So what have you bought lately?

JoelD · Post by **JoelD** » Sat Dec 25, 2021 4:52 am

Hm$(still) wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 7:17 pm ‘78 Smith Woodhouse Port
‘95 GPL

Hm$

Well done, Howard. Two of my favorites. Although I don't drink much port anymore. Smith Woodhouse always seems to hit.

6x2014 VCC for me. Couldn't help myself. Pre-buying freeze

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Sat Dec 25, 2021 2:13 pm

2016 Bernard Moreau Chassagne-Montrachet (Rouge) Vieilles Vignes x 4

Musigny 151 · Post by **Musigny 151** » Tue Dec 28, 2021 3:15 pm

A case of Montrose 2005. My final purchase of 2020. Weighing the actuarial risk, it seemed a good plan.

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Tue Dec 28, 2021 4:53 pm

6 bottles of the 2005 Roc de Cambes

PghMike · Post by **PghMike** » Tue Dec 28, 2021 6:01 pm

End year buy of 2019s... Up to about 7 cases total. Cellar will be shifting heavily from Napa to BDX in 2022.

6x Conseillante
6x Leoville Barton
2x l'Evangile
6x LCHB
6x BDL

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Tue Dec 28, 2021 9:04 pm

Well done, men. Very well done indeed.

JCNorthway · Post by **JCNorthway** » Tue Dec 28, 2021 10:03 pm

12 x 2020 Vajra Nebbiolo Langhe
12 x 2016 Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino
12 x 2018 Felsina Chianti Classico Riserva Rancia

I have my eye on a few Bordeaux wines. But I think they will be more readily available early next year when so many BWE'ers will be on a buying freeze.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Tue Dec 28, 2021 10:25 pm

Wow look at you Jon… Mmmmm a case of 2016 Il Poggione… You lucky devil.

Musigny 151 · Post by **Musigny 151** » Tue Dec 28, 2021 10:32 pm

PghMike wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 6:01 pm End year buy of 2019s... Up to about 7 cases total. Cellar will be shifting heavily from Napa to BDX in 2022.

6x Conseillante
6x Leoville Barton
2x l'Evangile
6x LCHB
6x BDL

Might want to see if you can find 2019 Palmer. Not quite at its $225 opening price, it seems to be available at around $270, not a price you are likely to see again for a great vintage of Palmer.

Ianjaig · Post by **Ianjaig** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 12:22 am

1 x Domaine Tempier Bandol 2019
1 x Olga Raffault Chinon Les Barnabés 2018

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 1:00 pm

My 2021 budget was already broken by the end of November but just now I bought:

2x - 2019 cheap riesling
2x - 2019 cheap white Bordeaux
1x - 2017 cheap right bank Bordeaux
1x - 2021 BWE WOTY ***2104 Chateau La Conseillante, Pomerol***

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 1:10 pm

Very, VERY well done indeed, RC!

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 2:37 pm

Picked up a case of the 2015 Clerc Milon from Suburban Wines for $59.41/btl + tax after the 15% case discount as it seemed like a no brainer.

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 3:40 pm

jckba wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 2:37 pm Picked up a case of the 2015 Clerc Milon from Suburban Wines for $59.41/btl + tax after the 15% case discount as it seemed like a no brainer.

Well done.

Technical Note: Announcing this type of sagacious, wheelin’-and-dealin’ steal is all well and good for now, but as of January 1st, when the Great 2022 Wine Buying Freeze begins, such commentary will only get a “very well done, indeed” when the great deal is passed over.

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 3:45 pm

But I thought there was a BD exemption for daily drinkers

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 4:15 pm

jckba wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 3:45 pm But I thought there was a BD exemption for daily drinkers

Good point, but isn’t 2015 too mature for the BD? He wants a little primary fruit in his claret!

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 11:15 pm

So in todays edition of ‘if it is too good to be true, it probably is’. On my way home from work today, I drove up to Yorktown Heights to pick up my score and when the cashier brought over my wine I immediately noticed that it was not what I was expecting as it was the 2nd wine in the Pastourelle de Clerc Milon which for $59.41/btl is definitively not a deal. So I walked over to the new owner (and previous store manager) and informed him that the wine that I got was not the wine that was advertised on the website. He took a look, agreed and apologized profusely for both the mis-listing on the website as well as the fact that they did not catch this earlier when pulling my order. He gladly refunded me and while we were chatting, ended up gifting me a bottle of 2019 Fontaine Gagnard Bourgogne Rouge for my wasted trip which I thought was a nice touch.

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 12:51 pm

Reminds me of the time I bought a bottle of 2012 (Rauzan) Segla for $48 bucks.

jal · Post by **jal** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 1:57 pm

Champagne mainly:
1 x Delamotte
1 x Roederer Brut
1 x Larmandier Bernier Terre Vertus 1er Cru Brut Nature 2014
2 x Geoffroy Blanc de Blancs Brut 1er Cru 'Volupté' 2010

As well as 3 red Burgundies from 2014:
1 x Lechenaut Vosne Romanee
1 x Maison Roche Bellene Volnay VV
1 x Domaine Rossignol-Fevrier Volnay Robardelle 1er Cru

Only Bordeaux I would buy are older, pre 2000. I decided I just don't enjoy newer ones much and have no room to age them anyway

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 2:04 pm

You know, Jacques, I uncorked a 2015 Gruaud Larose a while back and it was just so uninteresting.
Technically correct and all that, but just not interesting.
There are some exceptions in the newer generation of Bordeaux, but for the most part modern Bordeaux just doesn't hold a candle to the stuff from the 80s.

