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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/2/2008 6:36:01 AM   
Paul S

 

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Status: offline 		Let me know how the Corton goes - I have a few bottles available from my Rhone merchant at 20%, who somehow happens to be the sole distributor for Bouchard in Singapore.

I'm particular chuffed at my purchases today:

William Fevre Chablis Les Clos 2005
William Fevre Chablis Vaudesir 2002
Tenuta di Trinoro IGT 1998

William Fevre is of course owned by Bouchard - so 20% on those two bottles as well. Lovely.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/2/2008 9:20:47 AM   
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12 x Chateau Marsau 2000.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/3/2008 4:27:10 PM   
J2K

 

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I have a good felling about this one.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/4/2008 1:37:44 AM   
Colonel Lawrence

 

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I'd like to acquire some of their very best.
http://www.cellartracker.com/forum/m_13944/mpage_3/key_/tm.htm
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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/4/2008 9:35:01 AM   
Paul S

 

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/6/2008 12:33:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks to Cgrimes, I made a stop at his local wine shop in Waltham MA and picked up the following. (Craig Cheryl was a great help, out of Lumpp)

2006 Domaine Belleville Rully "La Perche" (France, Burgundy, Côte Chalonnaise, Rully)
2006 Domaine Belleville Rully 1er Cru Mont Palais (France, Burgundy, Côte Chalonnaise, Rully 1er Cru)
1999 Bouchard Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cazetiers (France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru)
2005 Bouchard Père et Fils Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrières (France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru)
1999 Domaine Henri Gouges Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Chênes Carteaux (France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru)
2006 Domaine Larue Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Les Combes (France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Saint-Aubin 1er Cru)
2000 Domaine de Montille Pommard 1er Cru Les Pezerolles (France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard 1er Cru)

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/6/2008 1:48:41 PM   
pault

 

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Status: offline 		adding to my new 166.. as budget allows..and until I try some of these out.


2005 Columbia Crest Merlot Grand Estates

2005 Château Croix Mouton (Jean-Philippe Janoueix)

2005 Château La Papeterie

 
2005 Chateau Nicot 

2005 Château Mont-Redon Côtes du Rhône Abeille-Fabre

 
2005 Razor's Edge Shiraz


2006 Razor's Edge Shiraz-Grenache
 
Some will need to sit for a while, but if i try them and they seem to have potential, I may get a few more bottles before they dissapear.

 

 

 

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/6/2008 3:34:24 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: apes

Thanks to Cgrimes, I made a stop at his local wine shop in Waltham MA and picked up the following. (Craig Cheryl was a great help, out of Lumpp)



Glad you made the detour and I hope it was worth your while.  Sorry about the Lumpp--it's pretty popular.  Get on the list for next year. 

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/7/2008 10:29:58 AM   
Colonel Lawrence

 

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Conterno Barolo 99
Sandrone Le Vigne 99
 

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/7/2008 3:38:21 PM   
Doryman

 

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/8/2008 12:18:28 AM   
Paul S

 

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Status: offline 		Ricasoli Castello Brolio 1997 Chianti Classico
Gaja Pieve Santa Restituta Rennina 2000 BdM - in my Italian mood this week.
Robert Chevillon Les St Georges 1er Cru 2004 - have been eyeing this for some time. I used to like 2004 Burgs, but some of the recent ones I have tasted are rather suspect. Bit the bullet and bought this. I think he's by far the best prodcuer in NSG, hope it works out.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/8/2008 12:20:40 AM   
Paul S

 

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Status: offline 		Oh... and a bottle of Arietta Variation One 2003 to try out. Has anyone had this before? Any good? A little off the beaten track for me.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/8/2008 8:58:20 AM   
Serge Birbrair

 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Paul S
Robert Chevillon Les St Georges 1er Cru 2004 - have been eyeing this for some time. I used to like 2004 Burgs, but some of the recent ones I have tasted are rather suspect. Bit the bullet and bought this. I think he's by far the best prodcuer in NSG, hope it works out.


great choice! I still have a few in a cellar and this one is always a joy!

