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What have you bought this week? - 4/11/2007 8:47:37 AM   
mj

 

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What have you purchased this week to drink or to add to your cellar?  I am lucky enough to have my wife's birthday fall on the 17th, so in usual tradition I am treating her to a few wines for her birthday...when in all actuality, we just use birthdays an an excuse to spend more than usual on wine.  LOL!

How about you?  What have you picked up this week?  Did I just open a can of worms? 

-mJ


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RE: What have you bought this week? - 4/11/2007 11:58:22 AM   
Schu

 

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Status: offline 		i picked up:

'04 shafer one point five cabernet sauvignon
'02 schild moorooroo shiraz
'05 schild barossa shiraz
'04 kay bros block 6 shiraz
'00 harrision chardonnay reserve

of those i have only drank the one point five, which was incredible but so so young.  i'm going to try to find some more.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 4/11/2007 11:58:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hmmm, thats quite a few bottles you purchased this week

I just bought this very old port:

1935 Nicolau de Almeida Porto

Expensive enough for just 1 week, cant say anything about the taste as it will lie down to rest for some years. The color is a kind of whiskey like what i can see. Its a transparent bottle so i have to store it away and not let direct sunlight or artificial light harm it. When the time is ripe i will let the community know what it  tasted like.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 4/11/2007 1:09:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Why this thread?

If you want to know what other users are buying (for example, in April, 2007), just ask CT search engine:
http://www.cellartracker.com/list.asp?table=PivotPurchase&Pivot1=Wine&S1=qd&Pivot2=Vintage&PurchaseYear=2007&PurchaseMonth=4&iUserOverride=0&S2=n

CT is wonderful site and it is possible to make even non-standard querries.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 4/11/2007 4:24:29 PM   
Schu

 

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Status: offline 		well i think this was maybe a way to get more traffic on the forums and get people talking about one of the things we love.  eh, who knows.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 4/12/2007 7:36:56 AM   
mj

 

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ORIGINAL: Schu

well i think this was maybe a way to get more traffic on the forums and get people talking about one of the things we love.  eh, who knows.


That's exactly why Schu!  Need something to read my last hour of the work day! =)

-mJ

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 4/13/2007 11:33:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		It's always fun to learn more about vino so I bought the following mail order and direct from the winery.

  1. 2005 Bergström Pinot Noir de Lancellotti
  2. 2005 Bergström Pinot Noir Cumberland Reserve
  3. 2005 Bergström Pinot Noir Bergström

Rather than just say what -  how about why as well? I have had several of the Bergstroms in the past (pre Cellartracker notes) and have simply enjoyed the deep, rich Oregon Pinot Noir's this smaller producer creates. I am not normally an Oregon Pinot lover and find a lot of the wine from my home country (Oregon that is) overpriced and not very well balanced. Bergstrom has given me faith in Oregon. These wines are nearly impossible to find in Seattle and therefore, I bit the bullet and purchased direct. If you see these wines in your neck of the woods, I recommend you grab a couple and prove me right or wrong. I find them simply to be tasty and well made.

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What have you bought this week? - 4/13/2007 2:20:25 PM   
TRairden

 

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Status: offline 		I concur. If anyone's curious about what others are buying, they'll get a much better picture from a query than this thread. I think it's a gross waste of bandwidth, and amounts to babble with, for some, a strong element of bragadocio...

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 4/13/2007 7:23:56 PM   
rrush

 

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Status: offline 		My cellar needed Pinot Noirs, so I headed out to Sonoma and Napa to correct this.  I visited Landmark, Kenwood, Caymus, Clos du Val, Regusci, Chimney Rock, Pine Ridge, and Dariousch.
I love the 2005 Grand Detour Pinot from Landmark! ...and bought some nice 2003 Rutherford Cabernet at Pine Ridge. 
Other bottles were odds and ends including some big bottles of Cab!

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 4/14/2007 1:37:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		What have we bought this week you ask...? AGLIANICO. I have discovered 2 new estates from Campania, Italy. Vuolo and Selvanova. Vuolo is from Colli di Salerno and Selvanova is from Terre del Volturno. Terre del Volturno is where you can find the estate of Galardi's Terre del Volturno at $100-$130 per bottle. The beauty is Selvanova cost about $35.00 - $40.00 and is a better wine.

Clean, structured, tannic like Aglianico should be and huge fruit not huge wood. The tannins are teeth coating like a huge wave of tannins across your teeth. The difference between wood tannins and tannins that coat your teeth is the wood tannins are felt in the back of the mouth where tannins from the fruit is felt at the teeth.

These two estates each received 92 points from Daniel Tomases (not that we care about ratings). I think they would have warranted more if the tannins where toned down a bit but Daniel tasted the wines upon first release. Having tasted these wines later they are much better and will be even better for years to come. Leave them out on the counter for a day or two. No problem. They get even better.

Vuolo exports 20-25 cases for the whole USA. A true vin de garage. This is even difficult to find in Italy. Selvanova is about 400 cases per year.

