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Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:32 pm
by robert goulet
Jim did u see the notes of the mouton tasting on berserkers???....2002 appeared to show very well in a tough line up
I agree....let the bobbys do the sociando drinking!!....I will post a note when it goes down
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:39 pm
by JimHow
Bobby:
I don't read any sites other than BWE, but I'm not surprised about the 2002 Mouton as that is the greatest vintage of the new century.
I have exactly one 2002 Mouton in my cellar.
In fact, it is the only Mouton I have in my cellar.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 12:39 am
by robertgoulet
And I agree with u on 2001 cos.....gorgeous....I have one left
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 12:40 am
by JimHow
I have one left too.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 7:37 am
by keith prothero
Picked up my third case of a wine I absolutely love--Pichon Lalande 96 and, also a wine for the future,which I think is attractively priced,LMHB 98
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:27 pm
by JimHow
My Sociando collection: 2000, 2002, 2003....
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 2:05 am
by JimHow
Trivia question: Can you guess the chateaus in the other cases partially in the above picture.
Other than the obvious Lafite, what are the other 9 estates?
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 4:15 am
by Tom In DC
Leo-Bart and Duhart-Milon are too easy, so I'm not going to play.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 4:53 am
by AKR
Maybe Barde Haut, Chasse Spleen, Meyney and Lafon Rochet
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:52 am
by Chateau Vin
2008 Leoville Poyferre, 2010 Chasse and the crest makes me think Barde Haut...
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:20 am
by Chateau Vin
One bottle of 2008 haut brion...
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:16 am
by stefan
6 2012 Ducru, 4 2005 Lynch-Bages, 4 2013 Kosta Browne, 4 1983 La Lagune, 1 1979 La Lagune, 12 various 2012 St. Innocent. I had already bought 6 2012 Ducru, but then the price dropped so I bought more to lower my average cost.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 10:20 pm
by robertgoulet
2008 SHL. $50
A couple 2012 Francois Gaunoux clos des mouches 1er
2006 Branaire Ducru. $32
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 1:15 am
by tim
Auction time again...
6 82 Sociando Mallet, 3 82 Durfort Vivens, 3 82 La Pointe, 6 78 La Lagune, 2 76 Yquem, 1 66 Pape Clement, 1 59 Pavie Decesse, 1 59 Rausan Segla, 1 36 LMHB, and a few other odd-non-Bordeaux.
If I can pick them up in time, I'll bring a couple with me to Bordeaux for the trip.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 3:29 am
by stefan
Nice scores, Tim. I'll happily help you drink any of those next time I come to Paris (which, unfortunately, will probably not be soon).
Probably my best buy in the last few weeks was a case of Jadot 2013 Chassagne Morgeot at $23/bottle. The best wine is 1996 Yquem (2 bottles). Coming from PC, I'll be lucky if I get them before I croak. I bought six more 2010 Brunello; this time Banfi's Pogio Alle Mura. Other than that, only four bottles at auction--2 Brunellos, a Barolo, and a '96 du Tertre (mine were all gone).
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 4:45 am
by AKR
2007 and 2012 Chapoutier 'Banyuls'
Inexplicably, one of those was at my market, and the other at HDH.
These are to my tastes, the greatest pairs for dessert chocolates around.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 2:58 am
by DavidG
I swore that I wouldn't buy any 2010s.
Then I swore that the 2010s I bought would be my last.
It was easy to skip the 2011s.
With some enthusiastic reports from Parker and Leve, it was back to swearing that I wouldn't buy any 2012s.
Then I was inspired by Father Stefan.
