Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Yeah, when I bought my Mouton, I used one of my $250 gold gift cards. So, my AmEx was charged $71.99, but I got another $50 in gift cards in the purchase.
Crazy!

Visiting Ampuis we bought:

2 bottles 2017 Domaine Garon Cote Rotie Les Rochins
1 bottle 2017 Domaine Garon Cote Rotie Les Triottes
1 bottle 2017 Jamet Cote Rotie Fructus Voluptas

JimHow wrote:Yeah, when I bought my Mouton, I used one of my $250 gold gift cards. So, my AmEx was charged $71.99, but I got another $50 in gift cards in the purchase.
Crazy!

So your gift cards earn gift cards, that is crazy!
I would be in big trouble if I lived within driving distance of the NH stores.

jal wrote:Visiting Ampuis we bought:

2 bottles 2017 Domaine Garon Cote Rotie Les Rochins
1 bottle 2017 Domaine Garon Cote Rotie Les Triottes
1 bottle 2017 Jamet Cote Rotie Fructus Voluptas

What's that Jamet like, Jacques? I've never had it, but every time I see the name I think of "voluptuous fruit" or "voluptuous fructose!"

So your gift cards earn gift cards, that is crazy!

Yes! It's insane!
Honestly, there are times when they are paying us to buy the wines!

I bought a few bottles of Bordeaux at the NH store in Hampton on Wednesday and now I’ve got a few of those $25 gift cards. I didn’t even know that promotion was going on.

Today some Champagne at MacArthur’s. Mostly buying early drinkers and Champagne these days. Not a whole lot for cellaring.

Chris Bublitz

David, I have tasted the 2011 and 2012 Jamet Cote Rôtie as well as the 2017 Cotes du Rhône and the 2016 Syrah Collines Rhodaniennes, of all of these, the 2012 Cote Rôtie was the only evolved enough to be ready and still would have improved a lot with another ten years. Yes, even the Cotes du Rhône was quite young, but tasted more like a concentrated St Joseph than a simple CdR and should not have been drunk before 2022.

The Fructus Voluptas, according to the store owner, is supposed to be ready earlier than the rest of them. I will probably not open it for a few years and will report then but I hope it won’t take ten years to show well.

I like Jamet and the wines show a lot of structure and concentration but I am coming to the conclusion that they should be drunk with meat dishes in the winter.

Hope that helps

Thanks Jacques. I was curious about the Fructus for the same reason you were. And the name conjures images of sugar, voluptuous women, and for some reason wolves (lupus?)!

I’m a big fan of Jamet Cote Rotie and agree they are big wines that need a lot of time. I’ve had the 2009, 2010, and 2012 in the past year. All would benefit from another 5-10 years so they sit in the cellar. Like Bordeaux, I’m not buying any more young Cote Rotie. My last year was 2016 and I won’t touch them for at least 5 years.

I just cant stop, I need an intervention.

On my way home from work tonight I stopped by the NH State store and picked up:

3- 2014 Ch Gruaud Larose ($53.99ea)
1- 2014 Ch La Conseillante ($89.49)
1- 2014 Ch Pavie Maquin ($55.99)
2- $25 Gift Cards

Total cost $307.45

I pay with a $250 NH gift card (from the promo) and $57 cash. I swear, it's like stealing, I feel like I paid $7.45 for everything

lol... what am I missing here!

I'm surprised you didn't buy a bottle of Mouton, they would have like given you $13 to buy it!

Who knows, maybe I still might do that, lol. I have 2 bottles now and may jump for a 3rd.

Picked off a case of 2010 Rauzan Segla @ $112/btl and a case of 2016 Clinet @ $95.90/btl through the Twins / Fruit of the Vines importer / distributor partnership which in reality kind of costed me nothing as I used proceeds from high end bourbon consignments to fund this.

6 bottles of 2009 Ch. Marsac Seguineau. The only 2 places in the US that currently advertise this vintage of this wine on Winesearcher are just half an hour away.
I drank my second to last bottle with friends last weekend and decided this chateau has remained true to the classic style of Bordeaux that I love. So I went looking for more.
Actually its still too young at 10 yrs but has enough secondary development to give me plenty of enjoyment.

