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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/29/2024 5:52:21 PM

Ibetian

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This is from the last month, roughly, inclusive of BerserkerDay:

1977 Dow Porto (375ml)
1997 Penfolds Grange
2000 Graham Porto (375ml)
2000 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto (375ml)
2005 Domaine de Chevalier
2009 Château Angélus
2010 Virage Vineyards
2012 Virage Vineyards
2013 Virage Vineyards Cabernet Franc Barrel Select
2014 MTR Productions Syrah Memory Found
2018 2 Hawk Vineyard & Winery Tempranillo Darow Series
2018 Pauillac de Latour
2019 Two Vintners Oliver Weather Eye & Olsen Vineyard
2020 Bodegas El Nido Jumilla Clio
2020 Château Cantenac Brown
2020 Château Léoville Barton
2022 Comm. G.B. Burlotto Barbera d'Alba Aves
NV Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut Rosé
NV Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut Sous Bois
NV Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Grande Réserve

If you bought 3 or more bottles of each you’d have enough to supply pdhall for a month. But you’d have to up the quality. B-S NV (which I love, btw)??? To roll with the big dogs like pd, you have to upgrade to Krug! 😉

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/29/2024 5:56:59 PM

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6-2015 Elio Grasso Barolo Gavarini Vigna Chiniera

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/29/2024 6:18:08 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: recotte

This is from the last month, roughly, inclusive of BerserkerDay:

1977 Dow Porto (375ml)
1997 Penfolds Grange
2000 Graham Porto (375ml)
2000 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto (375ml)
2005 Domaine de Chevalier
2009 Château Angélus
2010 Virage Vineyards
2012 Virage Vineyards
2013 Virage Vineyards Cabernet Franc Barrel Select
2014 MTR Productions Syrah Memory Found
2018 2 Hawk Vineyard & Winery Tempranillo Darow Series
2018 Pauillac de Latour
2019 Two Vintners Oliver Weather Eye & Olsen Vineyard
2020 Bodegas El Nido Jumilla Clio
2020 Château Cantenac Brown
2020 Château Léoville Barton
2022 Comm. G.B. Burlotto Barbera d'Alba Aves
NV Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut Rosé
NV Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut Sous Bois
NV Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Grande Réserve

Coming from my duly ensconced Secretary of The Moratorium, I find this inspiring

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/29/2024 6:50:19 PM

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If you bought 3 or more bottles of each you’d have enough to supply pdhall for a month. But you’d have to up the quality. B-S NV (which I love, btw)??? To roll with the big dogs like pd, you have to upgrade to Krug! 😉

He sets the bar high!

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Coming from my duly ensconced Secretary of The Moratorium, I find this inspiring

And with this weekend's purchases behind me, I'm now going to check myself in over there for an extended stay!

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/29/2024 8:09:57 PM

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Coming from my duly ensconced Secretary of The Moratorium, I find this inspiring

And with this weekend's purchases behind me, I'm now going to check myself in over there for an extended stay!

Nah...

Red rover, red rover...let Eric come over...

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/30/2024 2:41:20 AM

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NV Schramsburg blanc de blanc X 1
2020 Joh. JoS Prum Graacher Himmelreich Riesling spätlese X 1

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/30/2024 7:57:51 AM

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3x of each of the four 2021 Misc Cabernet Sauvignon bottlings.

I really like Grant’s style — Napa producer, but his wines are never over the top in any way and have an incredible expression of terroir. Price is up slightly, to $125/bottle, but these wines would easily compete with Macdonald Cabernet Sauvignon, or the Bond lineup. Just sensational wines and at a fair price, too.

Ironic to be buying while still in dry January, but this is one mailing list I will never drop from.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/30/2024 5:13:24 PM

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ORIGINAL: KPB

3x of each of the four 2021 Misc Cabernet Sauvignon bottlings.

I really like Grant’s style — Napa producer, but his wines are never over the top in any way and have an incredible expression of terroir. Price is up slightly, to $125/bottle, but these wines would easily compete with Macdonald Cabernet Sauvignon, or the Bond lineup. Just sensational wines and at a fair price, too.

Ironic to be buying while still in dry January, but this is one mailing list I will never drop from.

You seem to always be on the tip of the latest solid QPR napa cab..wassup with that? Oh, thanks for the tip!