So today I bought the following 2012s:
Clinet
Pape Clement
Smith Haut Lafitte
Malartic Lagraviere
Troplong Mondot
Clos Fourtet
Larcis Ducasse
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 4:50 am
by Blanquito
A few bottles each of 1995 l'Evangile, 1995 Leoville Poyferre, 1995 Magdelaine,1989 Cantemerle, 1999 Monbousquet, 2005 Sociando Mallet.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 8:39 pm
by jckba
Recently snagged 6packs of the 2010 Argiano and Il Poggione BdM's as well as the 2010 Rampolla Sammarco. And then today I picked up 11 btls of the 2005 Canon La Gaffeliere @ $79/per from Max's Bordeaux odds and ends email.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 2:22 am
by Chateau Vin
Just bought 2 bottles each of 2011 du tertre and 2011 Canon LG for 20 and 35 bucks respectively in a sale...
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 4:26 am
by Claret
Not buying much lately but I went to the Clos Saron open house last weekend and bought a total of 4 bottles of Pinot Noir and Syrah.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 10:08 pm
by AlohaArtakaHoundsong
Ancient buys, delivery next week.
2009 Le Crock 750ml (QTY. 12)
2008 Chevalier, Domaine de 750ml (QTY. 3)
2009 Chateau Saint Paul 750ml (QTY. 12)
2009 La Gurgue 750ml (QTY. 12)
2008 Figeac 750ml (QTY. 6)
2010 Cantemerle 750ml (QTY. 4)
There's also a case of 2010 Talbot out there. I hesitate to say never but it's been at least a year since I've made other than a causal supermarket or wine shop buy. It feels good.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 11:11 pm
by Blanquito
AlohaArtakaHoundsong wrote:Ancient buys, delivery next week.
2009 Le Crock 750ml (QTY. 12)
2008 Chevalier, Domaine de 750ml (QTY. 3)
2009 Chateau Saint Paul 750ml (QTY. 12)
2009 La Gurgue 750ml (QTY. 12)
2008 Figeac 750ml (QTY. 6)
2010 Cantemerle 750ml (QTY. 4)
There's also a case of 2010 Talbot out there. I hesitate to say never but it's been at least a year since I've made other than a causal supermarket or wine shop buy. It feels good.
Nice haul. I bet that Figeac makes for some interesting drinking.
What's your cellar up to? (Or should I say, down to?)
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 4:05 pm
by AlohaArtakaHoundsong
I don't know. Not terribly large maybe 40 cases? I have wine all over Salida I have to get from friends who were holding it while I was in Hawaii. What I learned from Hawaii was that I was perfectly happy drinking both cheap, locally available young Bdx and other assorted wines like Valpolicella, Dolcetto, Rioja and the odd Zin and just having something from the Houndsong collection once a month or so. Figure that the climate, culture and cuisine lends itself more to beer than red wine and I don't foresee much need to keep laying away things. The shame of it is in not having more truly mature claret to differentiate from just the "any old' red wine when we do have a stead or something.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 4:41 pm
by AKR
I'm drinking more Italian and Spanish wines nowadays, even though the cellar is still overwhelmingly bdx. The wines have gotten much better over the last 20 years from those regions. I was very critical once of Italian wines, but am glad to recant now. Spanish stuff I think one has to watch the styles. The importer will give you some hint of what it will probably be like. When I was younger I was more fond of those pumped out wines (Numanthia is probably the arch posterboy) for that but I stopped buying those a long time ago.
How much does it cost to ship a case from CA to HI ?