Suburban Wine & Spirits in Yorktown Heights had their annual summer clearance this past week split up amongst 3 days and I dipped in on a few things that caught my eye while missing out on a few as well and all of the below pricing is before taxes

12 2017 Barbet Saint-Amour @ $15.99/btl
2 2016 Barthod Bon Baton @ $33.74/btl
6 2014 Jamet Côte Rotie @ $97.49/btl
3 2016 Auguste Clape Cornas @ $112.49/btl
3 2016 Auguste Clape Renaissance @ $78.74/btl
1 2013 Brovia Sue Garblet 1.5L @ $134.99/btl
2 2004 LdH Tondonia Reserva 1.5L @ $86.24/btl
4 2015 Drinkward Pechon @ $63.74/btl
1 2014 Ridge Geyserville 1.5L @ $74.99/btl

I used to buy stuff at Suburban, nice haul JC. Good prices on the Jamet and the Clape

Scoop: can NH liquorstores are selling faked 2014 Bordeaux? These are all Trump's wines.

Seriously, they're making what, 10 cents profit per bottle? New Englang seems like a pretty bad place for wine except recent vintahes in NH. Wish i could go there more often.

Jal, i guess you liked your visit at Jamet. I really liked it when i went in 2012. Ampuis is a nice little spot. Did you had lunch at the only bistrot?

Finally, i know 2014 is an excellent vintage. But i bought a lonely bottle of the 2014 Duhart-Milon, 2015 Petit Smith blanc (great wine, had it again last Sunday), 2016 Chateau Revelette Grand Rouge, and a few wnies for warm days, Beaujolais, unoaked spanish grenache from Torres, pinot noir from Mendoza, Sancerre and a Domaine Hautes Cances VV 2014. Hautes Cances being one of my go to producer in southern Rhône.

Nic

I was confirmed on a case purchase of 2016 Haut Bailly @ $119/btl from Posner at Grapes and I am now done buying wine for a while.

Nicklasss wrote:
Jal, i guess you liked your visit at Jamet. I really liked it when i went in 2012. Ampuis is a nice little spit. Did you had lunch at the only bistrot?
Nic

Nic, we didn't visit Jamet, they never answered our email but I did buy the bottle of Fructus Voluptus from the wine shop next to the Bistrot de Serine in Ampuis. I had lunch there two years ago but not this time.

Some older Bordeaux for our Oregon lake house and a sweetie:

3 1979 Palmer
2 1983 Lynch-Bages
5 2007 de Fargues

stefan wrote:Some older Bordeaux for our Oregon lake house and a sweetie:

3 1979 Palmer
2 1983 Lynch-Bages
5 2007 de Fargues

Ooooh! I love the 1979 Palmer! Nice!

Come see us next spring at the lake house, Jacques, and I will pop one.

stefan wrote:Come see us next spring at the lake house, Jacques, and I will pop one.

I'd love to Bill, but we always open good stuff together. Can't wait to see you guys again.

3 x 2016 Calon Segur

Yesterday I took advantage of 15% off at Total Wine and picked up:
1x 2016 Château Talbot
2x 2016 Château Labégorce
2x 2016 Château Capbern
2x 2016 Château Fourcas Dupré
4x 2015 Château Lilian Ladouys
4x 2014 Château Labégorce
2x 2014 Château Grand-Puy Ducasse
1x 2006 Château Langoa Barton

Yesterday I picked up my 1st load of 2016 futures from Total Wine in Danvers MA.

Ch Pichon Baron 2 750s, 1 375ml, 1 1.5L
Ch Pichon Lalande 2 750s, 1 375ml, 1 1.5L
Ch Figeac 2 750s
Ch Leoville Las Cases 1 750
Ch Montrose 1 375ml
Ch Lynch Bages 2 1.5L

Waiting for a couple of stragglers to come into the Everett store and I'll pick the rest up then.

2016, now it is getting serious!

I should have mine delivered beginning of September.

Nic

Continuing to buy at auctions for our lake house:

5 1997 Climens
4 2000 Sociando-Mallet

The harder thing is buying and receiving a wine fridge for the lake house. I am leaning toward a cheap Costco model because the fridge will be in a store room and I don't know what we'll do in the long term. The tricky problem is that delivery must be at a time that my son or I are there, and delivery times are not very reliable.