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/30/2024 5:14:50 PM

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Bought a range of the 2020 bottles of chat de la Maltroye (Chassagne M)...I'm told a good value for the town.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/31/2024 4:05:15 AM

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Picked up half a dozen bottles of 2018 Delmas SJR Vineyard Syrah in Vancouver for $40 ea where this wine sells here--IF you can find it, and you probably can't--for $75 or more. Haven't had this vintage but prior Delmas syrahs were absolutely ethereal. Not a quality I usually look for in syrah but the 2016 Delmas was swoon-worthy.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/31/2024 6:19:29 AM

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Picked up half a dozen bottles of 2018 Delmas SJR Vineyard Syrah in Vancouver for $40 ea where this wine sells here--IF you can find it, and you probably can't--for $75 or more. Haven't had this vintage but prior Delmas syrahs were absolutely ethereal. Not a quality I usually look for in syrah but the 2016 Delmas was swoon-worthy.

At BCLC?

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/31/2024 9:01:40 AM

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3x of each of the four 2021 Misc Cabernet Sauvignon bottlings.

I really like Grant’s style — Napa producer, but his wines are never over the top in any way and have an incredible expression of terroir. Price is up slightly, to $125/bottle, but these wines would easily compete with Macdonald Cabernet Sauvignon, or the Bond lineup. Just sensational wines and at a fair price, too.

Ironic to be buying while still in dry January, but this is one mailing list I will never drop from.

You seem to always be on the tip of the latest solid QPR napa cab..wassup with that? Oh, thanks for the tip!

There is a network of people sharing tips, and in fact some of that happens right here! As for Grant, specifically, I learned of him through the one store that retails his wines (DB Fine Wines in New Caanan, CT). Old business partner of Grant's who knows Napa super well. But I tend to buy directly from Grant because he prefer for him to get the full amount since he is, after all, selling these at a very low price for wines of this quality. So I buy through Aionaire in this case. I think this link will work for you:

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From: Misc. Wines <jocelyn@aonairwine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 11:34 AM
To: Ken Birman <ken@cs.cornell.edu>
Subject: Misc. Wines 2021 Vintage Release

After a two-year hiatus we are thrilled to release the limited production of 2021 Misc. Cabernet Sauvignons and Pinot Noir.

2021 Vintage Release!
We are thrilled to release the limited production of 2021 Misc.
Cabernet Sauvignons and Pinot Noir after a two-year hiatus.
These single-appellation wines showcase the distinguished regions of Oakville, Rutherford, Diamond Mountain, Howell Mountain, and Atlas Peak. Meticulously capturing the finest expressions of Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir, these wines celebrate an extraordinary richness and diversity of soil and climate.

Purchase Misc. Wines
Limited barrel production.
Available on a first come, first served basis.

The 2021 vintage was met with optimism and excitement.
After an unusually long winter, ideal conditions during the growing season resulted in fruit with berries full of color, tannin, and flavor.
The vintage will be known for producing powerful and intensely
flavored wines of promise, possessing supreme concentration
and terroir-driven structure rooted in varietal purity.

Aonair Wine
647 Greenfield Rd.
St. Helena, CA 94574
T: 707-912-9774
E: Jocelyn@AonairWine.com

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/31/2024 9:05:22 AM

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PS: I don't have any relationship with Grant or that winery, and have never even met the guy... I'm not engaged in marketing for them, and am just sharing info. Eric allows that. He wouldn't be happy if I was somehow ITB and making money, or trying to sell wines from my cellar, or whatever.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/31/2024 9:35:49 AM

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ORIGINAL: KPB

3x of each of the four 2021 Misc Cabernet Sauvignon bottlings.

I really like Grant’s style — Napa producer, but his wines are never over the top in any way and have an incredible expression of terroir. Price is up slightly, to $125/bottle, but these wines would easily compete with Macdonald Cabernet Sauvignon, or the Bond lineup. Just sensational wines and at a fair price, too.

Ironic to be buying while still in dry January, but this is one mailing list I will never drop from.

How do these compare to, for example, Beta? Are the Misc. wines bolder, more "classic" Napa, or...?

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/31/2024 9:55:00 AM

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ORIGINAL: jmcmchi

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ORIGINAL: Jenise

Picked up half a dozen bottles of 2018 Delmas SJR Vineyard Syrah in Vancouver for $40 ea where this wine sells here--IF you can find it, and you probably can't--for $75 or more. Haven't had this vintage but prior Delmas syrahs were absolutely ethereal. Not a quality I usually look for in syrah but the 2016 Delmas was swoon-worthy.

At BCLC?

No, Marquis Wines downtown on Drake.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/31/2024 1:51:56 PM

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1 x 2007 Domaine Ponsot Griotte-Chambertin

Only because I just checked and I'm missing that from my 2007 Ponsot horizontal.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/31/2024 4:56:48 PM

KPB

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ORIGINAL: KPB

3x of each of the four 2021 Misc Cabernet Sauvignon bottlings.

I really like Grant’s style — Napa producer, but his wines are never over the top in any way and have an incredible expression of terroir. Price is up slightly, to $125/bottle, but these wines would easily compete with Macdonald Cabernet Sauvignon, or the Bond lineup. Just sensational wines and at a fair price, too.

