I Think I Might Have A Small Drinking Problem...

WINE TALK
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From my journal for the past SEVEN days:

2007 Justin Syrah
2008 Justin Sauvignon Blanc
2007 Justin Cabernet Sauvignon
2006 Justin Isosceles
2008 Justin Chardonnay
2005 Louis M. Martini Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma
1995 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Napa
2007 Kirkland Signature CdP Cuvee Nalys
2003 Monbousquet
N.V. Jose Dhondt BdB Champagne
2000 Trimbach Pinot Gris Reserve
1998 Chassagne-Montrachet, Michel Niellon Clos de la Maltroie
2005 Reignac
2005 d’Aiguilhe
2005 Fombrauge
2005 La Fleur de Bouard
2005 Joanin Becot
2005 Le Doyenne
2005 Du Tertre
2005 Cos d’Estournel
2005 Clos Fourtet
2005 Clos St. Martin
2005 Pape Clement
2005 Pavie-Macquin
2005 Ducru Beaucaillou X 2
2005 Branon
2005 Malescot-St.-Exupery
2005 La Gaffeliere
2005 Croix de Beaucaillou
2003 Clos les Lunelles
2003 Rieussec
2005 Guiraud
2003 Fonseca
1989 Latour
1990 Leoville Poyferre
1990 Angelus

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“I want to party with you cowboy” -Bill Murray

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well, i guess you’ve gotta stop drinking small like that then!

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but seriously, how open were:

the 03 Clos les Lunelles
and the 05 Bdx’s in general?

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The '03 Clos les Lunelles was inserted in a flight of five of the '05 BDX as a ringer. Was guessed to be the '05 Pavie-Mac and was really showing well at this stage. All of the top tier vs. QPR '05 BDX were still pretty tight and unforgiving. They are monsters indeed and will need to take a long slumber to come around. My favorites were the Pape Clement, Clos St. Martin, Clos Fourtet and for QPR, the Fombrauge.

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What are you in training for, the WineOlympics?? [d_training.gif]
I can be there in 12 hours to take some of the load off. [berserker.gif]

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Thanks Bill - I guess I practically have a bottle of Pavie Mac in my cellar then, and I didn’t even know it… [berserker.gif]

I’ve got two bottles of 05 Reignac and I’ve nearly given in to popping one several times recently - I should keep resisting then?

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Hate to be the harbinger of doom…but our bottle was corked. So I cannot give a qualitative answer.

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5:15 in…

http://www.youtube.com/v/Hyy5xZkwsMA&hl=en&fs=1

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Yeah, what a difference a year can make with the Clos Fourtet. Maybe the bottle we had was off and not indicative of the quality of wine they are putting out. [shrug.gif]

The La Tour Carnet is a pretty good bargain at sub $40.

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Classic.

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Come on Bill. Don’t hide the depth of your drinking problem. Take your list and update it starting with Dandridge’s party. That was only 28 days ago. [dash1.gif]

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Bill, how was the Pavie Mac?

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Then I would have to factor in the Dan Kosta dinner and Flannery Fest II. I have no ability to recall even a tenth of the wines consumed.

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Very poor showing. Unless the wines were incorrectly placed in decanters during the blinding, it stood way out. Very light in color for the vintage and it was cloudy. Not anywhere near the quality of the other '05s on the table that night, and nowhere near the expectations after Collins blurted out that he brought it.

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Cloudy?? Did he store it in the window the entire time prior?

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Doubt that. The wine “revealed” to be Pavie-Mac was most definitely cloudy and everyone commented on that very fact. Looking back, I have my doubts that it was labeled correctly. A 2005 top end BDX shouldn’t have the color of a 20 year old Burg.

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I have several dbl mags of the 05 Clos Fourtet Bill. I guess I’ll bring one to the Flannery without teeth fest to be scheduled in 2038. [1974_eating_popcorn.gif]

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What else do you write in your journal, Bill?

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My secret man crushes on Southerners with faux hawks.