So what have you bought lately?

[robert goulet]

Funny...my ex and I stopped at Anderson Conn Valley to do a tasting back when I drank California cab...I left with their pinot...I'm sure my palate will not be a huge fan anymore, but I bought it out of curiosity. Will serve it with a few others who I'm sure will enjoy.

[jckba]

Case of 2020 Chapelle St Theodoric CdP ‘Le Grand Pin’ @ $864 and 2 cases of 2021 Bernard Baudry Chinon ‘Les Grezeaux’ @ $290/per all-in.

[Comte Flaneur]

The next big thing in Piedmont is Gianluca Columbo - trust Comte Flaneur - I have been a buyer across the board with the exception of his ambitious Pinot Noir project where I only bought a few bottles

https://stradebianchewines.com/our-prod ... ombo-vini/

[Blanquito]

Too my shock, shock I tell you, I just won at auction 2 pristine bottles of the 1998 La Conseillante for $159.50 each including the buyer’s premium. I figured it’d easily go for >$200 each.

[Nicklasss]

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Two my shock, shock I tell you, I just won at auction 2 pristine bottles of the 1998 La Conseillante for $159.50 each including the buyer’s premium. I figured it’d easily go for >$200 each.

I’m happy for you. Isn’t that nice being out of the wine buying freeze? Freedom (and some La Conseillante) is what we all looking for!

[Blanquito]

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Two my shock, shock I tell you, I just won at auction 2 pristine bottles of the 1998 La Conseillante for $159.50 each including the buyer’s premium. I figured it’d easily go for >$200 each.

I’m happy for you. Isn’t that nice being out of the wine buying freeze? Freedom (and some La Conseillante) is what we all looking for!

Isn’t there some sort of buying-freeze exemption for lowball bidding on lots you figure you have no chance of winning?

[robert goulet]

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Two my shock, shock I tell you, I just won at auction 2 pristine bottles of the 1998 La Conseillante for $159.50 each including the buyer’s premium. I figured it’d easily go for >$200 each.

Boooom....I recently scored an '01 at auction

[JoelD]

Too my shock, shock I tell you, I just won at auction 2 pristine bottles of the 1998 La Conseillante for $159.50 each including the buyer’s premium. I figured it’d easily go for >$200 each.

Definitely worth breaking your buying freeze, again. I love La Conseillante and have been grabbing the 2000 whenever I see it at good prices. But I really need some 98/01/05 now. I feel like those rarely pop up at even semi reasonable pricing.

[JoelD]

All purchases within the last couple months that I just got around to inputting into my CT today:
1x 1970 Latour
1x 1983 VCC
1x 1983 Trotanoy
1x 1990 Gruaud Larose
3x 2000 La Fleur Petrus
2x 2000 Lynch Bages
2x 2005 Calon
1x 2000 Montrose
1x 2005 Leoville Poyferre
1x 2016 L'Evangile
1x 2006 L'Evangile
12x 2019 Lynch Bages
12x 2019 Montrose
6x 2019 Palmer
6x 1985 Jaboulet Hermitage Chapelle

[robert goulet]

3 bottles- Trader Joe's 2019 Diamond Reserve Pauillac!!lol
3 2017 Giribaldi Barolo
1 Henriot BdB

Def. not as good as Joel's haul...nice work sir

[Blanquito]

All purchases within the last couple months that I just got around to inputting into my CT today:
1x 1970 Latour
1x 1983 VCC
1x 1983 Trotanoy
1x 1990 Gruaud Larose
3x 2000 La Fleur Petrus
2x 2000 Lynch Bages
2x 2005 Calon
1x 2000 Montrose
1x 2005 Leoville Poyferre
1x 2016 L'Evangile
1x 2006 L'Evangile
12x 2019 Lynch Bages
12x 2019 Montrose
6x 2019 Palmer
6x 1985 Jaboulet Hermitage Chapelle

Nice haul!

I predict your favorites (for current consumption and assuming equally good provenance across everything) will be the two 83 Righties. Is the 2000 Montrose even worth thinking about yet?

[jckba]

I echo the above, nice haul Joel and I went with a back vintage pickup of a 6pack of the 2016 JF Mugnier Clos de La Marechale NSG 1er for $145/per which yes, is more than it was on release but is also less than the average price for the current vintage on the market.

[JoelD]

Nice haul!

I predict your favorites (for current consumption and assuming equally good provenance across everything) will be the two 83 Righties. Is the 2000 Montrose even worth thinking about yet?

You're probably right. I hope the VCC lives up to the one I had in early 2022 and was my WOTY. And I'm very curious to see how the Trotanoy compares.