Ironic to be buying while still in dry January, but this is one mailing list I will never drop from.

How do these compare to, for example, Beta? Are the Misc. wines bolder, more "classic" Napa, or...?

If you search CT for tasting notes on prior vintages you’ll see mine, and maybe only mine. Then you can pull up my notes on Beta.

Numerically, my scores are similar. My favorite Beta wine tends to be Monticello, with some vintages (2017) being just off-scale stunners. I gave the 2017 Monticello 97+, and other vintages often were 95 or 96. Other Beta wines often come in around 94 for me, and Vare in particular is sometimes lower (Vare was sometimes too lean for my taste… Ketan says to give them more time). Misc is just a bit riper and I’ve often given bottles 95-96 pt scores.

So, same goals, if you want to put that way. But yes, often a tiny bit riper.

I haven’t tried the Misc Pinot Noir, by the way. Grant used to have a Misc Grenache that was excellent, but he no longer does it. A shame…

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 1/31/2024 7:30:33 PM

recotte

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ORIGINAL: KPB

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ORIGINAL: recotte

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ORIGINAL: KPB

3x of each of the four 2021 Misc Cabernet Sauvignon bottlings.

I really like Grant’s style — Napa producer, but his wines are never over the top in any way and have an incredible expression of terroir. Price is up slightly, to $125/bottle, but these wines would easily compete with Macdonald Cabernet Sauvignon, or the Bond lineup. Just sensational wines and at a fair price, too.

Ironic to be buying while still in dry January, but this is one mailing list I will never drop from.

How do these compare to, for example, Beta? Are the Misc. wines bolder, more "classic" Napa, or...?

If you search CT for tasting notes on prior vintages you’ll see mine, and maybe only mine. Then you can pull up my notes on Beta.

Numerically, my scores are similar. My favorite Beta wine tends to be Monticello, with some vintages (2017) being just off-scale stunners. I gave the 2017 Monticello 97+, and other vintages often were 95 or 96. Other Beta wines often come in around 94 for me, and Vare in particular is sometimes lower (Vare was sometimes too lean for my taste… Ketan says to give them more time). Misc is just a bit riper and I’ve often given bottles 95-96 pt scores.

So, same goals, if you want to put that way. But yes, often a tiny bit riper.

I haven’t tried the Misc Pinot Noir, by the way. Grant used to have a Misc Grenache that was excellent, but he no longer does it. A shame…

Ha... I should have thought to look at CT notes, but I guess laziness took over. Regardless, thanks for your thoughts. I've been buying Beta for a while now, so that's a good common benchmark. Off I go to read up on Misc.....

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 2/3/2024 4:07:28 AM

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A few bottles from one of my locals:

1 X 2019 Long Shadows Feather
2 X 2019 Ch. Montelena Cab
1 X 2020 Ridge Geyserville

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 2/4/2024 2:49:44 AM

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1998 House X 1

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 2/4/2024 3:52:58 AM

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1998 House X 1

A good vintage??

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 2/4/2024 9:14:09 AM

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1998 House X 1

A good vintage??

Hopefully not too much sediment. I hear those are tricky to decant.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 2/4/2024 10:09:18 AM

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Disclaimer upfront: the purchase was 2 weeks ago...

Château Léoville Barton 2014
Château Pavie Macquin 2016
Château Larcisse Ducasse 2015
Château d'Issan 2015
Château Siran 2016
Château d'Aiguilhe 2015

1 bottle each..

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 2/4/2024 8:47:00 PM

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Zalto Josephine No 3 glass. Just 1. Read so much about them and I was reluctant to buy one because of how fragile they are. I hope it arrives well.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 2/5/2024 2:56:16 AM

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1998 House X 1

A good vintage??

Hopefully not too much sediment. I hear those are tricky to decant.

love it. vintage is decent. it's been recently recorked and is ready to go for another 25 years. some sediment remains in the bottle but plans are in place to remove that.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 2/23/2024 8:52:12 AM

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Guess I also bought 3 x 2020 No Girls Syrah after getting some off the request list.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 2/23/2024 10:01:59 AM

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Just yesterday...

2020 Château Prieuré-Lichine x 12 (OWC)
2020 Aubert CIX Vineyard Chardonnay

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 2/23/2024 11:10:31 AM

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Just yesterday...

6 x 2023 Domaine Tempier Bandol Rose

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 2/23/2024 12:57:13 PM

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3 x Don Leo Reserva cab sauv 2013 Parras De La Fuente, Coahuila Mexico.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 2/23/2024 4:49:29 PM

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Mixed case of daily drinkers from the shop i work at.. highlight is a georgian wine called shilda.. made from the indigenous grape saperavi

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