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damn. Was it that long ago that I went to Austin?

Butteaux so good! Soaring aromatics with freshness of the ocean, clean fruit and bracing acidity. Layered, delicious wine with a long future, leaner than MdT of the same vintage. Love Raveneau.

Robert Thornton wrote: ↑
July 11th, 2020, 12:24 pm
Another reason to love Burgundy. You can drink the village while leaving the grand cru to mature.

where the heck have you been?! Welcome home.

Hahah. And i went out and bought more 17 Bouchard MP!

at a 5:1 to 10:1 cost ratio between the two, put me down for PYCM. I know Coche is above my pay grade, but you inspired me to check PYCM prices on WS. Still 2-4 times the cost of Bouchard's version. Dare I try the PYCM at risk of going down yet another rabbit hole? do it. Do it. Do it. It’ll be out...

Posted on a 2002 Marcel Moineaux BdB that I loved. Know little about the producer and it was a lone bottle purchased for an unremembered reason. Nobody commented so I suspect there’s not much info. Incredible yellow orchard fruits and brightness.

Adam Piper wrote: ↑
July 11th, 2020, 9:26 am
I bit on the Santa Cruz Pinot. Cam typically has great Pinot taste and if it’s like the CHwines Pinots, we could all do worse at the price point.

I bit also. First time. Need excellent wine to keep wife away from the grand crus that need to sleep.

Dense. Dark. Thick. Very good Charmes Chambertin with layered fruit behind a small wall of ripe tannins. Dark berries, nice lift and length, really good young wine. Hold. But be happy if you have it.

Robert Pollard-Smith wrote: ↑
July 8th, 2020, 3:50 pm
Due to the bad influence of a Berserker, 17 in.
Due to the plague, only 5 out.

hahah. Neither your fault . . . I need to try that excuse.

Randy Bowman wrote: ↑
July 9th, 2020, 8:18 pm
every time I have a glass of wine, I can't remember what I had for dinner the next day.

easy explanation—you haven’t had it yet.

happy birthday again (see age 50 Burg thread) and nice notes and thoughts. It must be 20 years since we met and had dinner. I remember an 85 DRC Richebourg and a lot of fun. And you are still only 47.

I also love this wine. In a zoom session I asked Jean Trimbach whether we'd need to wait until 2076 for the next Anniversaire, and after a slight pause he said that the 2016 vintage was so good that they made and planned to release a 390th, probably next year. cool news. I think it comes from a spe...

B. Buzzini wrote: ↑
July 9th, 2020, 7:51 pm
01 my fav...is there a diff between the 375 and reg 01 FE?

yes. More intense and dense. Another level up.

maureen nelson wrote: ↑
July 9th, 2020, 6:21 pm
I read the title of this thread and the thought that popped into my head was “it’s never too late for love!”

I read it and thought, “hell, I’d love to be 50.”

happy birthday, Mr. Reddick. You’re still too young for this thread! Hahah.

and such a bargain.

Jeremy Holmes wrote: ↑
July 9th, 2020, 5:31 pm
I like saying 'mille-feuille'.

easier than counting them.

my God, this is even better than it was before. Full of lemon, peach, apricot, all texturally bound in a great package with great acidity and drive, a stunning FE that’s for me neck and neck with Clos Ste. Hune in this vintage. The 375 refers not to bottle size but the years that Trimbach has existe...

at a 5:1 to 10:1 cost ratio between the two, put me down for PYCM.

talk to Martin Steinley and start collecting. Also, you can backfill older vintages fairly easily.

does PLCB ship out of state?

stunning champagne absolutely brimming and bursting with exuberant ripe classy fruit. It’s got superb density and texture, creamy and layered, but barely able to contain the gorgeous fruit that is just overflowing like a quart of maple syrup in a pint sized bowl. It’s got citrus, stone fruits, yello...

super aromatics, lean and intense with great drive, barely ripe citrus and lime, a menthol note and steeliness of Corton, a wine that brings joy opened far too young.

Jerry Hey wrote: ↑
July 7th, 2020, 6:57 am
I have one at home and been wondering how it is showing. Thanks, it sounds like I should pop my bottle.

wait . . . for me. I can open 2010 Sauzet Monty though it’s painfully young.

I’m now 64. I like wine old so I stopped buying red Burgs w the 05 vintage, at which time I was 49, though I was in my 50s when they were actually released. Figured I’d buy the occasional new release steal and also backfill. Sometimes I’ll buy recent release lesser appellations so my wife keeps away...

tearing it up lately.

awesome. Two faves.

