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by jckba
Sun Apr 16, 2023 3:48 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4918
Views: 1599260

Re: So what have you bought lately?

[quote=jckba post_id=111048 time=<a href="tel:1681581792">1681581792</a> user_id=1446] 6* 2020 Domaine Jamet Cote Rotie @ $169.99/per 3*2020 Thibaud Boudignon Clos de la Hutte @ $95.99/per 1*2018 Arianna Occhipinti ‘Grotte Alte’ @ $67.99 IMG_0562.jpeg Yummm! When do you think you’ll start...
by jckba
Sat Apr 15, 2023 6:03 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4918
Views: 1599260

Re: So what have you bought lately?

6*2020 Domaine Jamet Cote Rotie @ $169.99/per
3*2020 Thibaud Boudignon Clos de la Hutte @ $95.99/per
1*2018 Arianna Occhipinti ‘Grotte Alte’ @ $67.99
Bottle King Ramsey
Bottle King Ramsey
by jckba
Sat Apr 08, 2023 12:06 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4918
Views: 1599260

Re: So what have you bought lately?

A little Roulot but the less expensive offerings courtesy of Jesse @ Convive
6*2020 Bougogne Aligote @ $40.50
3*2020 Bougogne Blanc @ $81
6*2019 Monthelie Rouge @ $83.70
6*2020 Monthelie Rouge @ $86.40
by jckba
Fri Apr 07, 2023 2:41 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: The 1989 Lynch Bages Price Index
Replies: 61
Views: 2812

Re: The 1989 Lynch Bages Price Index

Auction
Auction
by jckba
Mon Apr 03, 2023 2:33 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4918
Views: 1599260

Re: So what have you bought lately?

I need a Costco like yours around me!
by jckba
Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:43 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2020 Bordeaux
Replies: 28
Views: 2879

Re: 2020 Bordeaux

I too think ABV is a worthwhile data point that no one really tracks in a meaningful way. The benefit would clearly come once you’ve entered this yearly ABV value for each property you review into a database table while also backfilling prior years, as then your end user would be able to sort and ar...
by jckba
Mon Mar 27, 2023 3:04 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2020 Bordeaux
Replies: 28
Views: 2879

Re: 2020 Bordeaux

While there is wealth of information and tasting notes on your site Jeff, I also agree with Ian in showing the AbV would be a welcomed additional data point.
by jckba
Sun Mar 26, 2023 4:27 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Thunder in London, 22 years after Chicago : 2019 Lynch Bages vs 2019 Montrose
Replies: 24
Views: 1912

Re: Thunder in London, 22 years after Chicago : 2019 Lynch Bages vs 2019 Montrose

Did I miss the tallies from the 2019 Thunder in London showdown or … ?
by jckba
Sat Mar 25, 2023 5:32 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Ch Pitray 2016. A steal at $14
Replies: 6
Views: 622

Re: Ch Pitray 2016. A steal at $14

While my typical Bdx purchases usually come in original wood cases, not this Golodetz value pick ;) $152/cs and $144 on 2 wholesale through Touton for this vintage which goes to show you how sharp that Rye Brook price is. Will give it this a trial run soon and we shall see how this value fares for m...
by jckba
Fri Mar 24, 2023 12:38 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4918
Views: 1599260

Re: So what have you bought lately?

Mixed case purchase of 6 x 2020 Philippe Jouan Chambolle Musigny and 6 x 2020 Philippe Jouas Gevrey Chambertin Aux Echezeaux @ $84.99/per at Bottle King in Ramsey, NJ.
Still plenty left for those interested and local.
Still plenty left for those interested and local.
by jckba
Tue Mar 21, 2023 12:03 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Barolo, Burgundy and Bordeaux...
Replies: 4
Views: 661

Re: Barolo, Burgundy and Bordeaux...

