Here in Vancouver, the 2006 Bordeaux were released about 2 weeks ago. Has anyone bought anything from this vintage they would recommend? a hard follow-up after the 2005s! but i'm sure there are some good ones in 2006.

thanks!
wm

the only ones i managed to pick up at the release were:

06 pontet canet
06 malescot
06 haut bailly
06 d'armailhac
06 guiraud

any other good ones for this vintage?! or just hold and wait?!

thanks!

I have had a few, the local store bought as much 05 as 06 so its easy to get.

I really enjoyed the Alter Ego, I think it's a great young drinking bordeaux, if could def. age but its great now.

thx!

has anyone tried the 06 chateau malescot or 06 pontet canet?! i know its still rather young, just very curious...

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Chances are the Pontet will be VERY shut down at the moment. Have not tried it, but would not want to just yet.

I bought:

2006 Clerc Milon
2006 Pontet Canet
2006 Malescot Saint Exupery
2006 Smith Haut Lafitte
2006 Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc
2006 Haut Bailly
2006 Chateau Guiraud
2006 Rauzan-Segla
2006 Pavie Macquin

Slightly off topic, but since they are having the BC wine release this weekend, I have a question... Does anyone know if the 2006's are good. I was thinking of getting a case of the Oculus and the Osoyoos Larose Grand Vin, but I really haven't followed how that particular vintage worked out. Has anyone tasted either wines?

As for the question about tasting the 2006 Malescot and Pontet Canet, nope. I haven't even tried my 2005's.

yah i can't wait to try the 06 malescot and 06 pontet canet. couldn't get my hand on an 05 malescot last year at the release, drat! so bought a few bottles this year (knowing it won't be the same as 05) but still hoping they'll be excellent in a few years

the bc wine release should be decent. 2006 was a really good year for bc wines (although they are saying great thngs about 2009 with the crazy heat in the okanagan). that being said, one of my favorites they are sellng tomorrow is 2006 laughing stock portfolio. this summer did the okanagan tasting and in the naramata bench area, 06 portfolio was my fav. red of the group! even better than the award winning jackson triggs sunrock shiraz. portfolio is a really well made red (w/ good ageability)! osoyoos larose is always a good choice too! don't bother with oculus unless you feel like giving your money away to help pay for landscaping at mission hill and keeping their winery pretty. totally NOT worth $70. nice balanced medium bodied wine, but way overpriced. NK'MIP is ok and sandhill's small lots are good (my favorite is the 'one') but again portfolio is my personal top choice.

good luck!

Thanks for the info. I also have heard good things about 2009. I have a couple of cases of the 2004 and 2005 Oculus, so I would buy it to to work on the vertical. I've bought the small lots in previous years, but I am short on cash and I have a lot of BC wine to drink up, so I am trying to figure out how to spend my limited resources. I spent too much on the 2006 Bordeaux release and haven't had enough time to build up my wine cash reserves. Too much wine and too little cash...

no prob! i understand how tempting those bordeauxs are. i did the same. something about those french labels, wooden crates and magical flavours...

try a bottle of 06 laughing stock portfolio if you can! will be nice compliment to compare vs. oculus and osoyoos...

cheers!

I'll have to get up early tomorrow and grab some of the laughing stock. Thanks Again for the heads up.

They are still way over priced. They sold poorly and will be dumped at huge discounts in about a year or so. Current pricing, even "sale" pricing, is foolish money.

I haven't purchased any 2006 Bordeaux. From a consumer perspective, the pricing model they use is ridiculous. If it were priced comparable to 2002, then I would have bought plenty (and presumably they wouldn't have 2006, 2007, and 2008 jamming the pipeline for 2009, assuming those had been priced similarly as well).

as long as people are willing to pay the high prices, bordeaux prices will be up! its a shame for those of us who are true wine connoisseurs to pay overpriced amounts if we want to sample these luxury delights.

here in vancouver, we pay very ridiculus amounts for our own bc wines. even in other provinces they get a bit more of a tax break. you'd think it would be fair, but nope! the bc gov't sets the price and people are still buying. maybe not the super $$$$ but its still quite high. so you really have to be buyer beware.

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Originally posted by geppetto:
Slightly off topic, but since they are having the BC wine release this weekend, I have a question... Does anyone know if the 2006's are good. I was thinking of getting a case of the Oculus and the Osoyoos Larose Grand Vin, but I really haven't followed how that particular vintage worked out. Has anyone tasted either wines?

As for the question about tasting the 2006 Malescot and Pontet Canet, nope. I haven't even tried my 2005's.

the 06 oculus is good as far as occulus goes. i figured it was wrth picking up a few bottles.

I ended not buying anything. I might check out my local signature store tomorrow and see what is left. I expect to be able to pickup the Oculus, as there always seems to be some left. Probably won't have any luck with the Laughing Stock. Okay, end of the highjacking of the thread and back to 2006 Bordeaux.

I am very frustrated with the prices we end up paying for wine in BC. Our collective hands seem to be tied because we can't buy wine from anywhere without the government taxing usbthrough the wahoo. The only option I can think of is to find a bargain down south and pay to have it professionally cellared there. Each time I go down for a weekend I can bring back four bottles. This is a bit of pain, but it might be worth it given the taxes we have to pay.

i'm totally with you! its really discouraging and frustrating to see us payign such high premiums (including all of canada) on wines. even in our own backyard! that's why sometimes when i hear other countries complaining about overpriced wine.. come to bc and see how much we get shafted. i've found the additional costs of bordeauxs sold in bc are high, but compared to california wines?! common...

ok that always fuels me.. let's get back to 06 bordeauxs. so how do you think 06 bords will compare with 04 bords?! better, same?! any other standouts or must haves from 06?!

Didn't buy much, due to the astronomical prices. Found Chateau Lagrange (St.-Julien) at 29€ and Domaine de Chevalier at 30€. The Lagrange wss 20€ in 2001, but i think 29€ is still ok compared to others.
I also tasted Branaire (31€), quite good for the price as well.

wow you got some decent deals on those 06 bords. wish i could live in europe or usa for a day. would totally stock up on some great wines.

the prices of our 06's here are somewhere in betwen prices of 04's/05's. most wines have taken a 20-30% decrease from 05's. except for the 06's with higher scores. they only dropped 10-15% in price here.

Some funny BC prices for your entertainment

Guiraud $49 (half)
Haut Bergey $49
L. Barton $109 Limit 3
Pontet $129 Limit 4
Pavie $449 Limit 2
Lafite $899 Limit 2
Latour $949 Limit 1

Magnums were only offered for Armailhac, La mission haut Brion, Haut Brion, Lafite & Mouton (with limits).
Revision: Out of the 200 or so Bdx wines they were selling, 5 had large formats to offer. seriously.

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Originally posted by JimBrennan:
I haven't purchased any 2006 Bordeaux. From a consumer perspective, the pricing model they use is ridiculous. If it were priced comparable to 2002, then I would have bought plenty (and presumably they wouldn't have 2006, 2007, and 2008 jamming the pipeline for 2009, assuming those had been priced similarly as well).

Exactly. Well put.

besides the price of those 2006 bordeauxs.. looking at the vintage itself (price aside). is it a good vintage to have (reds)? knowing it comes off of the shadow of 2005, is it good compared to a 2004 vintage?!

seems like most out there compare the two vintages with having 06 with a bit more structure. only downside to the 06 is its price tag.