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/8/2008 9:06:29 AM   
Paul S

 

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Status: offline 		Thanks for the comfort - really! I was not too sure about 2004. Very shaken after the last few bottle I have had from a couple of producers' Grand Crus tasted rather green.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/8/2008 9:07:38 AM   
Serge Birbrair

 

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ORIGINAL: Paul S

Thanks for the comfort - really! I was not too sure about 2004. Very shaken after the last few bottle I have had from a couple of producers' Grand Crus tasted rather green.


You opening Grand Crus before 2014????? I can't beleive it!
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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/8/2008 9:15:13 AM   
Paul S

 

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Status: offline 		Only in tasting events Serge. Would not dream of touching my stash. Still, one or two green streaks are enough to make me fear for whatever 2004 I've got.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/8/2008 10:57:59 AM   
fingers

 

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Status: offline 		In preparation of the August (or is that august?) tasting event.  Found all these at The Wine Exchange

2005 Peter Lehmann Shiraz The Barossa

2004 Moccagatta Barbaresco Basarin

2004 Finca Allende Rioja

2005 Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir
 
2003 Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino
 
2004 Les Cailloux (Lucien et André Brunel) Châteauneuf-du-Pape


This is all your fault, Maestro!  At least, that's what I'm telling the wife.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/9/2008 7:51:54 AM   
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Status: online 		Fingers - Hope they get chosen, or is it a ruse to get more next month when the selection is published?

Wrighty

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/9/2008 8:15:34 AM   
fingers

 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Wrighty

Fingers - Hope they get chosen, or is it a ruse to get more next month when the selection is published?

Wrighty


Absolutely!  And, again, I shall lay blame squarely in Italy.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/9/2008 3:24:30 PM   
ParkHill

 

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Status: offline 		Keenan 2003 Mailbox Merlot at $41, and Keenan 2004 Mernet (50/50 cab merlot) at $59.

I haven't tried the Bordeaux blend yet, but the merlot is just amazing. Parker gave it a 93, but it clearly beat it up on a 2003 Januik (Washington State), which was pretty darned good in itself. WA's Rovani gave the Januik a 94. My judgement is that Parker underbid a point, while Rovani overbid 3 or 4. But, I did get the Januik for $20, which is a steal. The Keenan is probably too jammy for Serge, but I enjoyed drowning in the layers and layers of berries, licorice, chocolate, vanilla and nice tannin.

CT and winebid show that those prices were great. Also, you can't always get some of these more premium wines if you aren't on the mailing distribution. My local internet wine shop here in Colorado (Primovino) frequently lucks into these 20 - 30% off deals. I've discovered that the smaller shops are willing to pick up odd cases, whereas the local big-box liquor stores work on volume and don't bother with a small allotment. The bigger stores move so much inventory that you only find current distribution-year offerings.

I'm thinking that the sweet spot for quality (but not boutique) US wines is the $40 - $70 price range. For Spain it is $20 - $40. South America $15 - $20. Maybe the US can't quite compete with Spain or SA, but with the decline in the dollar, US Cabs, Merlots, Pinots, and Bordeaux Blends, might be a better QPR than french wines.


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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/9/2008 3:28:25 PM   
ParkHill

 

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Status: offline 		Well, best wine I've drunk in the past month?

2001 Viñedos de Páganos Rioja El Puntido: http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=92204

Flavors exploding in the mouth. Modern style tempranillo but less cherry than usual. Instead Current, sour cherry, vanilla, spices, long aromatic finish. Plus, a definite whiff of tar like you get in Barolos. AND, enough acid that this went super-well with lasagna.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/10/2008 6:35:58 AM   
Colonel Lawrence

 

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Status: offline 		Having absolutely given up on Bordeaux for 2007 (well for now anyway) I've gone back to fill in gaps in my 2005's.
Bought these eight Chateaux.
Some nice cheaper wines in the list:
  • 2005 Château Lalande-Borie
  • 2005 Les Hauts de Smith
  • 2005 L'Esprit de Chevalier
  • 2005 Clos du Marquis
  • 2005 Château Camensac
  • 2005 Les Tourelles de Longueville
  • 2005 Château Saint-Pierre
  • 2005 La Réserve de Léoville Barton
    Pretty sure you can get many in the US at better prices than I paid.
    L.

