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Odd Rydland wrote: ↑January 18th, 2021, 7:17 am
Last time I checked the 2001s are more approachable than the 1999s.

Only 1 data point from my end, but the 1999 Rio Sordo I had in September was less approachable than this 2001 Pora.

Pat Martin wrote: ↑January 17th, 2021, 7:22 pm Great note. The riservas sure can take a long time to fully blossom.

True. I'll just add that a well-stored normale can also stand the test of time. Still have a 2nd bottle of the 1964 (thanks, Dale!) waiting for the appropriate meal. The 1st bottle 2 years ago was sublime.

Jay Miller wrote: ↑January 18th, 2021, 5:26 am Rauzan Segla 1994

Never had this, but I've had the 2nd wine 'Segla', one of the 7 or 8 total people who ever bought and stored, and liked it until my last bottle 2 years ago.

G. Bienstock wrote: ↑January 17th, 2021, 8:19 am The 2000 is excellent, open one soon.

Thanks, Glenn. Will be in the radar the next time I have stuff pulled from the remote storage.

Other than a couple each from 2 single vineyards, 2004s is where I regrettably failed to reasonably stock up on bottles from this house.

Like that view outside your window. Enjoy your wine. Rauzan Segla 96 is the top vintage for this estate from 91-00 imo. Glad to own a few. Thanks. View helped with maintaining calming perspective while being mostly cooped in during the last 10 months. I've not dipped into my stashed Rauzan Segla 20...

2001 Produttori del Barbaresco Riserva Pora A 1st time dip into a seemingly forever-stored mixed case of 2001 Produttori Riserva at age 20. Opted for the Pora, whose general views indicate approachability earlier than the other single vineyards from this house. Bottle was stood up for 4-days. Splas...

A bottle of 1990 Ch. Lagrange.

Ramon, I had a similar reaction to this a couple months ago - the florals definitely stood out. Wonderful wine, although it sounds like your bottle was showing fresher fruit and less tertiary development than mine. I actually had 1/4 re-corked back into the fridge for day 2 pre-dinner drinking. The...

That's good to know-seems like there are certain vintages where Les Poyeux definitely shows better. Appreciate the note! Was there ever a vintage where Clos Rougeard's Les Clos is better than the Les Poyeux? I've not had enough Rougeards to comment on that, but from comments I've seen, I guess I wa...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought '11 was supposedly a weak vintage in Loire? Guess it doesn't necessarily apply to Rouegard? I drank the 2011 Les Poyeux I think 2 or 3 times (bought it for $80) in 2018 - 2019. It was excellent because it was open and ready when I drank them. I also drank 2010...

I haven't had the 2017, but generally enjoyed the Domaine that I've had and found the added cost worth it over the usually softer, but less complex Les Granges.

Thanks for bringing this thread up. I don't drink much madiran, but YES, a good one is always a high foodie experience for me when cassoulet is on the menu. Also good to learn about the transformation with recent vintages. I recently had, April 2020, not the same as the TN but a 2001 Dom. Laffont 'E...

These.

1982, 1983. 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, and 1996.

Nice note. Always a treat to read non-mainstream wines like 1985 Labegorce-Zede (spelling in full for those who may eventually need to do a local search) doing good.

The 1986 Mouton remains one of the best wines of my wine-drinking lifetime. Good TN!

1998 Ch. Leoville-Barton, Saint-Julien Supposedly a strong vintage for Right Bank wines, but I thought that this and another from St Julien, the consistently-good Ducru, did fine in 1998. Helped close out the year on a higher note with ouf stay@home NYE dinner of Beef Wellington. 9DCE1EB2-FB0D-4374-...

Back when I was still buying Allemand, when they cost < 70, I skipped the 2005 Reynard as I wasn't impressed after tasting it then, but bought/stored the vintages around it. The 2004 Reynard is starting to round into an impressive Cornas when I tasted early last year. The 2000 and 2003 are still you...

Nice notes. Man, all those 90s!

Nice notes! I also love the 12 Reynard and the 10 Gonon VV, though I think the Reynard needs a few hours In a decanter to open up. Not surprised by your note on the Ramonet; all my post 2014 experiences with these wines have been very similar. Good to read positive notes on the 12 Reynard. I stretc...

Whew! Very cool wines. Thanks for sharing the notes.

1979 Ch. Haut-Bages Liberal, Pauillac

Drank on Dec. 20.
An apprehensive B that’s teetering on B- rating.

Appreciate the check-in on the 2010 and will heed the "needs time" suggestion.

Just to weigh in on the singing 2011, I agree. Based on my bottle drank in September.

1999 Ch. Le Vieux Donjon Chateauneuf-du-Pape 1.5L
2001 Sylvain Cathiard Vosne-Romanee

P@u1_M3nk3s wrote: ↑December 24th, 2020, 10:30 am Depends on the expections of the gifter? If they want you to enjoy now, do so. My personal preferences are to either drink VT very young or age it interminably.

This.

I usually defer to the gifter when he/she wants me to drink the gift.

If it helps any, I'd decant longer on, or at least start the process earlier with, the '95 Ducru Beaucaillou given the estate's pedigree and the vintage. 'd hate to give actual length of times but if it were my bottle, I'd have stood up the '95 D-B at least 5 days before drinking, then on the day, a...

Thanks for the TN. Am always looking for non bank-breaking old school syrah for casual drinking during the local winter.

