Burghound

lower points than I mentioned …

91-94 points Allen Meadows - Burghound…2009 Maison Ilan Grand Cru “Charmes-Chambertin”

not too shabby, so his wines were good to exceptional ???

still nobody answered the main question did he file bankruptcy ? did he stick people for money, if so how much ???

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I can’t find a single Meadows note for a Maison Ilan wine above 94. Granted I’m not a subscriber so I don’t have direct access to his DB but if the 2010 Le Chambertin Grand Cru received a 92-94 point range score. Given Meadows routinely places top grand crus at the top of his pointing for domaines I can’t help but think that’s most likely the ceiling for Burghound’s Maison Ilan points. Obviously I could be wrong though.

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Good, exceptional, etc doesn’t really matter if you can’t buy the goods. Also, my understanding is that score ranges from Meadows are indicative of cask scores. A lot can happen to a wine between barrel, bottling, and sunning in the backyard.

Looks like the Maison Ilan site is still down. And I don’t think the story has progressed because there’s no new info in the public space. I’m certain once new information is publicly available it’ll find its way here…

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Highest in his database is for the 2010 Chambertin … A 94

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The website is not ‘still down’.

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Apologies Chuck, you’re correct. It’s the blog that is down. I found the 2010 Meadows scores online in a PDF from a google search and within the file was a link to http://www.blog.maison-ilan.com which is down. I should have paid more attention though as the PDF I was looking at was hosted on maisonilan.com.

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If you ever wanted a clearer indication of how the notes and scores on Ray’s barrel-samples and bottlings differed, this would be it.

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I would disagree this BB has promoted to a great extent on this BB, hate, willful intent of malice and contempt for this brand … no way CT scores are correct … just not going to fly, AM I would bet on, rather than a mob of hateful vengeful people that may or may not be alcoholics enraged … [wow.gif]

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and nobody has any information as to my questions ??? has this BB lost its balls ? I posted some very simple questions …

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Uh… It’s because no one has the answer?

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thank you … as one who saw the original business plan I never really followed up on the business and where the project is today … [cheers.gif]

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It appears at least one person is trying to find the answer.

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Yeah, Bill’s putting together a nice story [cheers.gif]

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I cannot wait to see what Bill puts out there in the public space. I imagine it will be eye opening for many, including Ray’s many supporters here.

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I have to admit that I don’t regularly follow the MI saga, but at this point given what has transpired, does Ray actually have any supporters remaining here at WB? :astonished:

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Actually, having thought about my previous post/question, I’m guessing the answer will probably be yes (although I have to admit I’d love to know why).

After all, on a board this diverse, I’m sure we can still find a few d-bags that think John Fox is an okay dude (and I have one particular poster in mind in that regard, but I’m sure there are more than one).