    PS  For UK buyers Farr have extensive stocks of all these.

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/11/2008 7:20:46 AM   
    Wrighty

     

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    Status: online     		Fingers - looks like you'll have to go shopping again, unless you'll settle for 2 bottles.

    Am in the process of trying to get the wines for the August tasting.  Have followed Pjaines to Theatre of Wines for these two:
    2005 Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir
    2006 Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo
    And asked for a half dozen recommendation so have added these.
    Dom. de la Commanderie £10.20
    Xavier Guillaume Vieilles Vignes white £12.80
    Rainer Wess riesling £10.20
    Xavier Guillaume Vieilles Vignes red £13.50
    Ch. de Villeneuve Saumur Champigny £10.20
    Feitoria Tinto at £7.50
    Dom. Boudau from Rousillon £8.50

    Also some how bought 6 Bottles of Woodlands Chloe Reserve Chardonnay 2007 I'd order before and got the 2005 delivered instead and also the 2004 Gralyn Cab Sav today which makes up my quartet of 2004 Cab Sav from a small area of Margaret River (Moss Wood, Cullen, Woodlands and Gralyn).  We visited MR in 2004 and it's also my daughter's birth year so all the wines have a personal connection as does the 2007 Chardonnay as we visited the day they picked the grapes.

    Still trying to get the other two wines so more to come!

    Wrighty

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/11/2008 7:25:48 AM   
    Colonel Lawrence

     

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    Bordeaux is much easier to buy than the four we've been told to track down.

    L.

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/11/2008 8:38:09 AM   
    fingers

     

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    ORIGINAL: Wrighty

    Fingers - looks like you'll have to go shopping again, unless you'll settle for 2 bottles.



    There is still no penalty for reviewing the other 22 wines from the list. 
    I would encourage Maestro to embrace anyone's reviews on any of the 25 wines for the weekend.  CT WILL NOT OPPRESS!  REVOLT!  STAND UP FOR THE CELLAR-CHALLENGED!   IT TAKES A VILLAGE!   Whoa,  wait a minute...   where is this going, dude?

    Hey Maestro, how about posting the overall results of the voting?  Surely,  4th or 5th place isn't so bad.

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/11/2008 9:12:16 AM   
    Paul S

     

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    Status: offline     		Bought 2 bottles of Duval-Leroy's 1996 Femme de Champagne at cut-price. I really have to stop, having burst my budget for this month AND the next. All my retailers somehow conspired to have their sales in a space of two weeks.

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    Top: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/11/2008 10:08:08 AM   
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    RE: Top: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/11/2008 12:30:43 PM   
    pault

     

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    Status: offline     		I added a few Italian wines to my stash to try.

  • 2004 Banfi Chianti Classico Riserva
  • 2006 Santa Margherita Chianti Classico
  • 2004 Marchesi di Barolo Barbaresco
  • 2001 Melini Chianti Classico Riserva Laborel
  • 2005 Marchesi di Barolo Barbera d'Alba Ruvei

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/11/2008 3:52:04 PM   
    Maestro

     

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    ORIGINAL: fingers

    This is all your fault, Maestro!  At least, that's what I'm telling the wife.



    quote:

    ORIGINAL: fingers

    Absolutely!  And, again, I shall lay blame squarely in Italy.



    Sorry, fingers, I usually skip this thread, so I didn't see it before.

    I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact and was in no way fair comment and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future...

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 7/25/2008 10:06:13 AM   
    Colonel Lawrence

     

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    Status: offline     		1/2 price bargains from Sainsburys:
    http://www.cellartracker.com/forum/m_25378/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm#25893

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