I'd say the 2000 Montrose is either approaching or has just entered the HowQuito range. It's probably not old enough yet for your palate, but I thoroughly enjoyed my tastes of it. I don't plan to open my lone bottle for a few years but I think many on this board would appreciate it now.

I'll crack my 1996 first, which I bought in London and forgot to put on the list that I just posted. Along with a boatload of awesome Champagne and some Lafarge from Paris.

[robert goulet]

I would luv your thoughts on that '96 Joel..I have one resting

[JoelD]

I would luv your thoughts on that '96 Joel..I have one resting

I have one bottle each of 1996 Montrose, 1996 Ducru, 1996 Las Cases.

The only bottle I've had was the Ducru about 4 years ago and it was still pretty tight and structured but accessible with a lot of air.

Which one do BWE'ers think I should open first? Meaning which one is most ready to provide pleasure and hopefully fully past any closed down window or dumb phases.

[jckba]

I have one bottle each of 1996 Montrose, 1996 Ducru, 1996 Las Cases.

Which one do BWE'ers think I should open first? Meaning which one is most ready to provide pleasure and hopefully fully past any closed down window or dumb phases.

I’ve had all 3 and all 3 are drinkable at this stage but with long futures ahead and most so for the LLC.

Additional 2 cases of 2019 Antoine Sanzay Saumur Champigny ‘Les Poyeux’.

[JoelD]

I’ve had all 3 and all 3 are drinkable at this stage but with long futures ahead and most so for the LLC.

Thanks for the insight. Maybe I should just keep waiting on all 3? Since I only have one bottle of each. Although I'm always on the lookout for more of any of them at the right price..

[Nicklasss]

I have one bottle each of 1996 Montrose, 1996 Ducru, 1996 Las Cases.

Which one do BWE'ers think I should open first? Meaning which one is most ready to provide pleasure and hopefully fully past any closed down window or dumb phases.

I’ve had all 3 and all 3 are drinkable at this stage but with long futures ahead and most so for the LLC.

+1

[robert goulet]

I would luv your thoughts on that '96 Joel..I have one resting

I have one bottle each of 1996 Montrose, 1996 Ducru, 1996 Las Cases.

The only bottle I've had was the Ducru about 4 years ago and it was still pretty tight and structured but accessible with a lot of air.

Which one do BWE'ers think I should open first? Meaning which one is most ready to provide pleasure and hopefully fully past any closed down window or dumb phases.

I have all 3 too...but recently popped the Ducru with Orlando Bobby....he declared it 1st growth level

[Racer Chris]

5x 2018 Ch Larose Trintaudon
7x 2016 Ch. de Pitray
1x 2011 Quinta do Noval

[JimHow]

That 2018 Larose Trintaudon is absolutely delicious.

[DavidG]

I would luv your thoughts on that '96 Joel..I have one resting

I have one bottle each of 1996 Montrose, 1996 Ducru, 1996 Las Cases.

The only bottle I've had was the Ducru about 4 years ago and it was still pretty tight and structured but accessible with a lot of air.

Which one do BWE'ers think I should open first? Meaning which one is most ready to provide pleasure and hopefully fully past any closed down window or dumb phases.

I had a 96 LLC in January and it was drinking really well with early aged complexity. Took about an hour to open up. Not at peak for my palate but still very happy I opened it. Predicting even more complexity over time.

My last 96 Ducru was 4 years ago. Took a couple of hours to open. Really nice bottle. I had one more left and my note said wait 5 more years to open it. Just about there…

[JimHow]

I would think Montrose would be next in line to drink. It’s a delicious Montrose but a bit different style than the modern Montrose, a tad more forward.

[stefan]

Goodfellow Family Cellars:

12 2021 Richard's Cuvée, Whistling Ridge Chardonnay $56 offer price ($70 retail)
12 2021 "Psycho Killer" Temperance Hill Chardonnay $64 offer price ($80 retail)
6 2021 Temperance Hill Chardonnay $48 offer price ($60 retail)
6 2021 Tsai Vineyard Chardonnay $40 offer price ($50 retail)

4 2021 Block Eleven, Fir Crest Pinot Noir $48 offer price ($60 retail)
12 2021 West Field, Temperance Hill Pinot Noir $56 offer price ($70 retail)
2 2021 Temperance Hill Pinot Noir $40 offer price ($50 retail)
3 2021 Whistling Ridge Pinot Noir $40 offer price ($50 retail)
3 2021 Durant Vineyard Pinot Noir $40 offer price ($50 retail)

[Musigny 151]

Dear Diary,
A whole week has passed, and I have not made a single purchase. I feel good, but just have just missed hitting saintliness as I succumbed to preordering some Montrose and VCC futures. As you may know, they don’t count as they are still juice and cannot survive without the accompanying bottle. A Jewish rather than a Catholic way of looking at when a wine is born. (I have a funny story about that, which one day, if you get me sufficiently drunk, I will reveal).

