So what have you bought lately?

OrlandoRobert · Post by **OrlandoRobert** » Sun Oct 20, 2019 8:52 pm

I just grabbed some 98 Bourgneuf as well for $45. An easy buy.

JCNorthway · Post by **JCNorthway** » Mon Oct 21, 2019 3:17 pm

2016 Virginie Thunevin St. Emilion - 12 for drinking soon
2016 Labegorce Margaux - 12 for the cellar
2016 Felsina Rancia - 12 for the cellar

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:41 am

OrlandoRobert wrote:6 x 2009 Sociando Mallet Cuvee Jean Gautreau

Blanquito gonna be all jelly.

I might be if I’d ever tried an SM CJG, but I’ve never had it ever. I can get the 09 of this for $55, is that a buy? What’s the scoop with this cuvee?

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:43 am

OrlandoRobert wrote:6 x 2009 Sociando Mallet Cuvee Jean Gautreau

Blanquito gonna be all jelly.

I might be if I’d ever tried an SM CJG, but I’ve never had it ever. I can get the 09 of this for $59.50, is that a buy? What’s the scoop with this cuvee?

jal · Post by **jal** » Wed Oct 23, 2019 4:47 pm

1 Clos de la Roilette - Fleurie Cuvée Tardive 2018 $30
1 Jean Claude Lapalu - Beaujolais-Villages Vieilles Vignes 2018 $23
2 Jean-Paul Brun - Beaujolais Terres Dorées l'Ancien Vieilles Vignes 2017 $19
2 La Lagune 1989 $129
1 La Lagune 1985 $89

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Wed Oct 23, 2019 10:51 pm

Just won at auction 3 bottles of the 2004 St. Innocent Seven Springs Pinot Noir at $31.50 all-in.

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Wed Oct 23, 2019 11:34 pm

Wow, Patrick! I paid $75 for the 04 7 Springs when Mark had his Library offering and considered that a reasonable price.

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Wed Oct 23, 2019 11:51 pm

stefan wrote:Wow, Patrick! I paid $75 for the 04 7 Springs when Mark had his Library offering and considered that a reasonable price.

Yes, I was sure I’d get outbid. I ended up the lone bidder. Score!

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Thu Oct 24, 2019 12:15 am

I’m celebrating with a bottle of the 07 St Innocent Shea. Showing so well, there’s a gorgeous core of dark cherry fruit here. Hard to resist the next sip.

OrlandoRobert · Post by **OrlandoRobert** » Thu Oct 24, 2019 2:24 am

Blanquito wrote:
OrlandoRobert wrote:6 x 2009 Sociando Mallet Cuvee Jean Gautreau

Blanquito gonna be all jelly.
I might be if I’d ever tried an SM CJG, but I’ve never had it ever. I can get the 09 of this for $59.50, is that a buy? What’s the scoop with this cuvee?

Yes indeed. I paid $10 more per bottle.

SM CJG, to generalize, is a more powerful, more Cab-based cuvee of the same wine, coming from the best block of vines. Tends to be more polished but not modern in any sense of the word. It’s excellent, but I cannot say better than the base cuvee, just a bit different. I buy both.

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Thu Oct 24, 2019 2:38 am

Ok, you got me, bought 3 bottles of the SM CJG to go with my pinot!

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Thu Oct 24, 2019 3:51 am

Patrick, I did not much like the 2007s when they were young. They did get better with age but I did not keep mine around long enough. I really disliked the 2011s young, but now they are turning into fine wines. I have hopes the the 2013s will blossom. I bought a lot of them on stefanJr's recommendation, but they went thin and acidic very soon after bottling. These three vintages are atypical for Oregon.

Tonight, after seeing Bob Dylan perform in Ames, IA, Lucie and I are sipping on 2012 SI Shea. Now THAT is one fine wine even at age 7.

Oh, this is the "what did you buy" thread. The only thing I bought recently is

4 1995 Paul Jaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle @ $97 all in.

