Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

2017 Chateau la Tour de Pez Saint-Estèphe. This is the second 2017 I buy. I really liked the 2017 Chateau Haut-Vigneau, hope the St Estèphe will be good too.

2019 Les Jardins de Loudenne blanc. A rare dry white wine made in the Médoc. Organic wine.

I was picking up a case of 2015 Ch. Haura halves at Total Wine that arrived this week and while there I took advantage of a flash 15% off sale.
2x 2018 Ch Pierre de Montignac
2x 2016 Ch Guibon Blanc
2x 2018 Denis Dubordieu Sauvignon Blanc
2x 2015 Dr. Heidemanns-Bergweiler Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Spätlese
1x 2019 Dr. Heidemanns-Bergweiler Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Spätlese
3x 2018 Dr. Heidemanns-Bergweiler Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett

New month, new budget. (not that I stayed within budget last month)
2x 2010 Château Bernadotte
2x 2011 Château Capbern-Gasqueton
1x 2018 Château Duhart-Milon
2x 2016 Château La Lagune
3x 2009 Château du Moulin-Rouge (Haut-Medoc)
2x 2014 Château Sénéjac

3 splits of 2010 Chateau Guiraud (my liquorous inventory is way too low)
1 bottle of 2018 Carpineto Chianti Classico Riserva

Some 2007 Lopez Heredia Tondonia Reserva.
A few italian dry white wines for a change.

Our consumption of dry white wines is very high, i just can't keep the bottle for a long time. We pair them mostly with fish and seafood, principaly sushis, or tartare or sea scallops.

Picked up 3 btls of each of the 2019 Lauer Kupp GG & Feils GG off a Crush offer.

2 bottles of 2016 La Fleur Cardinale at Costco today $45 each

So far I only bought 4 bottles of wine in 2021 including the above

2012 Les Epenottes, D. Lafon (6)
2014 Les Epenottes, D. Lafon (1)
1990 Clos du Roi, Tollot-Beaut (3)
1976 Nuits St. Georges Les Pruliers, C. Giroud (1)

I've decided 2016 will be my last vintage of Bordeaux that I collect and cellar. I'll buy future bottles but for immediate consumption. I'm also buying wine that may be ready sooner than 20 years.

6. 2016 Ch. Siran
2. 2016 Ch. Sociando Mallet
2. 2016 Ch. Cantemerle

Bill

Well done, Bill! Very well done indeed.
That is a classic BWE purchase from a classic BWEer.
Bravo.

Good choice of 2016 Bill. The 2016 Sociando is quite something.

Buying wines from southern France lately.

2019 Céline Jourdan Picpoul de Pinet.
2017 Devois des Agneux Languedoc
2016 Pech Redon L'Épervier La Clape

3 x 2008 Tertre Rôteboeuf - Some sexy stuff

12 x 2019 Gonon St Joseph - Classic Northern Rhone

6 x 2019 Gonon Iles Feray - Classic baby syrah from Northern Rhone

6 x 2014 Sky Zinfandel - A claret lover’s Zin

6 x 2004 Raffault Les Picasses - 375s of this classic Chinon, a library release

Mixed case of Ravenswood library wines, 1986=2008

4 bottles of the 2015 Rhys Horseshoe Chardonnay

1 x Montrose 2011.

12x 2011 Ch. Capbern-Gasqueton @ $25 ea.

I spent $9.99 at Trader Joe's to buy a 2018 Famile Perrin CdR Reserve. I had bought a couple of bottles in Israel in December and thought these were pretty good.

I bottle Calon Segur 1982
Leoville Las Cases 1976/1970
Beychevelle 1970
Mouton Baronne Phillipe 1961
Remy combottes1971
Assorted 20 year old NV brut Champagnes
Mt. Veeder Cabernet 1978
Sonoma vineyards 1974
Bizot Vosne 1996

It will be interesting to learn how that old D'Armailhac has held up, Mark.

stefan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:42 pm It will be interesting to learn how that old D'Armailhac has held up, Mark.

Purchased for a friend’s birthday. Will be opened when we can get safely together

4 of the 2017 Pierre-Yves Colin Morey Pernand Vergelesses Les Combottes
1 of the 2016 St. Innocent Pinot Noir Momtazi
1 of the 2016 St. Innocent Pinot Noir Temperance Hill

The PYCM was $50 + tax + shipping, but I don’t have nearly enough 2017 Burg Blanc and my 2014s are long gone.

Some 2018 Penfolds Bin 311 Chardonnay.

Believe it or not, i like wines from Penfolds.