[jal]

2019 Chave St Joseph Offerus x 6
2020 Billaud Simon Chablis x2

Purchased and to be consumed in Israel as per granted exemption.

[robert goulet]

2014 Domaine Marchand Freres Charmes-Chambertin
1995 Francois Et Denis Clair Santenay Clos De La Comme
2005 Lafouge Auxey-Duresses La Chapelle

[jal]

On our way to an outing in the stunning Judean Hills, we stopped at Tzora Winery, long our favorite Israeli winery, and purchased the following:

Misty Hills x 2
Shoresh White x 2
Shoresh Red x 1
Shoresh Or x 1

Purchased and to be consumed in Israel as per granted exemption.

[stefan]

Mine, too, Jacques. But what is Shoresh Or?

[stefan]

St Innocent Spring Wine Club

3 2019 Pinot Noir Momtazi Vineyard @ 41.25
3 2019 Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard @ 56.25
3 2020 Chardonnay Freedom Hill Vineyard @ 31.50
3 2021 Riesling Temperance Hill Vineyard @ 24

[jal]

Mine, too, Jacques. But what is Shoresh Or?

It's a dessert wine Bill, Gewurztraminer grapes, and instead of ice to concentrate the sugar in the grapes on the vines, Tzora sends the grapes to freeze. First I heard of this technique, but I had a small taste of the wine, it smelled like pure Gewurtz and had enough acidity to stand up to the sweetness. I admit just buying this out of curiosity, but it's only 9.5% alcohol and I have no dessert wine here.

[stefan]

I think that some Canadian ice wines are made with that procedure, Jacques. In the Judean Hills, they might get a traditionally made ice wine every 50 years.

[jckba]

Case of recently arrived 2022 Boulay Sancerre @ Polaner cost and I guess I will soon see if warmer temps affected the resulting wine.

[Racer Chris]

4x 2019 Ch. Brane Cantenac
3x 2019 Ch. de la Huste
3x 2019 Ch. du Retout
2x 2019 Ch. Pierre de Montignac

[stefan]

Lucie and I spent Friday night in McMinnville and picked up wines at Goodfellow's (7 cases), Domaine Drouhin (2 cases), and Cristom (1 case). I felt that Cristom was being left out, so I added another case while there (using my "new cellar" exemption):

2 2016 Arcus PN
6 2011 Louise PN
4 2016 Eileen PN.

[jckba]

With an ITB wine friend from LI visiting yesterday, we visited 3 bottle king stores in NJ and I ended up with a nice assortment of things followed by a meal at my my just over the border Italian BYOB of choice.

2xOcchipinti Vino di Contrada BB @ $69.99
2xOcchipinti Vino di Contrada FL @ $69.99
2xOcchipinti Vino di Contrada PT @ $69.99
2xOcchipinti Vino di Contrada SM @ $59.99
4x2015 Lopez de Heredia Gravonia @ $33.99
2x2011 Lopez de Heredia Tondonia Blanco @ $54.99
1x2020 Picario del Aguila Clarete @ $32.99
1x2021 Dauvissat Chablis @ $69.99
4x2020 Domaine Leflaive Macon-Verze @ $58.99
2x2022 Bernard Baudry Chinon Rose @ $19.99
6xElijah Craig Toasted Barrel @ $54.99
6xElijah Craig Barrel Proof ‘B523’ @ $69.99

[Claudius2]

Guys
I’ve bought more Burgundies lately.
Picked up 2 cases of Marc Morey Chassagnes - Refers and Virondot - both 2020.
Used to buy these regularly in Australia but never seen them here.

Also bought 12 x Tortochot Gevrey Chambertin “Les Jeunes Rois” 2019. The young kings in English.
Also a case of 2020 Chassange Montrachet “La Caniere” from a producer I’ve never heard of, being Domaine Patrick Miolane. Anyone know anything about them? Maybe I was curious but nobody else bothered to bid so it was cheap.

[Nicklasss]

A case of 2019 Ségur du Cros Loupiac. A fabulous sweet wine for less than 25 $ a bottle. If you can find it, i recommend it very strongly.

Just a little bit less thick as Sauternes, but almost as complex on the nose/mouth.

This type of bottle is the best thing for a sweet wine lover.

[Blanquito]

I cleaned the rest of that private cellar out of their 95s:
-6 x 1995 Pichon Lalande (bringing the total to 12 bottles)
-5 x 1995 Ducru Beaucaillou (to a total of 10)

And another bottle of the 02 Delamotte BdB to round out a case.

Private cellars are great: No shipping, no sales tax, no guilt!

[Nicklasss]

3 x 2021 Louis Moreau Chablis 1er Cru Vau Ligneau