Howard Cooper wrote: ↑
July 5th, 2020, 6:55 pm

alan weinberg wrote: ↑
July 5th, 2020, 6:53 pm
and who hyped 95 and 97 red burgs? Rovani doesn’t count!
Why doesn’t he count? The question was not what were great vintages but rather what were hyped vintages?

too easy. He was always wrong. Panned 93. Wasn’t big on any vintages the rest of us like.

For a few: California 1997 Bordeaux 1995, 2003 and for me 2009 and 2010 Burgundy 1983, 1990, 1995, 1997 Germany - what are the hyped vintages? The only ones I think of as really being hyped are 1971, 1975, 1976, 1990, 2001 and 2015. All of these are fabulous vintages, at least in the case of some p...

damn. Drinking even better than usual lately. Funny how the delicate Pinot Noir tolerates ullage so well.

You've been touting this wine for a few years now, so maybe eventually I'll get to try a bottle. If Alan doesn't pony up, come visit your daughter once the madness ends. I've got five of these in Minneapolis. I might take you up on that. She is moving later this month to a new house in Eden Prairie...

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Thanks Alan, seems logical as their plot is white soil I have a 1 bottle verticale from 2009 and am longing to start opening one to taste. I should probably start with an early drinking vintage (2011 or 2013) but still seems a bit early. I like their Marsannay Les Champs Salomon quite a bit. a nice...

Mark Golodetz wrote: ↑
July 5th, 2020, 10:25 am
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BTW, had another splendid 06` yesterday on the 4th.

So did I. Made it worse.
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and I had a great one also!

one of the things I’ve done during this shutdown is bake, not at Christine’s level, but some simple stuff. I’ve tried 3 different banana bread recipes and this one is absolutely the best. F99C6DEC-DB95-40E1-A4E5-A567E7486E00.jpeg70C0B344-EBCB-4974-AFB2-2F0C3A44D0A1.jpeg Only modification I made is ...

so did someone get a case with 7?

friend made banana bread and she added some finely minced pineapple. It added moisture and a subtle background of pineapple. I’ve now done it twice—added a can of baby food pineapple, as it’s 100% fruit. Cook it a few minutes longer. Nice.

A Songeur wrote: ↑
January 23rd, 2015, 12:22 am
Anybdy with experience with the Bart? Does it need a lot of ageing?

only back to 01. Medium aging.

Jeremy Holmes wrote: ↑
July 3rd, 2020, 4:11 am
You can PYCM.

ooh, that was clever.

lucky guys.

Kent Comley wrote: ↑
July 1st, 2020, 9:19 pm
VGI AW. THX.

ROFL, KC.

Some people buy particular wines in most vintages because they follow the house and are interested in the vintage variations, then buy more of certain vintages. -Al Of course true, but I’d venture 98% of people who drink Dom have no idea what vintage they even consumed. that was going to be my thou...

Fu probably Cornas the market here in the US. Glad it’s not a Burg note or I’d have to buy.

one bottle doth not an anti-premox warranty make. It’s random, completely random. Hi Alan- agreed it is random. What I intended to convey was that this is a white burgundy you can buy and drink very young and also get a lot of the goodies that come with age without having to age it to that period o...

remains absolutely the best BBM I’ve ever had with essence of citrus fruit, great density yet incredibly lithe. Just an amazing bottle of white burgundy. Almost painful to drink as it infiltrated every crevice of my palate.

one bottle doth not an anti-premox warranty make. It’s random, completely random.

Moving the right direction, though buying too much. Consumed: 56 Purchased: 18 Net: -38 Of those consumed, 7 were either DOA/corked or gifted. I have to enjoy the success while I can. I'm afraid there's a sizeable pull from France scheduled to hit next month.... knock me over with a feather. Such a...

it probably kept the secret value in Burgundy longer than Bordeaux due to his 1982 reviews, so count yourself lucky if you were old enough to buy those pre-1994 vintages. Absolutely! Before the advent of wine boards and Allen Meadows “Burghound” Burgundy was an arcane secret, known to a much smalle...

J’ai une bouteille de Dr Parce Banyuls 1982–peut-être prêt? J’ne l’ai jamais bu.

Jerry Hey wrote: ↑
June 27th, 2020, 4:25 pm
I bought two bottles of '62 Richebourg for something like $135 a bottle in the early 80's. Fantastic wines, but I've never had the 62 LT.

I’ll give you $270 each.

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