Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

2014 Tertre Rotebeauf

Love, love the 85 Gruaud.

OrlandoRobert wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:00 am 2014 Tertre Rotebeauf

Ok, I kept the wallet open, grabbed:

3 x 1998 Sociando Mallett Cuvée Jean Gautreau

3 x 2017 Lucien Crochet Sancerre Le Chêne Marchand
3 x 2018 Roland Lavantureux Chablis Vauprin

These are two whites that i strongly recommend. You'll never be more happy!

I see 2017 Lucien Crochet Sancerre Le Chene Marchand available near me for $45 and I see the "Le Chene" listed on Cellartracker but nowhere is found "Les Grands Chenes".

Sorry Racer, it is Le Chêne Marchand.

I paid 47-48 $can here, so about 39 $us.

2 x 2014 Chateau La Lagune
2 x 2019 Jean Foillard Beaujolais (i'm very curious about this one)

Nicklasss wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:38 pm Sorry Racer, it is Le Chêne Marchand.

I paid 47-48 $can here, so about 39 $us.

I've hardly ever spent more than $30 on a Sauvignon Blanc.
So uncertain that spending more will produce greater satisfaction with white wines in general.

Blanquito wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:32 am Love, love the 85 Gruaud.

I've never had the '85 but I have 2 bottles of the '86 (for now).

Picked up a trio of Laherte Freres grower champers in 3 btls of the 2013 Les Empreintes (50% Pinot Noir / 50% Chardonnay), 6 bottles of the Rose de Saignee Les Beaudiers Extra Brut (2015 base and 100% Pinot Meunier) and a case of the 2016 Les Grandes Crayeres Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut.

Racer Chris wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 12:31 am

Blanquito wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:32 am Love, love the 85 Gruaud.

I've never had the '85 but I have 2 bottles of the '86 (for now).

86 is the shits!!!

2 x 1983 Lynch Bages, $121 each all in.

Nicklasss wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:41 pm 2 x 2014 Chateau La Lagune
2 x 2019 Jean Foillard Beaujolais (i'm very curious about this one)

i had not realized 2019 had been released yet

Seems to be lots of sales on at the moment, no doubt clearing the shelves for the 18s that are about to arrive.

Picked up 2 x Bourgneuf 2015 ($75 NZ).

Racer Chris wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 12:27 am

Nicklasss wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:38 pm Sorry Racer, it is Le Chêne Marchand.

I paid 47-48 $can here, so about 39 $us.

I've hardly ever spent more than $30 on a Sauvignon Blanc.
So uncertain that spending more will produce greater satisfaction with white wines in general.

I would say this one isn't a sauvignon, it is the real incarnation of a perfect Sancerre, really a huge difference.

And i agree that today, many Sancerre ot Pouilly-Fumé are "only" sauvignon, but not the 2017 Lucien Crochet..

2018 Thomas Pico Pattes Loup Chablis x 6

Blanquito wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:47 pm 2 x 1983 Lynch Bages, $121 each all in.

Good job!

I keep buying bubbly and whites:
2012 Delamotte Blanc de Blancs x 6
2012 Roederer Starck Nature x 4
2017 Guillemot-Michel Viré-Clessé Quintaine x 6

and a sampler of Lamy:
2016 Hubert Lamy St. Aubin 1er Clos de la Chateniere x 1
2017 Hubert Lamy St. Aubin La Princee x 1
2018 Hubert Lamy St. Aubin 1er Cru Les Frionnes x 1
2018 Hubert Lamy St. Aubin La Princee x 1

and this:
2015 Hanzell Estate Chardonnay x 1

1 1983 Lynch-Bages @ $127.05

Not quite as good as Patrick's score but OK. This wine is on the downslope but has some emotional attraction for my family.

stefan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 4:09 am 1 1983 Lynch-Bages @ $127.05

Not quite as good as Patrick's score but OK. This wine is on the downslope but has some emotional attraction for my family.

I really like this vintage, quite the score!

Running low on Champagne at home, so at a sale I bought some to drink in Texas.

