So what have you bought lately?

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri May 31, 2019 9:13 pm

Ha other than about 15 Germans, I have exactly one white in my cellar, JC, a bottle that Tom and Gail brought to my house last fall. I have about 700 red Bordeaux and about 70 red Burgundies in my cellar, a smattering or Brunellos, and one Chateuneuf. About a dozen Sauternes and two bottles of 2008 Dom. I drink red Bordeaux with my lobster, I’ll be drinking a nice Bordeaux tonight with a nice cut of sockeye salmon. Mmmm.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri May 31, 2019 9:16 pm

I’m sure I’ll buy the sporadic bottle of champagne here, a Geyserville or Chianti there, but I really do not intend to buy more than a mixed case or so per year from here on out.

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:24 am

JimHow wrote:...
I drink red Bordeaux with my lobster, I’ll be drinking a nice Bordeaux tonight with a nice cut of sockeye salmon. Mmmm.

You're my kinda Bordeaux lover JIm!
Tonight I opened a bottle of Paso Robles Cabernet a customer sent me as a gift and I had to open a bottle of Graves along with it as a safety valve..

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:51 am

After work last night I popped over to the local Total Wine to pick up a few bottles and talked the Wine Manager into giving me 15% off instead of the usual 10%. I had convinced myself before going in that it was better for me to buy two bottles of something less expensive and wait for another time on the bottle of '14 Pichon Comtesse which I've wanted a third one in my cellar. But Rolf was receptive to my pitch so I added it and the two less expensive bottles ('14 La Croix) as well.
I hadn't been in the store much this year, or talked with Rolf at all really so I asked him if there was anything good in the tasting room. I had coravin samples of three Napa cabs (Levendi 15th Anniversary, Levendi Sweetwater, Pina Oakville) and bs'ed with Rolf about Italian wine for over half an hour as he's travelling to Italy on the company dime next week. The cabernets were good but still not what I want in my cellar.

Here's what I bought:
1x 2014 Pichon Comtesse de Lalande
2x 2014 La Croix Ducru Beaucaillou
2x 2015 Lilian Ladouys
2x 2016 Capbern
1x 2016 de Camarsac
1x 2016 Haura

Frederico · Post by **Frederico** » Sat Jun 01, 2019 6:10 pm

3x Beaucastel CdP 2016

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Sat Jun 01, 2019 11:43 pm

6 of the 2016 Levet Journaries Cote Rotie (I blame DavidG)

Gerry M. · Post by **Gerry M.** » Mon Jun 03, 2019 12:15 am

Nh just started their American wine sale so I picked up a mixed case of summer wines/cellar defenders.

2x 2016 Spottswoode SB
2x 2016 Ch Montelena Chard
2x 2016 Sojourn Chard
2x 2016 Sojourn Sonoma Coast Pinot
4x 2015 Honig Cab 375's

Dragdon · Post by **Dragdon** » Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:12 am

As in May I had a holiday here in a property for sale in Côte d'Azur, France I bought there 2010 Château du Coing. Really nice one, I liked it a lot. Probably will buy it again when I have opportunity.

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Fri Jun 07, 2019 2:24 pm

Picked up a couple of David Bowler distributed wines at 10% above cost including a 6er of the 2017 Saint Prefert Auguste Favier CdP @ $50.67/per, 3 of the 2017 Saint Prefert Charles Giraud CdP @ $88/per and the last available case in the metro NY area of the 2016 Bernard Baudry La Croix Boisee Chinon @ $36.33/per.

Comte Flaneur · Post by **Comte Flaneur** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:47 pm

Given I have been granted an exemption:

- Talbot 1966 x1 (ask Tim how good this is)
- Sociando Mallet 1970 x 4 (2000s pending)
- Ducru Beaucaillou 1971 x1
- Beausejour Lagarosse 1982 x 1
- Aloxe Corton Tollot Beaut 1986 x 1
- Beasejour Becot 1998 x 1

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:56 pm

Well done. Very well done indeed.

Nicklasss · Post by **Nicklasss** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 11:11 pm

2 x 2005 Chateau Destieux
1 X 1990 Chateau Léoville Barton
1 X 1986 Chateau Grand-Puy Lacoste

Nic

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 11:23 pm

Successfully maintaining my summertime freeze. So far...
If MacArthurs had any of the 2014 Mikulski Poruzots Meursault we had Saturday night in stock I would have failed.

Nicklasss · Post by **Nicklasss** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 11:26 pm

The bottle of Saturday was coming from Québec.
David, they don't have them on their website, but you can call as i think i saw some at MacArthur Saturday for 99.99 a bottle.

Have a good freeze.

Nic

Comte Flaneur · Post by **Comte Flaneur** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:46 pm

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Old kids on the block

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:28 pm

I broke down and bought 4 bottles of the 2002 Pichon Lalande. As part of the freeze exemption relief, at least one of these has Jim's name on it.