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:41 am

How was Dylan, Stefan?

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Thu Oct 24, 2019 2:50 pm

Lucie and most of the audience loved the concert. Dylan's voice was fine and got stronger toward the end. Probably he held back early for fear of losing it late in the show otherwise. His arrangements of old songs were completely different from the originals; so much so that even Lucie did not realize he was singing something she knew until the number was half over. On some songs the backup was too loud to hear the vocals and I could not understand any of the Nobel Laureate's recitation of his poetry.

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Thu Oct 24, 2019 3:09 pm

Thanks for the review. We considered getting tickets to see him in NYC but suspect acoustics there would make it even more difficult.

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Thu Oct 24, 2019 5:54 pm

Huge, huge Dylan fan. He's my desert-island musician.

But I've seen him in concert 3 times (all in the 90's) and each show was a big letdown, two of them were downright bad (short, mumbly, low-energy).

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Oct 24, 2019 7:32 pm

Same here Patrick.
He sucks live.

Claret · Post by **Claret** » Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:33 am

Blanquito wrote:Just won at auction 3 bottles of the 2004 St. Innocent Seven Springs Pinot Noir at $31.50 all-in.

Score

OrlandoRobert · Post by **OrlandoRobert** » Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:05 pm

Blanquito wrote:Ok, you got me, bought 3 bottles of the SM CJG to go with my pinot!

Peanut of the Night? I’m so confused. This is a Bordeaux site!

jal · Post by **jal** » Fri Nov 01, 2019 7:53 pm

Drinking so much less these days, we bought some half bottles:
6 2016 Lanessan
3 2015 Malescasse
3 2016 Lalande Borie

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Fri Nov 01, 2019 10:25 pm

Just took delivery on some 2013 Bonny Doon X-block Bien Nacido Syrah at the silly price of $16/btl,

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Sat Nov 02, 2019 12:02 am

Last week I bought a case of 2015 Ch. Marsac Seguineau @ 26.99 per bottle.
This is a traditional style Cru Bourgeois Margaux which my favorite local wine store carries.
I've been buying since the 2009 vintage.

Tom In DC · Post by **Tom In DC** » Sat Nov 02, 2019 1:42 am

DavidG wrote:Just took delivery on some 2013 Bonny Doon X-block Bien Nacido Syrah at the silly price of $16/btl,

Me, too, along with a couple of bottles of the Flying Cigar.

AKR · Post by **AKR** » Sat Nov 02, 2019 6:00 am

marcs wrote:Lost control again. My downfall is always these random big lots of wine that have low per bottle prices but the total charge is a lot. This time, a case of 1998 Bourgneuf for $450 all in. A lot more Bourgneuf than I ever though I’d have but couldn’t resist less than $40/bottle for perfectly mature 1998 Pomerol, even from a minor producer

Nice score. It's a good masculine wine, although mine are gone now. I've always liked this estate more than critics do.

We had a surprisingly good 2005 last year too.

I have never quite understood the relationship between this and Bourgneuf Vayron, which seems to be in the same stable as Le Prieur, Siaurauc et al. All fairly similar labels too. All of that cluster I can pass on.

AlohaArtakaHoundsong · Sat Nov 02, 2019 8:39 pm

marcs wrote:Lost control again. My downfall is always these random big lots of wine that have low per bottle prices but the total charge is a lot. This time, a case of 1998 Bourgneuf for $450 all in. A lot more Bourgneuf than I ever though I’d have but couldn’t resist less than $40/bottle for perfectly mature 1998 Pomerol, even from a minor producer

Upvote. The 2003 (of all vintages) was excellent and seemingly very typical despite the vintage conditions.

jal · Post by **jal** » Sun Nov 03, 2019 6:05 pm

12 bottles of Agrapart les 7 Crus Brut. Our house champagne to drink in Sarasota

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 12:05 am

Nicely done Jacques and I actually picked up 6 from Envoyer last week at $45/btl as I too think it is one of the better under $50 NV champagne bottlings.

jal · Post by **jal** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 12:34 pm

Yes JC, that's what I paid at B21. Free delivery to our condo.

