2004 Vintage Bordeaux, A Timing Thing

2004 Vintage Bordeaux, A Timing Thing – Episode #414

February 22, 2008

We are going with Intense Friday instead of laid back Friday because I think there is a real opportunity to learn and exploit a huge oppertunity and I want to make sure all the Vayniacs out there have a chance to score!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2004 Chateau Clos De L’oratoireSt Emilion
2004 Chateau Haut BrissonSt Emilion
2004 Clos Les LunellesOther Red Bordeaux
2004 Chat CanonSt Emilion
2004 Chateau Leoville Las CasesSt Julien

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February 25, 2008

Brandon T.
my gut told me to eat 3 large pizzas 2 days ago and I followed it but was a bad idea and I barfed
February 25, 2008

Jayhitek
QOTD: Maybe my car. Just went to go to lunch a with a friend and ended up trading in my car and buying a new one.
February 25, 2008

JerseyGirl turned CNY vayniac
QOTD: The best gut-feeling purchase I ever made was… nothing comes to mind. Although, I did just buy a plane ticket for this summer to go to MN to meet the boyfriend’s family, so i suppose that kinda counts even though I dont know if it was a good purchase or not. We’ll see.
February 25, 2008

SaraMHCRU
hmm, gut feeling purchase? I have to say I think a lot about how I spend my money, but my recently purchased macbook has helped me be enormously more efficient, which is fabulous. My last vacation was also a great way to spend some money.

thanks for the awesome show.
February 25, 2008

Gdizzle
‘04 Bordeaux Kickin info Gary, Thnx!
February 25, 2008

Menelaos
Hey! I love Mott!

QOTD: A dutch tube amp.

Menel.
February 25, 2008

Ryan D
QotD: Best “gut feel” that comes to mind was I was driving around my town and poked into a garage sale. They didn’t have much that was interesting but I noticed a couple old sail boats off to the side on the property and asked if they were for sale. He said absolutely and after some discussion he said he’d give one to me for $50, the price someone paid for a canoe the previous day. I jumped on it and actually spend more on a couple pieces of hardware for the boat than the actual boat itself.
February 25, 2008

YoungDave
FRIDAY!!!

QOTD: After moving to CA and buying a car, I chose, for some reason, to add uninsured motorist coverage to my new plan. Two months later, I was blind-sided by a man driving a car that he did not own, and who did not have insurance. My car was totaled. He also grabbed my neck after the accident, grappled with my friend, who tried to pull him off of me, and drove off with my ID before the cops then tracked him down and arrested him. If it weren’t for my coverage, I wouldn’t have been able to get the money to buy another car. That was a damn good gut choice.
February 25, 2008

CRZYWinemaker
Gary is baaaaaacckkkkk ! Thanks GV for a fantastic ep. I’ll for sure have to track down the ‘04 Haut Brisson. It’s perfect price point and right up my alley.
Qotd: Taking the leap of faith to plant my own vineyard in Walla Walla, Wa before it’s all locked up !! Keep bringing the Thunder ~thx. Max
February 24, 2008

Gabriel
Nice to see you are back in a better mood; caught yesterday’s episode. I’ve been away for a few weeks during the Chinese New Year…good to be back.

I’m a tea fanatic. I bought up a whole bunch of Puerh a few years ago because it was cheap and it really paid off. This stuff is a bit like wine in that the longer you store it, the better it generally tastes. One of my pals who also watches WLTV called me the GV of tea.

Anyway, the 05 “vintage” of tea in general was really your sort of Last of the Mohicans. Since the tea farms aren’t really limited by strict regulations, they basically can produce as much as the can plant. The 06 was extremely expensive and rubbish similar to the 06 Bordeaux.

07 isn’t even worth buying to store.

I am happy to say I have a bunch of Menghai 05 and 04 sitting in storage.
February 24, 2008

steveko
Great show! Thanks so much. It’s amazing how much information you pack into this show.
–steve
February 24, 2008

JeffK
Thank you very very much for this enjoyable episode!
February 24, 2008

Tara
I’m still learning about the Bordeaux varietal…very interesting. I especially liked how you said they would be great with food. I will have to look for them on some restaurant wine lists. QOTD: This is tough since, like many women, I can talk myself into many purchases…I will say my recent trip to New Zealand. I would move there in a heartbeat!
February 24, 2008

yowens
Dude- no one talks about 04′- thanks for the insight. QOTD: I guess my car- 07 jeep wrangler which has treated me very nicely
February 24, 2008

Ryan
Buying a Honda
February 24, 2008

Anj
QOTD: My only splurges are usually trips. Most recently, quit my job a week early, bought some gear, and booked it to the Shenandoah Valley in VA to go solo backpacking for a week. Unforgettable! I can’t wait to go again.

Another was when I went to Denmark on the spur of the moment for 3 weeks. Great friends, beautiful country, mindblowing beer, LOL
February 24, 2008

Mark Neustadt
QOTD: Believe what you like about a supreme being or whatever. For me, my best “gut” purchase was a Subaru Impreza WRX. I had gone through a TON of hassle trying to buy some other car when it just got to be too much. I figured that was God telling me not to buy that car. When I got home, I spec’d out the “alternate” car I wanted… a White WRX wagon with a 5-speed and stock rims. The following day, God put that exact car… THE EXACT CAR! right out in front of the lot. I signed the paperwork that very day.

Sometimes, you just gotta have a little faith.

LOVE THE SHOW!!! Mott too…. he needs more screen time.

MCN
February 24, 2008

GalvezGuy
QOTD: Gut purchase of Kosta Browne and Sea Smoke. I am probably going to sell rather than drink them because they can pay for purchases that have more interest to me.
February 24, 2008

Lyn S
QOTD:
Best gut decision wasn’t a purchase – it was my decision to move to this tiny community in the AZ mountains. Population 200 during the winter, 800 during the summer! THIS IS THE LIFE!!! I manage Alpine Cabins, the best job ever! I frigging LOVE it here!

http://alpinecabinsretreat.com
February 24, 2008

Lyn S
Gary! Thanks for the great Bordeaux show. Mott – don’t listen to Gary, we love you too!
February 24, 2008

Robin C
QOTD: choosing our current home
Wow. You and Eric Asimov both loving the 2004s. There must be something to it.
February 24, 2008

Michael Y
qotd bought a pack of signature rookies and inside was an autographed Derek Jeter card.
February 24, 2008

kazu
car, jetta 2.0t
February 24, 2008

SGoodwin
GV,

Awesome show! Glad to see you’re back to your old self.

QOTD: I picked up a copy of Wine Spectator at a relatives house (had never opened one before) and fell in love with the whole wine thing. It’s been a great two year journey. And it got even better when I found WLTV!

QOTD for GV: Did they teach French at that Martin Luther King Elementart school? Some of that pronounciation is funky!
February 24, 2008

NB_SPAZZ
Catching up and feeling good about this episode. Friday morn I was placing my first WL order – a mixed case – and then decided to add 3 bottles of the 2004 Ch. D’Aiguilhe Querre. And now I see you were talking about the same wine a few hours later at the end of the show. Premonition, dude! But now the question is whether to let the 2004s age a couple more years or yield to the temptation to pop them soon.
QOTD: Best semi-impulsive buy that worked out? Money spent on a family vacation 2 years ago – 13 people, 3 generations, one house on the Outer Banks for a week. The memories last.