William P · Post by **William P** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 8:59 pm

Impulse buy at Costco today.
1 - 2015 Branaire Ducru $52.00
5 - 2016 Siran $30.00

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:25 pm

I did alright today, I convinced the NH liquor store to give me a 15% discount on 24 bottles.
The prices ended up being quite good:

2014 Clerc Milon, 12 bottles in owc @ $52.25 each.
2014 Pichon Lalande, 10 bottles @ $99.44 each.
2014 Ducru Beaucaillou, 2 bottles @ $116.99 each.

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:39 pm

Great prices on the 2014s, Jim.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:43 pm

Yeah they were all 2014s, a typo there.
I'll save one of the Lalandes for you Patrick!

Winona Chief · Post by **Winona Chief** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 11:08 pm

Good catch, Jim, on the 2014 Pichon Lalande - great price to0!

I think William P also did well to get that 2015 Branaire at a great price.

Chris Bublitz

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:17 am

Like your 2014s, I paid $100/each for my four 2002 Pichon Lalande. We’ll compare them side by side soon, I hope.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:27 am

I like it!

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 6:37 pm

Jim, nicely done indeed and I'd be interested in your take on the 2014 Clerc Milon as I just had a btl recently and it would be fun to see how your take matches up. Between, didn't we already discuss doing a group tasting of a particular wine, as maybe we should try and revive that idea as it sounds fun.

AKR · Post by **AKR** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 10:10 pm

Comte Flaneur wrote:
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Old kids on the block

Wow! a 1970 Sociando! that's a wine seldom seen

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 10:30 pm

I’m kicking myself a little JC, I bought the Clerc Milon based on your recent note. They had 14 bottles, I should have bought at least one more to taste ITNOS. Now I have this sealed owc that I can’t break otherwise they will all be gone within 18 months.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:42 pm

Just bought the last three bottles of that 2014 Mikulski Meurseault Poruzots from MacArthur's, I will hold them until any BWEers come up for lobster.

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:51 am

Funny, I actually looked for that Mikulski on their website during our dinner but didn’t find the Poruzots bottling. Glad they found a good home, though. Though like Jimmy Carter I lusted in my heart, my freeze remains intact.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:58 am

That's correct, they had three bottles left that weren't listed on the website.

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 1:30 am

My freeze is crumbling... in addition to my 02 PLL, I got 4 pristine looking bottles of the 1989... GPL!

Definitely have at least one with Jim’s name on it!

Nicklasss · Post by **Nicklasss** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 1:59 am

Ok Jim, we'll find a date for lobster and a Mikulski. I need to find another white Bourgogne like that one! It will be tough.

Nic

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 2:07 am

Mmm '89 GPL.
Believe it or not, I half liked that wine in Denver.
I got those last three Mikulskis we were gonna go back in and purchase Nic!

jal · Post by **jal** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 4:52 am

Mikulski has a bad pre-mox reputation, don't hold them too long.

Comte Flaneur · Post by **Comte Flaneur** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 11:53 am

My discipline has totally unravelled again.

2014 La Conseillante (case of) ... on the basis that it is less than half the price of the newly-released 2018.

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 2:21 pm

Comte Flaneur wrote:My discipline has totally unravelled again.

2014 La Conseillante (case of) ... on the basis that it is less than half the price of the newly-released 2018.

I have been eyeing that bottling as well as I spotted a couple of cases sitting with a wholesaler for a song but you clearly beat me too it, nice score!

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 11:48 pm

What can I say but I was feeling weak and needed a btl of each in the cellar to sleep better at night.

marcs · Post by **marcs** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:39 am

It’s true those gold trim on deep black Palmer bottles feel very reassuring to own. Best color scheme in Bordeaux, especially with the red capsule

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:00 pm

Catching up on purchases for our lake house:

St Innocent:
2 2015 Pinot Noir Freedom Hill Vineyard
2 2016 Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard Special Selection
2 2016 Pinot Noir Temperance Hill Vineyard
2 2017 Auxerrois Zenith Vineyard
2 2017 Pinot Gris Vitae Springs Vineyard
2 2017 Pinot Noir Villages Cuvee
12 2016 Pinot Noir Temperance Hill Vineyard

Bordeaux:
1 2009 Domaine de Chevalier Rouge, Pessac-Léognan
1 2010 Domaine de Chevalier Rouge, Pessac-Léognan
4 2009 La Lagune
2 2000 Larmande
2 1989 La Lagune

brodway · Post by **brodway** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 5:51 pm

that must be one fun lake house....those Pinots are sure fun to drink.....i've accumulated a couple cases of various Pinots over last year for same purpose....easy drinking.....great for week nights

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 6:41 pm

...and for week days.