Selvanova's yields are so low they produce one bottle per vine. This translates to less than four pounds of grapes per vine. Huge extraction. This is though an iron fist in a velvet glove.

If anyone cares for Aglianico, go for these wines. They can be found in NY and NJ only. These two are the best no doubt.

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 9/15/2007 9:59:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		Bought last weekend:
1983 Cos d'Estournel
1990 Bourree Clos de la Roche

We've already drunk one of the Cos, quite gentle and nice and perfectly aged.

But the real pleasant surprise of the week was:
1999 Massa Vecchia Terziere, an off-list special at a restaurant last night. Label says "Alicante di Maremma Toascana", IGT. Who can tell me anything about this wine? (Of course I already know the most important thing, which is how nice it was to drink...)

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RE: What have you bought this week? - 9/16/2007 4:55:36 AM   
Colonel Lawrence

 

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Status: offline 		Strange that some think this thread is a waste of bandwidth - and then post on it!
Seemed an OK question to me.
These were my last two purchases*:
  • 2001 Quinta do Vale Dona Maria Douro
  • 2004 Quinta do Vale Dona Maria Douro
    and so that I can post something that isn't available elsewhere, this is what I will buy next:
    2005 Viña Almaviva S.A. Almaviva
    and am considering/searching for:
    2003 Concha y Toro Carmenère Carmín de Peumo

    L.

    * not Bordeaux!!!

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 9/17/2007 10:17:16 PM   
    mbannon

     

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    From: Portland, OR
    Status: offline     		Purchases this week:

    06 Kim Crawford Sauv Blanc (along with every other person on the planet)
    05 Bodegas Castano Monastrell
    04 Finca El Reposo Malbec (Argentina)
    06 Librandi Ciro Bianco (Italy)
    05 Perrin et Fils Cotes du Rhone Blanc
    99 Quilceda Creek (haven't told my wife about that one yet, shhhh!)

    Five to drink and one to cellar.  Not bad for one week.


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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 9/18/2007 3:03:12 AM   
    Colonel Lawrence

     

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    Status: offline     		A nice benefit of this thread is that I discover there is a wine - called 1999 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon - that everyone likes.
    Well everyone except Eric http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=372 !
    Suspect his must have been a bad bottle.

    With this many great wines to discover I think I'd better start drinking more ;)

    L.

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 9/18/2007 2:53:07 PM   
    kilsen

     

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    From: Philadelphia, PA (USA)
    Status: offline     		I was fortunate to be able to drink a 2002 Quilceda Creek Cab last year.  A remarkable wine (Wine Advocate (Pierre Rovani) 100 pts).  Perhaps even more remarkable: I had it in a New York City restaurant (Veritas) for $180.

    Two weeks ago I bought:

    2003 Dominus
    2000 Croix de Labrie
    1995 Cos d'Estournel
    2005 Two Hands Lily's Garden
    2003 Robert Keenan Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Spring Mountain
    2003 Numanthia

    and this week I'm picking up:

    2004 Joseph Phelps Insignia
    2001 E. Guigal Hermitage Ex Voto
    2001 E. Guigal Hermitage Ex Voto Blanc
    2002 Verite La Joie
    2005 Alonso del Yerro Maria Ribera del Duero


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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 9/18/2007 9:36:34 PM   
    mbannon

     

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    Status: offline     		Oh great.  One more person to fight over the rare bottle of QC.  I knew I should have kept my mouth shut.  ;)

    I figure the 99 or 00 will probably be the last vintage I can afford.  Maybe the 01, but it wasn't long after that the prices went totally berserk.  03 is insane.

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 9/19/2007 4:23:38 AM   
    Colonel Lawrence

     

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    Status: offline     		Bought the
    2005 Viña Almaviva S.A. Almaviva
    and
  • 2004 Viña Almaviva S.A. Almaviva
  • 2003 Viña Almaviva S.A. Almaviva

    plus a couple more 2006 Bordeaux, that were bearable prices:
  • 2006 Château Calon-Ségur
  • 2006 Château Lynch-Bages

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 9/21/2007 8:19:46 AM   
    Wrighty

     

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    Status: offline     		Was impressed with Almaviva tasted at Decanter's New World Wine Encounter in May but haven't bought since.  Not so much what I've bought but more what I've drunk this week - an 8 vintage vertical of Leeuwin Art Series Chardonnay with the founder, Denis Horgan.  Fantastic [white] wines and a great if somewhat long evening http://www.cellartracker.com/event.asp?iEvent=3702

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 9/21/2007 9:33:50 AM   
    Schu

     

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    Status: offline     		I bought a few bottles of the 04 Isole e Olena "Cepparello" and I opened a bottle of 04 Chappellet Vineyard Mountain Cuvée which i thought was really good for a $20-25 daily drinker.  So I stand to pick up a few more of those.  And although I didn't buy them this week I have a few bottles of 03 Morazzano Montescudaio Re Rosso, 01 Morazzano Brunello di Montalcino, and 04 Morazzano Ribuio that I think should be delivered soon judging from the drop in temperatures on the Mid-Atlantic region.

