Trivia questions from my wine cellar (and yours).

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sun May 03, 2020 4:16 pm

Okay, so I have kept my cellartracker data up to date.
Let's see what the "my reports" section tells us about my cellar, and yours.

JimHow Cellar Trivia Question #1:

I currently have 896 bottles in my cellar.

The most bottles from any one producer is 35 bottles, or 3.9% of my cellar.

Who is that producer?

OrlandoRobert · Post by **OrlandoRobert** » Sun May 03, 2020 4:19 pm

Sociando Mallet

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sun May 03, 2020 4:23 pm

Sociando comes in at numer 3, 32 bottles, 3.6% of cellar.

SF Ed · Post by **SF Ed** » Sun May 03, 2020 4:45 pm

Lynch Bages! How could it not be (besides price)?

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Sun May 03, 2020 4:47 pm

Barde Haut

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Sun May 03, 2020 4:48 pm

Or 2014 Calon Segur

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sun May 03, 2020 5:15 pm

Ha ha good guess, Calon Segur comes in at number 1 (not all from 2014).
Giscours is second at 34 bottles, 3.8%.
Sociando third.

Lynch is way down there, 14 bottles at 1.6%.

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Sun May 03, 2020 5:23 pm

Not surprising, given the price of Lynch-Bages. It has become a "special occasion" wine. Canon-Segur is headed in that direction.

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Sun May 03, 2020 5:39 pm

I'll play.
Out of 798 bottles, two producers are tied for #1 with 50 bottles. One of them should be pretty easy, the other almost unheard of.
A hint - both retail for less than $20 in most markets.
The most I have of any Cru Classe is 34 bottles, and the producer shouldn't be too challenging if people are paying attention to my posts.

Chateau Vin · Post by **Chateau Vin** » Sun May 03, 2020 5:43 pm

Trintaduon? (I might have spelled wrong)...

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Sun May 03, 2020 5:46 pm

Chateau Vin wrote:Trintaduon? (I might have spelled wrong)...

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Bingo!

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sun May 03, 2020 5:48 pm

I have two bottles of the '15 in my cellar, I gotta give it a try.

Chateau Vin · Post by **Chateau Vin** » Sun May 03, 2020 5:50 pm

JimHow wrote: .
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Lynch is way down there, 14 bottles at 1.6%.

Oh no, Jim. My cellar beats your cellar when it comes to Lynch.

I have 31 bottles of Lynch from various vintages...

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sun May 03, 2020 5:56 pm

Lynch has been in my doghouse for about the last 18 vintages, CV.

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Sun May 03, 2020 5:59 pm

JimHow wrote:I have two bottles of the '15 in my cellar, I gotta give it a try.

I enjoyed a bottle of the '15 only 3 weeks ago.

Chateau Vin · Post by **Chateau Vin** » Sun May 03, 2020 6:01 pm

Racer Chris wrote:
Chateau Vin wrote:Trintaduon? (I might have spelled wrong)...
O....
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...O.
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Bingo!

If I need to find wines that give great pleasure for modest prices (but unfortunately are overlooked quite often), I look for notes and posts by Chris, Alex, Arv, Orlando Bobby, et al...I have had great success banking on you guys...

Gerry M. · Post by **Gerry M.** » Sun May 03, 2020 6:19 pm

After reading this my curiosity got the better of me, I have 1162 bottles with Ridge and Chateau Montelena coming in at #1 at 58 and #2at 38 since those are the only two mailing lists I'm on. My #3 is not necessarily my favorite Bordeaux overall but I'm not surprised either, any guesses?

AlohaArtakaHoundsong · Sun May 03, 2020 6:19 pm

Not to say it's #1 though it wouldn't be too far from it, I'm saddled with two cases of the 2009 Pavie Macquin minus a couple I've drunk and a couple I've given away.

#Stabbedintheback
#Bitchsetmeup

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sun May 03, 2020 6:32 pm

Hmm Gerry, Meyney?

Chateau Vin · Post by **Chateau Vin** » Sun May 03, 2020 6:32 pm

Gerry M. wrote:After reading this my curiosity got the better of me, I have 1162 bottles with Ridge and Chateau Montelena coming in at #1 at 58 and #2at 38 since those are the only two mailing lists I'm on. My #3 is not necessarily my favorite Bordeaux overall but I'm not surprised either, any guesses?

That’s tough. Gotta give us more hint, Gerry...

Gerry M. · Post by **Gerry M.** » Sun May 03, 2020 6:41 pm

Not far off in number but Meyney comes in at #6 with 25.

It's a St Julien

OrlandoRobert · Post by **OrlandoRobert** » Sun May 03, 2020 7:36 pm

Will I be banned if I admit that a Bordeaux does not come in as my number one? Sociando is number 3 in my collection. The first two I’ll leave for you all to guess. I’m guessing that only the boys from the “other” wine board will come close on this one.

Gerry M. · Post by **Gerry M.** » Sun May 03, 2020 8:06 pm

OrlandoRobert wrote:Will I be banned if I admit that a Bordeaux does not come in as my number one? Sociando is number 3 in my collection. The first two I’ll leave for you all to guess. I’m guessing that only the boys from the “other” wine board will come close on this one.

