So what have you bought lately?

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:07 am

You were the one who outbid me on those 89 Lagunes!

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:29 am

Why the hell were you bidding on La Lagune! I have a BWE exclusive on them, granted by the BD himself. You should contact me before bidding--I will "happily" share.

I am dangerously* low on L-L. PC stiffed me on cases of 2009 and 2010, and this was the first chance I had to get the 2009 at an acceptable price. I finished my 1989s almost two years ago and have been looking for refills ever since.

*Lucie gets violent when she doesn't get served La Lagune when she "requests" one.

brodway · Post by **brodway** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:56 am

Stefan

i hear the 2015 and 2016 La Lagune are an outstanding duo.....i'm supposed to sample the 2016 shortly and will report back....

Nicklasss · Post by **Nicklasss** » Tue Jun 25, 2019 2:27 am

Effectively, the 2015 La Lagune is very good stuff. For whatever reason i did not buy 2015, but I bought some 2016.

Nic

Gerry M. · Post by **Gerry M.** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:51 am

At the latest Skinner auction a single lot of 2 bottles.

1978 Ch Haut Brion
1979 Ch Haut Brion

Prices were a little aggressive considering the bottle conditions for many of the lots.

Claret · Post by **Claret** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 3:03 am

Purchased and opened on vacation. 2017 Adelsheim Pinot Noir. I am really liking the few 17 OR PN I have tried.

sdr · Post by **sdr** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 7:40 pm

Gerry M. wrote:At the latest Skinner auction a single lot of 2 bottles.

1978 Ch Haut Brion
1979 Ch Haut Brion

Prices were a little aggressive considering the bottle conditions for many of the lots.

Gerry, have you found Skinner to be reliable and trustworthy? Some of the old bottles seem to sell for well below FMV, too good to be true. Not much information about provenance, just the name of the collection.

Stu

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Sat Jun 29, 2019 3:30 am

Picked up a case of the 2016 La Conseillante @ $188.88/per + tax on a Cinderella wine offer from Wine Library.

Gerry M. · Post by **Gerry M.** » Sat Jun 29, 2019 9:03 pm

sdr wrote:
Gerry M. wrote:At the latest Skinner auction a single lot of 2 bottles.

1978 Ch Haut Brion
1979 Ch Haut Brion

Prices were a little aggressive considering the bottle conditions for many of the lots.
Gerry, have you found Skinner to be reliable and trustworthy? Some of the old bottles seem to sell for well below FMV, too good to be true. Not much information about provenance, just the name of the collection.

Stu

Stu,

I've found Skinner to be very good. I've gotten some great deals including a 6 bottle lot of 89' Talbot the previous auction for just under $60/btl. Two bottles in so far and they've been sound. I've been buying from them regularly for the last 3 or 4 years and have only had corked bottles from a single lot of BV GDL from the 70s. The vig is a little steep at 23% but I live close enough to pick up at their retail partner. Not entirely sure what the shipping process is. I know there is a third party consent form involved.

Frederico · Post by **Frederico** » Sat Jun 29, 2019 11:43 pm

2x Dom Perignon 2008
2x Spottswoode Cab Estate 2015
1x Chateau Canon 2015

Comte Flaneur · Post by **Comte Flaneur** » Sun Jun 30, 2019 2:20 pm

6 x 2005 Jean Lionnet Cornas Rochepertuis
2 x 2014 Ducru Beaucaillou
3 x 2015 Ceritas Chardonnay Marena
3 x 2015 Ceritas Chardonnay Peter Martin Ray

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Sun Jun 30, 2019 6:58 pm

Picked up a case of the 2016 Clerc Milon off Posner’s email yesterday for $69.99/btl as while it is not the cheapest price out there, it is cheaper than the current wholesale replacement costs at present.

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:43 pm

1x 2016 Les Carmes Haut Brion
5x 2015 Labegorce
2x 2014 Labegorce

This time I ordered from the Milford Total Wine and arranged to have one of the store staff bring it to Manchester at no added charge.
It helps to know people in high places.