6 2008 Dom Pérignon
6 Krug NV 167

At a visit in Beaune last month, we stopped at the Caveau de Puligny Montrachet and bought the following:

1 2017 Domaine Jacques Carillon Bienvenues Batard Montrachet
2 2017 Domaine Jacques Carillon Puligny Montrachet Les Referts
3 2017 Domaine Jacques Carillon Puligny Montrachet Les Perrieres
2 2017 Domaine Jacques Carillon Puligny Montrachet Les Champs Canet
2 2017 Thomas Morey et Fils Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chenevottes
1 2017 Domaine Michel Bouzereau Puligny-Montrachet Les Champs Gains
2 2016 Benoit Ente Puligny-Montrachet Clos de la Truffiere
2 2017 Henri Germain Chassagne-Montrachet Les Morgeots
2 2017 Domaine Tessier Meursault Genevrieres
2 2017 Domaine Rollin Pere et Fils Corton-Charlemagne

Guess we're going to drink a lot of White Burgundies in the future!

Impressive line-up of White Burgs. Did you have them shipped to you here in the US? If yes, did they end up getting processed through Customs? I purchased a couple of cases in Beaune a number of years ago that went through Customs when they arrived in Chicago. I got a call to pick them up at some remote terminal area near the airport. Upon arriving, I found my wine sitting outside in 90+ temperatures waiting to be picked up.

Ouch! That's brutal!
Mine are supposed to be shipped in the fall.
I bought some Bordeaux in St Emilion a few years back and they were shipped straight to my place in Florida.

Mighty nice Burgundies you bought, Jacques. I hope they get treated nicely on the way over.

stefan wrote:Might nice Burgundies you bought, Jacques. I hope they get treated nicely on the way over.

Fingers crossed Stefan!

Nice listing Jal. I too need to buy some more white Bourgogne.

Bought two 2016 Meursault Vieilles Vignes from Buisson-Charles (good stuff) lately. Need to buy some Chassagne and Puligny as well. None lfet anywhere in my reserve.

It won't happen soon, but i dream to taste some white Chardonnay from Côte d'Or, lightly chilled, in Florida (or anywhere else), in the Levy's company. I still remember that lunch, in Chappaqua, with you guys and a Niellon Chassagne.

Nic

Swung by Grapes on my way home yesterday to pick up a couple of purchases from last week and found 3 btls which piqued my interest on the last bottle rack which were marked down an additional 25% and worked out to a 2010 Fontodi CC for $24.74, a 2012 Pierre Gonon Saint-Joseph for $44.99 and a 2016 Chave Mon Coeur CdR for $15.74.

Nicklasss wrote:Nice listing Jal. I too need to buy some more white Bourgogne.

Bought two 2016 Meursault Vieilles Vignes from Buisson-Charles (good stuff) lately. Need to buy some Chassagne and Puligny as well. None lfet anywhere in my reserve.

It won't happen soon, but i dream to taste some white Chardonnay from Côte d'Or, lightly chilled, in Florida (or anywhere else), in the Levy's company. I still remember that lunch, in Chappaqua, with you guys and a Niellon Chassagne.

Nic

Plenty of lightly chilled White Burgundy in Florida, Nic. Viens!

jckba wrote:Swung by Grapes on my way home yesterday to pick up a couple of purchases from last week and found 3 btls which piqued my interest on the last bottle rack which were marked down an additional 25% and worked out to a 2010 Fontodi CC for $24.74, a 2012 Pierre Gonon Saint-Joseph for $44.99 and a 2016 Chave Mon Coeur CdR for $15.74.

Great stuff JC. Excellent prices on the Fontodi and the Gonon. Chave Mon Coeur is great value at any price, but I have yet to drink a less than excellent 2016 Cotes du Rhone

A case of 2000 Chateau Magdelaine

Love this stuff. And it’s a killer vintage for this wine.

OrlandoRobert wrote:A case of 2000 Chateau Magdelaine

Love this stuff. And it’s a killer vintage for this wine.

So, so good and still getting better. Nice score.