I hope not or I'll be right there with in the dog house! Mine are Ridge and Montelena, at least old school Cali. Please don't tell us it's Cali Chard, lol.

I don't pay much attention to the "other" board these days but I don't peg you as a new world guy, I would guess either Rhone or maybe even Loire. Id have to guess maybe Beaucastel, Clos du Pape or Huet?

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sun May 03, 2020 8:07 pm

The only St. Julien can think might be numer 1 Bordeaux in your Gerry would be Gloria.

Gerry M. · Post by **Gerry M.** » Sun May 03, 2020 8:24 pm

Gloria comes in at #12 with 19.

My Top ten are;

#10 Brane Cantenac 22
#9 Giscours 22
#8 Pichon Baron 25
#7 Meyney 25
#6 Dom Perignon 27
#5 Calon Segur 28
#4 Lynch-Bages 33
#3 Leoville Barton 37
#2 Montelena 38
#1 Ridge 58 (Mostly Geyserville & Monte Bello)

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sun May 03, 2020 8:29 pm

My top ten:

10. Brane Cantenac 21
9. Malescot St. Exupery 22
8. Louis Jadot 25
7. Pontet Canet 25
6. Canon 26
5. Clerc Milon 28
4. Meyney 32
3. Sociando Mallet 32
2. Giscours 34
1. Calon Segur 35

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Sun May 03, 2020 8:43 pm

As befits a true BWEer, Jim, your top ten list contains only one Burgundy producer, who, btw, produces a zillion different wines.

I have not updated my data base in a long time, but it looks like Jadot comes in number 5. 1 through 4 are....

Gerry M. · Post by **Gerry M.** » Sun May 03, 2020 8:59 pm

Jim, that's a very interesting list. I see that St. Estephe and Margaux stand out on your list making up just over 50%.

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Sun May 03, 2020 9:01 pm

La Lagune has to be one of the top 4 Stefan.

Racer Chris · Post by **Racer Chris** » Sun May 03, 2020 9:02 pm

Oh, and St Innocent is probably #1

Comte Flaneur · Post by **Comte Flaneur** » Sun May 03, 2020 9:06 pm

Leoville Barton is my numero uno, comprising 3.7% of my overall collection - how can you go wrong?

My darling Conseillante is #4 at 2.3%. Eight out of ten are Bordeaux the other two are Barolo - Burlotto and Azelia.

jal · Post by **jal** » Sun May 03, 2020 9:22 pm

1. Jacques Carillon
2. Denis Bachelet
3. Leoville LasCases
4. Agrapart
5. Jacques-Frederic Mugnier

The rest is all ones, twos and threes bottle of every producer. I am about to be banned...

jal · Post by **jal** » Sun May 03, 2020 9:33 pm

Wait, that's not including offsite storage
In that case
1. Pichon Lalande
2. Lynch Bages
2. Cos d'Estournel
2. Angelus
5. Jacques Carillon
6. Denis Bachelet
7. Leoville LasCases
8. Agrapart
9. Jacques-Frederic Mugnier

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Sun May 03, 2020 9:38 pm

Right you are, Chris, that St Innocent is number one. La Lagune is number four; number one among Bordeaux estates.

Jacques, you redeemed yourself with that addition.

Comte Flaneur · Post by **Comte Flaneur** » Sun May 03, 2020 9:51 pm

#9 is pretty impressive in Jacques’s collection

jal · Post by **jal** » Sun May 03, 2020 10:03 pm

Unfortunately, Ian, they're all Nuits St Georges Clos de la Maréchale

JoelD · Post by **JoelD** » Sun May 03, 2020 10:10 pm

Gerry, I like that list. Good work.

Mine 925 bottles are currently skewed because:
1) I bought too much Cali early on, although France has finally taken over at 47% to 37%.
2) I have a few cases of "investment wines" that make up my 2 of my top 3. That is Clos Fourtet(mostly 03, 37 total bottles across) and Pavie(Mostly 05, 27 bottles across)

My number 1 producer at 45 bottles is what? Hints are Cali, and Bordeaux influenced.

tim · Post by **tim** » Mon May 04, 2020 12:00 am

Ok, so my Cellartracker is NOT up to date, but based on the last information, my top ten are:

1: Du Tertre 3.8% 36
2: Sociando-Mallet 3.7% 35
3: Domaine Tortochot 2.9% 27
4: Chasse Spleen 2.6% 24
5: Suduiraut 2.3% 22
6. Pinson Freres Chablis 1.9% 18
7. Domaine Henri Delagrange 1.9% 18
8. Domaine Billard-Gonnet 1.9% 18
9. Domaine Guyon 1.8% 17
10. Leoville Las Cases 1.5% 14

Billard-Gonnet is a Champagne producer that I tend to buy in bulk for "let's drink champagne" occasions.

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Mon May 04, 2020 12:02 am

My #1 producer is not a red wine.

jal · Post by **jal** » Mon May 04, 2020 12:20 am

David, Champagne? Krug?
Bill, we're missing #s 3,4. I imagine Pol Roger or some other Champagne