Comte Flaneur · Post by **Comte Flaneur** » Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:09 pm

Had a good day at auction today

I got 2 bottles of 2001 Laville Haut-Brion for £260 - ex premium
A mixed case of old Bordeaux which included 2 bottles of 1971 Ducru B and 1 1962 DB £250
3 bottles of 1961 Gazin £170 - good levels... I figured I was exposing myself to the tail risk they could be nearly as good as 1961 Petrus
10 bottles of 1971 Bon Pasteur -£100
6 bottles of 1985 Bouchard Beaune Teurons - £110

Nicklasss · Post by **Nicklasss** » Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:50 pm

Confirmation today of 3 bottles of each of those 2018 (futures):

Montlandrie
Capbern
Branaire
Beauséjour-Bécot
Nénin
Domaine de Chevalier
Calon Segur

Nic

marcs · Post by **marcs** » Wed Jul 03, 2019 11:07 pm

I am starting to have some self-control difficulties.

Nicklasss · Post by **Nicklasss** » Thu Jul 04, 2019 12:50 am

No, not you marcs... i also had some self-control difficulties in BWE Denver, but geeez, a miracle happened and i kept control. But for how long?

Nic

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Jul 04, 2019 12:56 am

I am starting to have some self-control difficulties.

I hereby grant you blanket BWE fast exemption through the summer Marcus.

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Thu Jul 04, 2019 3:26 pm

Still frozen.

marcs · Post by **marcs** » Thu Jul 04, 2019 5:32 pm

Please encourage me Dave

Please don't enable me Jim, although I never had any doubt you would.

although it may be too late already...

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:39 pm

Marcs, I'm feeling very virtuous.
Everything fits in the cellar.
I have regained the moral authority, if not the temerity, to question the volume of shoe/clothing/furnishing purchases.

My tricks for when I feel weak:
- All wine promo emails go straight to trash before opening.
- Keep CellarTracker open and refer to how much is already there when I get the urge, like when reading BWE.
- Stick to my pledge to put all shopping carts on hold until the next day. Sleep on it.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:49 pm

2014 Ducru Beaucaillou: $102.49 x 7
2014 Cos d'Estournel: $113.99 x 6
2014 Langoa Barton: $39.99 x 6
PLUS $250 gift card.
PLUS I'm being credited significantly on the ten 2014 Pichon Lalandes I bought, the prices for those will end up being $89.
The 2016s have arrived in NH.

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Thu Jul 04, 2019 7:44 pm

DavidG wrote:...
- Keep CellarTracker open and refer to how much is already there when I get the urge, like when reading BWE.
...

Here's another cellartracker trick. shorten all the drinking windows of the wine in your cellar and actually use the Ready to Drink page to make decisions on what to open next.
Unfortunately, with my young cellar, I rarely have a whole bottle ready to drink so am constantly opening bottles with a drinkability score of around minus 0.50.

Comte Flaneur · Post by **Comte Flaneur** » Thu Jul 04, 2019 8:38 pm

JimHow wrote:2014 Ducru Beaucaillou: $102.49 x 7
2014 Cos d'Estournel: $113.99 x 6
2014 Langoa Barton: $39.99 x 6
PLUS $250 gift card.
PLUS I'm being credited significantly on the ten 2014 Pichon Lalandes I bought, the prices for those will end up being $89.
The 2016s have arrived in NH.

Home run

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Thu Jul 04, 2019 8:56 pm

I’d be all over the 2014 Pichon Lalande at $89. Great price.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:15 pm

I got ten bottles of the Lalande, there are only 3 left in one of the remote locations.

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:38 pm

Well, please don’t drive out of the way on my account, but if you end up with any extra, I’d be in for 3-6 bottles!

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:43 pm

There are three more in Rochester at $87.99 per bottle, not sure whether I can get them transferred to a closer store, I'll check.

marcs · Post by **marcs** » Fri Jul 05, 2019 12:02 am

Damn Jim, those prices for Ducru and Lalande are like $30-40 a bottle below market...guess it’s not so bad to have a state liquor monopoly after all!

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri Jul 05, 2019 12:29 am

Tax-free no less.
Live free or die.

Gerry M. · Post by **Gerry M.** » Sat Jul 06, 2019 4:47 pm

Unfortunately, I dont have Jim's kind of clout at my local NH store to get deals off of promo but...... I just called my store and they will hold a case of 2016 Ch Calon Segur for me until the 12th when the next gift card promo starts. Price is $107.49 but with the gift card give away it brings the net down to just under $90.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sat Jul 06, 2019 5:05 pm

Gerry:
Between the two Nashua stores they are holding a total of 15 bottles of '14 Ducru at $102, 6 bottles of '14 Cos at $113, and 6 bottles of '14 Langoa at $39.
They are holding for me until the gift card promo next weekend, at which time I'll get a total of $375 in gift cards.
Plus, they are going to credit me for my past purchases of Lalande (down to $88), Ducru (down to $102), and Clerc (down to $45).
I'm gonna try to get my 2016 buying in next weekend and accumulate even more gift cards!
It's a tax-free Granite State Bordeaux-fest!