1 Louis Roederer Brut Premier @$35
1 Vazart-Coquart Brut @ $32
2 Pol-Roger @ $48
3 2008 Veuve Cliquot La Grande Dame @ $128 (For Jill when she visits us; Jacques does not consider this vintage to be dreck.)
1 2017 Berthelemot Chassagne-Montrachet Morgeot @ $ 60 (a flyer/tryer)

Picked up the following with consignment sale proceeds.
2 btls of 2019 Francois Cotat Sancerre Rose @ $54.95 + tax from Crush
6 btls of 2020 Francois Cotat Sancerre Les Monts Damnes @ $64/per
6 btls of 2020 Francois Cotat Sancerre Les Culs de Beaujeu @ $64/per
12 btls of 2018 Bernard Baudry Chinon Le Clos Guillot @ $27.50/per
60 btls of 2019 Bernard Baudry Chinon Les Grezeaux @ $22/per

I did something very ''over the top'' silly. More silly than a Médoc or Saint-Émilion First Growth, more silly than a top Pomerol... more silly than anything logical.

1 bottle of the 2018 Armand Rousseau Chambertin.

Nicklasss wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 1:48 am 1 bottle of the 2018 Armand Rousseau Chambertin.

Was this purchase the result of a lottery win?

1 bottle of the 2016 La Mission Haut Brion, on sale.

6 x 2019 Halcon Alturas syrah

jckba wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 2:26 am

Nicklasss wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 1:48 am 1 bottle of the 2018 Armand Rousseau Chambertin.

Was this purchase the result of a lottery win?

Jckba, in Québec, the new system for those rare bottles are a bit like a lotery: when the very few bottles are offered, you apply to "win the chance to buy one". And there are 2 rounds. So you do your order, you got the results of the first round. If you don't buy all in the first round, the bottle you did not purchased are release for a second round with all the people who did not get that bottle in the first round. I know, very weird.

So i ended up with " winning the chance to buy a 2018 Armand Rousseau Chambertin" on the second round. Totally unexpected as while this wine is expensive, the price for that wine at our monopoly liquorstore is way below market value...

I still think i did a mistake and will probably sell it back. Or who knows, after all, Bourgogne wines are MC's favorite...

4 x 2018 Clos de la Roilette Cuvee Griffe du Marquis

Since this forum is appreciating more the beauty of quality Beaujolais….

OrlandoRobert wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 2:43 pm 4 x 2018 Clos de la Roilette Cuvee Griffe du Marquis

Crush still has some of that left for $26.95/per in their summer progressive sale.

Not much, but lately I just dabbled in some mixed bag of wines...

2019 JJ Prum WS Kabinett @40 x 4
2017 Francois Betheau Chambolle Musigny 1er @94 x 2
2019 Marquis d'Alesme @40 x 3 (Was curios about this never tried 3rd growth, and seems to get good praises since it changed hands of ownership lately)


The following at auction...

2016 Brezza Barolo @35 x 1
2016 Brezza Sarmassa Barolo @46 x 1
2008 ST Innocent Momtazi @40 x 1
2007 Radio Coteau Alberigi @35 x 1

2016 Tour St Christophe @40 x 2
2012 Ridge Geyserville Splits @ 27 x 2

Nicely done, CV.
I'm still fasting and not buying anything, waiting for a New Hampshire sale.

A magnum of Lucien Jayer Echezeaux 1978. Henri was the consultant not the winemaker, so it fetches a fraction of the bucks Henri’s wines do.

2 more bottles of 2016 Lynch Bages at 132 all in. Stocking up as this number seems to keep rising

Ch Phelan Segur, 2014 375ml
Ch Ormes de Pez 2003, 375ml
Ch Lafon Rochet, 2016, 375ml
Ch d"Armailhac, 2003 375ml
Lacoste Borie 2016, 750ml
Ch Haut Batailley 2014, 750ml
Ch Duhart Milon 2016, 750ml

3 x 2007 Chateau Magdelaine

Well done, my BWE brethren. Well done indeed.

I am currently in buying freeze #32 of the year.

Blanquito wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:05 pm Well done, my BWE brethren. Well done indeed.

I am currently in buying freeze #32 of the year.

Blanquito wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:05 pm Well done, my BWE brethren. Well done indeed.

I am currently in buying freeze #32 of the year.

Oh. And another case of Willy’s Beau Rivage Chenin Blanc and more Halcon Syrah from the 2019 offer today. Been a busy work day.

Nice.

I snagged a 6 pack of the 2019 Halcon Alturas Syrah a few months back, looking forward to trying this vintage. Might be my favorite new world syrah at any price point (well, excluding Grange).

Blanquito wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:33 pm Nice.

I snagged a 6 pack of the 2019 Halcon Alturas Syrah a few months back, looking forward to trying this vintage. Might be my favorite new world syrah at any price point (well, excluding Grange).

It’s good stuff, fairly priced, and ages well. I have a case of that 2019. The Elevaccion is their higher-end Syrah Cuvee, Gilman gave it a 95.