I see it more as having been a hot vintage that was handled better than in previous warm years. And is that your experience across the board or just with this wine?
by jckba
Tue Mar 21, 2023 12:15 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Ch Pitray 2016. A steal at $14
Replies: 6
Views: 622

Re: Ch Pitray 2016. A steal at $14

Nice note Mark on an unbeknownst to me wine but see Touton has got the 2016 so will have to order some. So out of curiosity, were the DB and LMHB both 2016’s as well or … ?
by jckba
Tue Mar 21, 2023 12:11 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Barolo, Burgundy and Bordeaux...
Replies: 4
Views: 661

Re: Barolo, Burgundy and Bordeaux...

Nice notes on a nice set of wines and what vintage was that Vajra BdV as 2015 was anything but cool?
by jckba
Tue Mar 21, 2023 12:03 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4918
Views: 1599260

Re: So what have you bought lately?

Costco pricing is essentially original futures pricing so I would strongly suggest keeping that in mind when comparing pricing, and CV, buy, buy, buy.
by jckba
Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:39 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: BWE London: Saturday night 2019 Blind Tasting....
Replies: 44
Views: 4638

Re: BWE London: Saturday night 2019 Blind Tasting....

Participated in an 80’s Lynch Bages blind tasting with the 82, 83, 85, 86, 88 and 89 about 10 or so years ago in Maryland at a friends uncles and the 82, 85 and 88 were my favorites on the day and in that order as they were all so wonderfully expressive. The 89 by comparison was monolithic and not y...
by jckba
Sun Mar 12, 2023 3:19 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2012 Canon reconsidered...
Replies: 10
Views: 714

Re: 2012 Canon reconsidered...

14 is a beaut and if you don’t snap em all at that price which is about $10 more than it was on futures, let me know as I will take them.
by jckba
Sat Mar 11, 2023 4:15 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: BWE London 2023: March 22, 1251 restaurant
Replies: 12
Views: 612

Re: BWE London 2023: March 22, 1251 restaurant

Not attending but I still have an opinion and I would opt for your 01 Rauzan to go up against the 01 D’Issan as that would make a nice flight.
by jckba
Sat Mar 11, 2023 12:03 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Sherry-Lehmann shuts down
Replies: 8
Views: 700

Re: Sherry-Lehmann shuts down

How the mighty have fallen.
by jckba
Tue Mar 07, 2023 6:59 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: BWE in the 916
Replies: 9
Views: 1502

Re: BWE in the 916

Nice notes and recap Arv.

And Joel, is Cantenac Brown ever more than $100? I generally find this Cantenac property a little too modern leaning for my palate and instead routinely buy D’Issan and Giscours for my future Margaux enjoyment at similar price points.
by jckba
Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:41 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: New mathematics
Replies: 15
Views: 870

Re: New mathematics

All I am going to say is high-er mathematics.
by jckba
Thu Mar 02, 2023 2:10 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2016 Pauillac has been uncorked, more 2019 Montrose, they passed our pay raise, and the Blue Demon has been retired....
Replies: 68
Views: 4070

Re: 2016 Pauillac has been uncorked, more 2019 Montrose, they passed our pay raise, and the Blue Demon has been retired.

The white and gold label has got me thinking a PLL 3rd label and not the Latour but congrats on the new blue demon!
by jckba
Wed Mar 01, 2023 6:26 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4918
Views: 1599260

Re: So what have you bought lately?

I realize but I also don’t think we should take average wine searcher listed retail prices for allocated items as gospel when there simply is not that much to go around (ie demand far exceeds supply). $189 is a great price for the best in class village Chambolle from Mugnier and it is also in line w...
by jckba
Wed Mar 01, 2023 11:37 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4918
Views: 1599260

Re: So what have you bought lately?

Lol. Sure, go ahead and blame me. It's amazing that a 1er cru Monopole is the cheapest wine in Mugniers's lineup. About a quarter of the price of his Chambolle village. Enjoy JC Agree and that’s just the way it goes nowadays but they did have an empty spot price tag of $189 for the Chambolle in the...
by jckba
Tue Feb 28, 2023 6:55 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4918
Views: 1599260

Re: So what have you bought lately?