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:36 pm

Jim, what about 2016? I recall superlatives from you on multiple châteaux.

Nicklasss · Post by **Nicklasss** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 11:19 pm

Last rush of the year before the (roll eyes) 2022 BWE wine buying freeze...
1 bottle Jacquesson 744 for tonight.

And pinot:

2 bottles 2019 Cristom Willamette Valley
2 bottles 2018 Albert Bichot Pommard 1er Cru Rugiens

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 11:49 pm

I placed this order with my Polaner rep last Thursday for a mixed case of the current 2020 Gerard Boulay single vineyard Sancerres in the Clos de Beaujeu (4), Les Monts Damnes (4) and La Cote (4) but they arrived today. And for those of you wondering, the Comtesse is released at a later date.

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 1:33 am

jckba wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 11:49 pm I placed this order with my Polaner rep last Thursday for a mixed case of the current 2020 Gerard Boulay single vineyard Sancerres in the Clos de Beaujeu (4), Les Monts Damnes (4) and La Cote (4) but they arrived today. And for those of you wondering, the Comtesse is released at a later date.

These are such great wines, kinda unsung. Tom in DC first introduced me to these 4-5 years ahi. How much they running these days?

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 1:43 am

Blanquito wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 1:33 am These are such great wines, kinda unsung. Tom in DC first introduced me to these 4-5 years ahi. How much they running these days?

Low forties cost and $50-$65 at retail.

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:01 am

jckba wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 1:43 am
Blanquito wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 1:33 am These are such great wines, kinda unsung. Tom in DC first introduced me to these 4-5 years ahi. How much they running these days?
Low forties cost and $50-$65 at retail.

Score! It’s a good thing I can’t get these in the low $40s or my buying freeze would experience an abrupt and unceremonious end.

JoelD · Post by **JoelD** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:02 am

Last day of the year before buying freeze I bought:

2x 2002 Piper Rare(Finally able to backfill at a reasonable price)
3x 2008 Rene Geoffrey Terre Extra Brut(Very good price compared to rest of the market)

Definitely on a champagne kick of late. Interesting to see my tastes change with these too.

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Thu Jan 06, 2022 11:54 pm

Incoming cellar additions.
60*2019 Baudry Chinon Le Clos Guillot
24*2016 Roagna Barbaresco Paje
12*2016 Roagna Barolo Pira

: Stacks

Musigny 151 · Post by **Musigny 151** » Fri Jan 07, 2022 12:23 am

I bought some assorted Magdelaine including a bottle of the 1980 which I have never seen let alone tasted. Big purchase was a case of 1996 Montrose, which was really a trade rather than an outright purchase.

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Fri Jan 07, 2022 12:38 am

Roagna doesn’t get a lot of chatter — but it must appreciated quietly given the prices it fetches these days — but it is well and truly one of my favorite Nebbiolos. It has to be top 5 or 6 overall for me, and more like top 2 or 3 if including only Piedmontese wines I get to drink with any regularity (eg Monfortino is not something I cross paths with).

AKR · Post by **AKR** » Fri Jan 07, 2022 4:35 am

Racer Chris wrote: ↑Fri Dec 31, 2021 12:51 pm Reminds me of the time I bought a bottle of 2012 (Rauzan) Segla for $48 bucks.

I feel like that there is a lot of that happening with 'Segla'.

In my mind, the estate should have significantly different name for that bottling.

Long run, if customers realize they have been duped, it does enduring brand damage.

And given that the Chanel people are all about luxury branding, one would think they ought to care.

Nicklasss · Post by **Nicklasss** » Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:32 pm

Since I'm on the wine buying freeze, I never felt so good!

Marie-Claude, who did no bought any wine for the last 25 years, bought 6 bottles of the 2017 Domaine Parent Beaune 1er Cru Épenottes...

Ah well, i will never understand women.

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Sun Jan 09, 2022 1:58 am

Nicklasss wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:32 pm Since I'm on the wine buying freeze, I never felt so good!

Marie-Claude, who did no bought any wine for the last 25 years, bought 6 bottles of the 2017 Domaine Parent Beaune 1er Cru Épenottes...

Ah well, i will never understand women.

Hilarious.

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Sun Jan 09, 2022 3:54 pm

PghMike · Post by **PghMike** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:59 am

WDC coupons and 10 percent from Rakuten lured me in.

All in cost
1x 2016 Montrose - $148
3x Coutet 375s - $16 each
2x 2019 l'Evangile - $180 each
1x 2014 Pontet Canet - $86

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:58 pm

2 x 2016 Montrose @ $154

Nicklasss · Post by **Nicklasss** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:54 pm

DavidG wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:58 pm 2 x 2016 Montrose @ $154

What a deception. I thought you were with us in the wine buying freeze David... now i can feel some weaknesses on my side after your move, but i will stay strong.

Ambrose · Post by **Ambrose** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:17 pm

Bit the bullet on another lot of 19’s
2 x Montrose
2 x Pichon Baron
2 x Leoville Barton.

Quite a big $ for me but I figure my future self will thank me.

gene m. · Post by **gene m.** » Thu Jan 13, 2022 2:08 am

Remus whiskey
Anjejo tequila
and some bas armagnac

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Thu Jan 13, 2022 10:19 pm

Nicklasss wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:54 pm
DavidG wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:58 pm 2 x 2016 Montrose @ $154
What a deception. I thought you were with us in the wine buying freeze David... now i can feel some weaknesses on my side after your move, but i will stay strong.

Mea culpa, mea culpa. I have failed.

On the other hand, I've started a new freeze!