At home, I usually don’t filter or decant. I have plenty of bottles of red wine standing up and ready to go with the sediment concentrated on the bottom of the bottle. Pouring carefully, very little sediment gets into the wine glass. For the last couple ounces, I pour that into a separate glass and...

It's been a while, but last had a Cote-Rotie from Benjamin Duclaux from vintage 2005. Post 2005 vintage, it seemingly just stopped showing up in my market, so I stopped drinking it.

I don't think it's still over > $100, but I'll add it to the list here.

What am I missing out on in the argument? My method is always (almost) stand up bottle for an extended period and then double-decant out the gunk that settles at the bottom before drinking the wine. Wine looks much better, without the (or minimal) cloudiness and the clear-look I think imparts that i...

Being in Europe I believe Jamet is much more affordable. I would try to get as much of it possible in different years. I love Jamet. It is one of my favorite domaines in the world. Sadly they have become pretty hard to track down and the prices seems to have taken quite a jump in the last few years...

Yes, the vanilla was surprising. Almost as much as the "honeyed note" on Jura chardonnay, though.

Jayson Cohen wrote: ↑December 17th, 2020, 8:37 am Ugh. Hopefully TCA didn’t affect that whole tranche, or you, Alfert, and I are screwed. Between the three of us, I think we bought most of those bottles.

Fingers crossed here.

Don’t have it, don’t think I’ve had the ‘78, and hope I get to taste one sometime at the next get together.

Thanks for the TNs,

Have been patiently storing a few Produttori single-vineyard 2001s, unfortunately none are Moccagatta. But good to read on progress.

The 1970 showcased what an aged cabernet can nicely turn out into with fun nuances and complexities.

Had the 1976 and only things I remember was fruitless and unresolved tannin.

6x 2013 Bernard Faurie Gréffieux-Bessards 6x 2013 Bernard Faurie Bessards-Méal Am a fan here. Recently polished off my remaining 2001 Faurie Saint-Joseph that I think can stand toe-to-toe with current darling Gonon, at 1/3 pricing. I don’t find these easily available and so holding on to a couple o...

Alex Frank wrote: ↑December 7th, 2020, 12:29 pm
JDavisRoby wrote: ↑December 7th, 2020, 12:13 pm Where do you folks buy your Sociando Mallett?
Trader Joe's, believe it or not.

Bought a case of 2000 in Costco.

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Jay Miller wrote: ↑December 6th, 2020, 3:16 pm You may now thank the author of a post by clicking the thumbs up button on the top right of the post.
Thanks, Jay.
Just click the button pal.

Will do. Thanks.

You don't wanna go back in time. The Bordeaux coming out now are both better and cheaper than what they were putting out 10 years ago. Back up the truck on the 2016s while you still can & buy broadly. Some bold talk from our own Mr. Levenberg!* Not that I necessarily disagree, if we are talking...

Jay Miller wrote: ↑December 6th, 2020, 3:16 pm You may now thank the author of a post by clicking the thumbs up button on the top right of the post.

Thanks, Jay.

Maybe I gave up too soon, but 2003 and 2007 were undrinkable for me. That's the vintages speaking. I hate virtually all CNdP from both years. I found the '03 Charvin drinkable, even decent. Otherwise, an undrinkable vintage across the board to my palate. I thought Charvin would also be an exception...

1998 is the first Pegau I've bought. 3 bottles of the Reservee and 2 bottles of the Cuvee Laurence. There were plenty of Pegau talks in wine boards and I remember, but not the exact details, questions about which "version" did holders have. The version questions were mostly about the 1999...

1998 is the first Pegau I've bought. 3 bottles of the Reservee and 2 bottles of the Cuvee Laurence. There were plenty of Pegau talks in wine boards and I remember, but not the exact details, questions about which "version" did holders have.

Good notes. Some observations : Re: 2001 Conterno Cascina Francia, I can’t recall having had a Barolo from the vintage that showed well and that they’re all just too young up until this point. Re:2009 Gonon SJ, thanks for data point. Am glad that I never had to pay more than 5% of $733 for any of m...

Good notes. Some observations : Re: 2001 Conterno Cascina Francia, I can’t recall having had a Barolo from the vintage that showed well and that they’re all just too young up until this point. Re:2009 Gonon SJ, thanks for data point. Am glad that I never had to pay more than 5% of $733 for any of my...

Well, my last bottle was from my at-release purchase of the 2006 Chandon de Briailles Ile de Verselesses 1er. A different vintage from, but also so unlike the original TN in this thread. My 2006 showed nice tart, sour cherries. Some broth, nicely-layered plump, cool red fruit, and a good touch of e...

Well, my last bottle was from my at-release purchase of the 2006 Chandon de Briailles Ile de Verselesses 1er. A different vintage from, but also so unlike the original TN in this thread. My 2006 showed nice tart, sour cherries. Some broth, nicely-layered plump, cool red fruit, and a good touch of ea...

Rioja's just a 4 hour drive from my house and it's really surprising that I have only been there once before. ... We had two Riscal wines from the Rueda region with the first course. The Sauvignon Blanc had understated tropical fruit flavors and more than a little acidity and the Limousin, made pri...

Playfully labeled my Saturday @home dinner as bordering on offensive in one of my social media.

I simply chose to call it obscenely good.

I'd imagine this wine-vintage will never make it to our shores here and so thanks for sharing the cool experience. One of the reasons why I can't wait to make my way back to Portugal when the air clears.

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