TN: Blind Leo (Aug. 21, 2012)

It gets worse! Belair, now Belair-Monange, is now a $125 wine.


Ooops! Sorry! It WAS a $125 wine. Now it's a $300 wine.


The extra coin must be because it's now a "tour de force," per the WA review.

Fortunately I still have some 1995s I bought like 2 years ago for $25.
 
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
It gets worse! Belair, now Belair-Monange, is now a $125 wine.


Ooops! Sorry! It WAS a $125 wine. Now it's a $300 wine.


The extra coin must be because it's now a "tour de force," per the WA review.

Fortunately I still have some 1995s I bought like 2 years ago for $25.

Holy moly.
 
I have to believe, as do others, that Christian Moueix alone would not have reached this decision.
So, how's 2011 Baudry?
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Pavie and Angelus are around $200 now, sez Wine-Searcher; did they also go up (due to their promotions)?
Angelus was on a Premier Cru fire sale the day after the promotion, so I'm thinking not.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
originally posted by .sasha:
who's taken down the FAQ page where it says not to drink magdelaine without me in the tri-state area?
Well, soon, no one will be able to drink Ch. Magdelaine: it's been absorbed

I think 'assimilated' is the word you're looking for.

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
originally posted by SFJoe:
The market actually cares about this in the short term?

I'm a little amazed.

Buy on the rumor, sell on the news.

Is this the Berkshire-Hathaway strategic principle?
 
On the other hand the 2010 Dublere Volnay Tallepieds was all crushed blackberries and warm spices, in a light style. Very nice despite a terrible food match.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
I think 'assimilated' is the word you're looking for.
Thanks, Locutus.

'Nother effort at humor, alluding to contemporary mentions of the Borg, when Zylberberg was calling us victims of groupthink.

Oswaldo's command of English is generally better than mine, and I wouldn't normally think of correcting him, especially publicly, except in a humorous vein.

On the other hand, the point behind my reference to Berkshire-Hathaway now eludes me altogether.
 
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:

Fortunately I still have some 1995s I bought like 2 years ago for $25.

Lucky guy. That was a really nice wine. Could certainly benefit from more time but with air it was gorgeous now.
 
originally posted by .sasha:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
Um, Jeff - I'm pretty sure that was 1995 Chateau Magdelaine, not Clos de la Madeleine. A beautiful showing but despite the double decant it was best at the end of the evening.

who's taken down the FAQ page where it says not to drink magdelaine without me in the tri-state area?

FAQ still down. Had a beautiful 1999 in the cellar this afternoon. Lots of iron.
 
2008 Dublere Tallepieds on Good Friday was good though showing perhaps a touch modern (very different from the Blanchards which seems to be the class of their lineup). A 2006 Dublere Charmes Chambertin last month was lush and complex though rather ripe. I liked it a lot but I wasn't surprised that someone at the table who claimed to not like Burgundy also liked it a lot.
 
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