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Sat Jul 06, 2019 7:14 pm

I might have to fly into North Conway to get some time in the Whites, but really to hit up the state monopoly!

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 3:03 pm

A motley collection of mostly older wine for our lake house:

1 2005 Clinet
1 1989 L. Latour Corton Grancey
1 2007 Tenuta Nuova, Casanova di Neri Brunello
1 1986 La Dominique
1 1989 La Dominique
1 1989 Lagrange
2 1990 Lagrange
1 1988 Brune et Blonde Cote Rotie, E. Guigal
1 1990 Hermitage, E. Guigal
1 1996 Chateau d'Ampuis Cote Rotie, E. Guigal
1 1989 La Sizeranne Hermitage, M. Chapoutier
1 1998 Vieux Telegraphe CdP
2 2007 Clos du Mont Olivet CdP
1 1999 R. Usseglio CdP
1 1990 Domaine de Thalabert Crozes Hermitage, P. Jaboulet

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 4:20 am

Nice haul Stefan. Diverse, yes. But not motley.

I remain frozen but take some comfort in heading off to MacA's tomorrow to pick up the rest of my 2016 futures which have finally come in:
Canon
Figeac
Grand Puy Lacoste

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 8:37 pm

Still waiting on my 2016 futures from K&L, so I consoled myself with this...

-4 bottles of the 2010 Gerard Boulay Clos de Beaujea

Tom brought one to the pool party which was terrific, it even made me crave oysters in Colorado (only 1000 miles to nearest ocean)!

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Fri Jul 19, 2019 1:38 am

Connecticut TW is having a 15% off sale that includes most Bordeaux.
With my limited budget, today I chose to buy a third bottle of '14 Cos for my cellar (Manchester has 2 left) , and a second bottle of '12 Les Carmes (their last one), along with six summer quaffers (4 white) under $25 in order to get the deal.
I have my eye on a few more choice bottles that I want in my cellar. I'll go back in for them around the first of August, right before the sale ends.

Gerry M. · Post by **Gerry M.** » Fri Jul 19, 2019 11:03 pm

As many of you know, over the last week Jim and I have been pillaging the NH state stores for the 2014 Bordeaux close-out. I also stocked up on 2008 Cristal and 2016 Calon Segur thinking I won't find much better pricing. Below is the summary for everything and bottle price on close-out,

Ch Beychevelle 4 58.72
Ch Brane Cantenac 3 43.49
Ch Haut Bailly 4 58.99
Ch Leoville Las Cases 3 129.49
Ch Malescot 2 40.99
Ch Figeac 3 81.49
Ch Cantenac Brown 1 35.99
Ch Pichon Baron 2 89.49
Ch Haut Brion 1 320.99
Ch Mouton Rothschild 2 320.99
Ch D'Issan 1 41.49
Ch Ducru Beaucaillou 6 102.49
Ch La Mission Haut Brion 2 194.49
Ch La Conseillante 3 89.49
Ch Reserve Comteese Lalande 1 30.49
2008 Cristal 6 229.99
2016 Ch Calon Segur 12 107.49

It's way more than I intended but the prices were extremely good and I ended up with $1,250 in gift cards which I'm sure will not go to waste

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri Jul 19, 2019 11:07 pm

Very, very well done indeed, Gerry.
Those are great prices and even more amazing when factoring in the gift cards.
I mean, really, when you get $50 "rebated" in gift cards on a $320.99 purchase of Mouton, you are really paying like $270.99.
2016 Calon Segur sounds like a pretty special wine, I'm going to dig in this week.

Gerry M. · Post by **Gerry M.** » Fri Jul 19, 2019 11:19 pm

I use cellar tracker to manage my cellar along with prices paid. I'm always torn on how to reflect the gift cards, on the front end or back end of the deal or try to restate the costs based on what I get with the cards. Oh well, I was thinking I could take the cards and get nearly 4 bottles of Mouton for "free" then spend $250 and get a another $250 gift card back! I swear, this gift card promo is the wackiest thing ever. I was so wrapped up in chasing the Bordeaux I completely pretty much ignored whatever Burg's they may have had. A cursory glance didn't show any screaming deals on anything worthwhile