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 7:08 pm
by AlohaArtakaHoundsong
About 80 bucks I think for 2-day air.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 5:59 pm
by jckba
Snagged 6 btls of the 2005 Galardi Terra di Lavoro @ $39/per and 6 375's of the 2005 Climens @ $42/per last week on an Inventory Clearance sale from Max at the Wine Connection. Also picked up a 6er of 2010 Lisini BdM from the Wine Buyer (aka Bottleking) at $49.99/per with free shipping.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 6:42 pm
by JimHow
I've been picking up the occasional 2010 Italian here and there, even the lesser bottlings seem to be superb.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 7:00 pm
by stefan
My first purchase since returning home was
1975 La Lagune
1982 du Tertre
1995 G. Corino Barolo Vigna Giachini
1996 Cantemerle
1996 Prince Florent de Merode Pommard Clos de la Platiere
1997 Seghesio (Aldo Ricardo) Barolo La Villa
2006 Poggio Il Castellare Brunello di Montalcino
2007 COL D'ORCIA BRUNELLO RISERVA POGGIO VENT 4 bottles
2006 CAPARZO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RISERVA 6 bottles
While abroad I bought only
2005 Cristom Eileen Vineyard Pinot Noir
2006 Cascina Bongiovanni Barolo
2006 Palladino Barolo Riserva San Bernardo
Perhaps I should travel more.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:29 pm
by robertgoulet
'99-2003 vertical of d'armailhac
2010 ch. carbonnieux blanc
2010 ch. carbonnieux rouge
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 12:28 am
by DavidG
May purchases:
2012 La Conseillante
2012 Clinet
2012 Clos Fourtet
2012 Larcis Ducasse
2012 Malartic Lagraviere
2012 Pape Clement
2012 Smith Haut Lafitte
2012 du Tertre
2012 Troplong Mondot
2014 Doisy Daëne
Don't tell Peggy!
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 7:43 pm
by AKR
Surprisingly I found some old Banyuls this morning. That's something to pique this jaded consumer!
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 10:14 pm
by Comte Flaneur
Mum's the word David.
Patrick ref a previous post of yours the 2005 Sociando is magnificent...tried it a month ago, and the nine and ten are non too shabby either
I am confirmed on:
Du Tertre '12 x12
Pontet '11 x12
LLC '12 x 6
Rauzan-Segla '12 x6
Pending:
La Conseillante '12 - been hard to source
Cogitating: six Beychevelle '05
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 12:28 am
by robertgoulet
Comte Flaneur wrote:Mum's the word David.
Patrick ref a previous post of yours the 2005 Sociando is magnificent...tried it a month ago, and the nine and ten are non too shabby either
I am confirmed on:
Du Tertre '12 x12
Pontet '11 x12
LLC '12 x 6
Rauzan-Segla '12 x6
Pending:
La Conseillante '12 - been hard to source
Playah!!!!
Cogitating: six Beychevelle '05
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:22 am
by Blanquito
Ian, what's the 05 Beychevelle run over there? It's gotten pricey here.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:46 am
by Comte Flaneur
It works out $120-130 a bottle, Patrick.
I think the price of Beychevelle got inflated by the Chinese dragon boat infatuation. Shame about that because it has not really been a big hit with Parker over the years, so it might have been cheaper.
However I tasted it the day before we set off for France and it was magnificent. I tasted it next to the extremely highly rated Branaire, Leoville-Barton and Montrose 2005s and the Beychevelle was tops. I think MEK would concur with that.
So it is just a matter of time until I succumb to the temptation to accumulate some. I also tried the 2000 recently which also impressed - very happy to own a case of that.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:54 am
by JimHow
What's the 2012 LLC going for over there Ian?
I think I've seen it here for $139.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 12:48 pm
by stefan
Jim, I bought 2012 for $84 from YouKnowWhere. It is scheduled to arrive by 2052.
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:17 pm
by Chateau Vin
A while back I bought few bottles (some four, some six packs) of...
2012 LLC under 80
2012 PC under 60
2012 Cos under 80 and
2012 Ducru under 70
Just like Stefan, I bought the above from 'YouKnowWhere'....It was my son's birth year, so I jumped in early...
Re: So what have you bought lately?
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 5:01 pm
by Comte Flaneur
Fantastic prices guys...if you can pick up LLC 2012 for $80 you should buy as much as you can.
I paid 50% more over here in the UK.
On wine searcher I see it for much higher prices than $80 in the US. Nearer to what I am paying.
Jim would you not agree it was just the most *pure* class in a glass - nothing forced, just effortlessly brilliant.
It was definitely in my top five wines of the tour.