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• aChave says:

  5/13/2023 1:13:00 PM - Thanks for your comment regarding my tasting note on Jasmin’s 2009 Cote Rotie. I wish I took more time on many of my notes, but we move briskly along to other things. I envy you taking the time to reflect! (Like you, I have also been tasting and enjoying wine for a while, since 1977 to be precise.)

• Carlo Sarto says:

  4/6/2022 2:46:00 PM - curtr, the context of your tasting makes, of course, a huge differnece. Bad lot seems possible. Or poor handling before you got the wine, although I guess you got it early and reasonably direct fro the chateau. I share your fascination with watching multiple bottles of the same wine and the variables of them. I have written about this for the 82 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo. And yes older bottles are special.

• curtr says:

  4/6/2022 6:08:00 AM - The tasting note I posted for the 2000 Lagrange was at a Commanderie De Bordeaux dinner in Providence. I was surprised that the comments from the 27 people at the dinner were not as favorable as the reviews of several people I trust on CT. I agreed with the group that night. However, I wondered if we had an off case. We have 6 bottles remaining to try in the future. As the caviste of this group, I find that we have more bottle variation as the wines get older. However the risk is worth it to experience the character of the older bottles. I post under both Curtr and CellarBord.