3 x 2017 Frog’s Leap Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford

Had to find a better Napa Cab for $100 and under, this one was $43 after the 50/150 code on Wine.com.

ABV under 14%. Love this classic stuff.

Picked up a 6pack of 2016 Fontodi Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna del Sorbo for $62.50/btl plus tax from Zachys.

While shopping around for 2016 St. Estephe wines I noticed that Total Wine & More (in Norwalk) has halves of Ch. Montrose for under $100.
I bought two.
And while I was filling a box big enough for delivery I found out they want to give me not 10%, but 15% off (not from the Montrose) if I buy a couple extra bottles.
They hardly have any Bordeaux I want at a price I'm willing to pay right now so I bought a bunch of Dr Heidemanns Rieslings.
They have De Margerie Grand Cuvee Speciale in their monthly specials so I added two of them, and they're giving me the extra discount on them too.
The Montrose purchase is just foolish, but the extra savings on the other bottles makes me feel better.

Chris, for whatever reason it seems like when the tariffs hit, TW immediately raised the prices on all Bdx 750ml sized bottles regardless of whether they were incoming or in stock but they did not apply that same hike to halves and mags.

Its been very hard to find good deals since the tariffs took effect.
Apart from a couple of those '80s bottles I acquired, the Montrose halves are the most expensive alcohol I've ever purchased. I'm smitten by St. Estéphe right now, particularly 2016.

Gadamit again!
No Montrose 375s.
This is the third store this year that let me down in the same manner.

Racer Chris wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:05 pm Gadamit again!
No Montrose 375s.
This is the third store this year that let me down in the same manner.

TW can't even figure out how to append vintages to many of their fine wine SKU's, even for items like Gran Reserva Rioja or Gran Selezione CC where its something consumers would want/care about what year it is.

Real Time Dynamic Inventory tracking is way beyond them.

K&L is the amazing in this dimension, and it works across their multiple locations.

AKR wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:46 pm TW can't even figure out how to append vintages to many of their fine wine SKU's,

Even when they do add a vintage, don't count on it being what's on the shelf in the store.

1 x 2001 Chateau Haut Brion

6 x 2011 Chateau Magdelaine

With dreams of spring in the air, I gathered a plethora of Blanc, mostly from Pouilly Fuisse that Gilman is high on and a couple of reds to try ITNOS. I haven’t tried most of these before, so this will be extra fun:
-1 x Pierre Péters Cuvée de Réserve Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne NV
-1 x 2017 Louis Michel Chablis 1er Cru "Butteaux" Vieilles Vignes
-1 x 2017 Frog's Leap Estate Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon
-1 x 2018 Ridge Estate Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay
-1 x 2019 Château Thivin Cuvée La Chapelle Côte de Brouilly
-3 x 2017 Domaine Jacques Saumaize Les Creuzettes Pouilly-Fuissé
-1 x 2017 Henry Pellé Clos des Blanchais Menetou-Salon Blanc
-3 x 2018 Domaine Jacques Saumaize Les Courtelongs Pouilly-Fuissé
-1 x 2018 Domaine de la Chapelle (Catherine et Pascal Rollet) Pouilly-Fuissé Vieilles Vignes
-3 x 2018 Domaine Guerrin et Fils Sur la Roche Pouilly-Fuissé

Patrick, what induced you to buy the outlier in that group?

If the outlier is the Ridge Estate Chardonnay, I am fan in general so I thought I’d give a more recent vintage a whirl. I had the 2012 version recently and it was great in a somewhat richer, oaky style than I often prefer.

I think he meant the Frogs Leap.

Racer Chris wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 10:52 am I think he meant the Frogs Leap.

Ha.

Just terrible stuff!

At yesterday’s Bacchus auction here in London

6 x Pontet Canet 2000 - £450
6 x La Conseillante 2005 - sharing a case with a friend, case cost £1800
6 x Haut Bailly 2009 - £650 ib

All on my hit list and well below market

From Walter Scott.
2 2019 Sequitur Pinot Noir
1 2019 Rock Salt Chard.
2 2019 Ruth Cuvee Pinot N.
1 2019 Ann Cuvee Chard.

Nice work Bill.

Aside from all the recent buzz on this wine — https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/vi ... c1bc6bb35a — a wine named Frog’s Leap seemed like a safe choice for a lover of French wine!

All wonderful Bordeaux Ian. I popped a bottle of the 2009 Haut Bailly 2 years ago, after a Neal Martin note suggesting oxidation at the "Ten Years On" tasting. This was a killer bottle.