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Wed Nov 06, 2019 6:03 pm

Ordered from Central WIne Merchants on Sunday, received yesterday:
6x 2016 Ch. Lilian Ladouys @ $26.81 (incl. shipping)
5x 2016 La Dame de Montrose @ $42.81 (incl. shipping)
1x 2015 Ch. Prieure Lichine @ $52.81 (incl. shipping) - I already have some in the cellar. This one is to be opened soon.

Picked up yesterday at Total Wine:
1x 2014 Echo de Lynch Bages @ $40.48 - to be opened this week so I can decide if I want to go back for more at that price.
2x 2014 Les Pagodes de Cos @ $40.48
1x 2016 Ch. Guibon Blanc @ $14.38
2x 2016 Ch. Pierre de Montignac @ $17.98
2x 2016 Ch. Fourcas Dupre @ $17.98

marcs · Post by **marcs** » Wed Nov 06, 2019 7:38 pm

Tasted the 2015 Prieure Lichine at the recent Zachys tasting I attended with Dave. It seemed really charming and like it was drinking well now.

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Thu Nov 07, 2019 4:45 am

Yup, I have some of that 2015 Prieure Lichine in the cellar too. It was pretty approachable.at that tasting 2 weeks ago.

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Thu Nov 07, 2019 2:34 pm

I like that its still available for $50 a bottle. Many other '15s I bought at favorable prices on release went up in price when the second tranche was released.

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:01 pm

Well, the Echo was good enough that I went back yesterday and took their last 3 bottles off the shelf, along with a '14 La Croix D-B, '14 La Dame de Montrose, and '16 Capbern. All slated for near term drinking.

Two of the inexpensive 2016 wines I bought on Tuesday had gone up in price during the week, exactly 25%. However I think there was plenty of stock on the shelf Tuesday. That means they are applying the Tariff increase to some of the wines that were already here before it took effect. On the other hand, both wines are fairly well regarded in their price range so the price adjustment isn't all that surprising.

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:52 pm

2014 Sociando Mallet x 8 @ $40
2008 Roederer Cristal x 2 @ $239

The Sociando should be drinkable young and old and a reasonable QPR.

I'm not usually blown away enough by Cristal to pony up for it but a bottle at a wine dinner in DC last week was fabulous. Is it 2+ times as good as other vintage Champers? No, but it's my splurge for the holidays.

jal · Post by **jal** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 3:03 pm

I have heard from others that the 2008 Cristal is phenomenal

Just bought 2 bottles of 1995 Beaucastel @ $119/per

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 3:31 pm

NH has the 2008 Cristal for $229 plus $25 gift card, I think I'll buy a bottle.

Comte Flaneur · Post by **Comte Flaneur** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 3:53 pm

Funny you guys should mention I bought 2 x 6 packs of 2008 Cristal a couple of weeks ago. I paid £950 per 6, but my hope is that, in time, I can sell one to finance the consumption of the other case. The 1996 is over £500 a bottle, and the 2008 vintage is definitely as good as the 1996 according to the Cristal cognoscenti.

Heads up, on a less grand note, my next purchase will be Produttori del Barbaresco 2016 2x6. I heard it is pretty sensational stuff, even better than the excellent 2015.

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 4:52 pm

That Produttori is tempting Ian. I love the wines and they're among the best QPR in the area. I bought the 2015 with a bit of trepidation regarding when the wine will be ready vs. my longevity.

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 4:55 pm

Just had on 07 Produttori Ovello — disjointed and pretty joyless on day 1, delightful and ready to go on day 2.

JCNorthway · Post by **JCNorthway** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 8:21 pm

I recently saw a review on Vinous for the 2016 that was quite complimentary. I'd like to get my hands on some if I can find a decent price.

Jon