6pk of 2020 JF Mugnier Nuits Saint Georges ‘Clos de la Marechale’ 1er for $145.99/per across 2 different Bottle King stores.
Jacques told me to do it ;)
Jacques told me to do it ;)
by jckba
Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:32 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2018 Jamet Côte Rôtie
Replies: 6
Views: 475

Re: 2018 Jamet Côte Rôtie

Thanks for the early check in as I only own 1 btl and was recently able to resist adding more during Crush’s winter progressive sale.
by jckba
Sat Feb 25, 2023 1:46 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Obscurities from a dark corner of the cellar
Replies: 4
Views: 339

Re: Obscurities from a dark corner of the cellar

Nice note and that’s generally a great wine. My 3rd Tuesday group has always liked sticking a mystery wine from another region into a themed blind lineup and I remember this wine faring well in a lineup of ‘82 Bdx.
by jckba
Thu Feb 23, 2023 12:22 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Alexis Lichine 1962 classification
Replies: 9
Views: 556

Re: Alexis Lichine 1962 classification

While perhaps none as flagrant as the VCC, there are a number of other 3rd growth classifieds that I would be bumping up an notch including Canon, Calon Segur, Haut Bailly, Lynch Bages and Rauzan Segla.
by jckba
Wed Feb 22, 2023 7:29 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: So what have you bought lately?
Replies: 4918
Views: 1599260

Re: So what have you bought lately?

Picked up 9 btls of the 2019 Ghislaine Barthod Les Bons Batons Bourgogne Rouge, 3 from Bottle King @ $47.99 + tax and 6 from Convive @ $50 + tax.
by jckba
Tue Feb 21, 2023 2:25 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Piedmont wines at Mazaro
Replies: 3
Views: 274

Re: Piedmont wines at Mazaro

Fully agree, when old nebbiolo is on they can be great but they are also generally way too variable for my liking.
by jckba
Tue Feb 21, 2023 2:18 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: White wines, Alsace and Muscadet
Replies: 2
Views: 386

Re: White wines, Alsace and Muscadet

Looks like a killer choucroute!
by jckba
Sat Feb 18, 2023 5:26 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: GPL 2019 vs GPL 2020
Replies: 3
Views: 432

Re: GPL 2019 vs GPL 2020

Why not just buy OWC 6packs of each?
by jckba
Sat Feb 18, 2023 4:09 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: BWE in Ft. Lauderdale 2023
Replies: 52
Views: 3885

Re: BWE in Ft. Lauderdale 2023

Wonderful lineup, pics of what looks like an epic evening from start to finish.
by jckba
Tue Feb 14, 2023 11:08 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Good luck Harry C!
Replies: 20
Views: 1193

Re: Good luck Harry C!

Ha!
by jckba
Mon Feb 13, 2023 8:57 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2019 Fleur Cardinale
Replies: 4
Views: 448

Re: 2019 Fleur Cardinale

I remember buying and drinking the 2010 Fleur Cardinale shortly after it’s US release and feeling similarly to your experience.
by jckba
Mon Feb 13, 2023 3:15 am
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: Good luck Harry C!
Replies: 20
Views: 1193

Re: Good luck Harry C!

Another brutal call to decide a game.
by jckba
Sun Feb 12, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2004 Vintage
Replies: 38
Views: 2244

Re: 2004 Vintage

Or you can go with the poster child of the modernist movement in Gerard Perse’s Chateau Pavie. My guess is the vintage conditions saved it from being as flagrant as some of the surrounding vintages.

I do also like Jim’s SHL suggestion.
by jckba
Sun Feb 12, 2023 4:32 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2002 Haut Brion
Replies: 4
Views: 607

Re: 2002 Haut Brion

Nice note as I have a singleton resting in the cellar and was just looking at it the other day.
by jckba
Sat Feb 11, 2023 3:46 pm
Forum: Our Forum
Topic: 2019 Felsina Berardenga Chianti Classico
Replies: 12
Views: 1269

Re: 2019 Felsina Berardenga Chianti Classico

Put up the 2007 Felsina Fontalloro vs the Rancia from the same vintage at an Italian BYOB just across the border and while both were well made, my issue stemmed from the fact that you could still taste the oak barrels on the Fontalloro. Will it ever fully integrate? Rancia > Fontalloro in this vinta...