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 9/22/2007 3:39:44 AM   
    Colonel Lawrence

     

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    Status: offline     		Paul,
    "Fantastic [white] wines and a great if somewhat long evening"
    How can an evening tasting fine wines be "somewhat long"?   ;)
    Thanks for the positive on Almaviva.
    I've now collected 1997 thru' 2005 and laid them away.
    (Part of my campaign to discover great wines that aren't Bordeaux and more importantly, don't cost what fine Bordeaux cost nowadays).
    Paid on average 26.70 pounds IB for each bottle.
    So by my calculation they just have to be as good as Calon Segur 2006.
    L.

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 9/25/2007 9:25:26 AM   
    Wrighty

     

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    Status: offline     		Colonel,

    It was somewhat long on the basis I got home about 2.30am ish, having started at 5.30pm and was up around 7.00am the next morning.  The actual evening wasn't 'long', it was the next day (or two) which perhaps I should have said were.

    It's turning into a heavy month with lots of corporate stuff so have been buying more of the following.
    2005 Zenato Lugana San Benedetto
    2001 Campogiovanni (San Felice) Brunello di Montalcino
    2005 Glaetzer Shiraz The Bishop
    2004 Leeuwin Estate Chardonnay Art Series

    As well as Leeuwin Arts Series Riesling, Saltram #1, 2003 Sassicaia (to go with the single bottle vertical collection I have) and 2004 Leeuwin Arts Series for myself.

    I've had all of the above 'corporate wines' several times and they're excellent wines and sensible prices for the quality.

    Wrighty

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 9/25/2007 11:45:33 AM   
    Colonel Lawrence

     

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    Status: offline     		Paul,
    Sounds more like a St. Andrews Ball, that I remember from Asia, than a wine tasting.
    Rather jealous!
    I've just bought 2000 Château Croix de Labrie from Farr for 450 pounds a case against list price of 700!
    With RP pts of 95 feeling rather pleased with myself.
    Haggling with two dealers over 2006 Amon Ra that I learnt about on CT.
    Cheers,
    L.

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 10/2/2007 6:50:32 AM   
    Wrighty

     

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    Status: offline     		Colonel,
    It was a good night, probably not to be repeated soon.  Had Glaetzer Heartland white over the weekend and pretty good considering it was less than GBP10 in HK.  The Glaetzer wines seem to be one to start collecting, believe he was the wine make of the Black Pepper E&E which I like so bodes well.  Good luck with the haggling.
    Wrighty

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 10/7/2007 4:26:24 AM   
    Colonel Lawrence

     

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    Status: offline     		Acquired 2005 and 2006 Amon Ra.
    Now looking at Kay Brothers Amery Vineyards from 2004.
    My Aussie collection is beginning to look like a little cellar now:
    24 different wines from 5 producers (Two Hands, Kay Bros, Glaetzer, Whoop Whoop, Standish and Torbreck), 2003-2006, nine rated above 95 pts by RP, and 19 above 90 CT pts.
    And best of all the average price about 18 pounds a bottle (IB), whereas my Bordeaux wines cost an average of  exactly twice that!
    L.

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 10/7/2007 5:19:45 AM   
    jamscreator

     

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    Status: offline     		I've finally been getting some items in I bought over the summer but have had them held due to the high temps,  Here is a partial list of what came in this week:

    1994 Delaforce Porto Vintage
    1994 Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
    2001 Château Grand Corbin-Despagne
    1978 Château Haut-Brion
    2000 Bodegas J.C. Conde Ribera del Duero Neo
    1996 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon The Montelena Estate
    2003 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron
    2001 Château Prieuré-Lichine
    2001 Taylor (Fladgate) Porto Vintage Quinta de Vargellas
    2002 Taz Syrah Santa Barbara County
    2004 Veramonte Primus

    All in all I'd say it was a productive week.

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 10/7/2007 6:57:37 AM   
    Wrighty

     

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    From: Hong Kong
    Status: offline     		Should get 6 bottles of Woodlands Cab Sav sent up this week and have also just had allocation on a case of the Moss Wood 04 so this will be on its way as well. 

    Wrighty

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 10/9/2007 6:13:37 PM   
    jamscreator

     

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    From: Indiana USA
    Status: offline     		Picked up a few more this week:

    1999 Cape d'Estaing Shiraz

    2003 Concha y Toro Cabernet Sauvignon Don Melchor Puente Alto (am I the last person on CT to buy this wine?  Ha!!)

    2001 JJ Hahn Shiraz Nineteen Fourteen

    2000 Château Malmaison

    1989 Château Rieussec Sauternes
     
    2001 Terra Blanca Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain 3.0L  (I know, I know, but what the heck?  I wanted a big bottle to display in the cellar!)

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 10/11/2007 7:35:05 AM   
    Colonel Lawrence

     

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    Status: offline     		Just 2 cases of 2004 St Hallett Shiraz Blackwell   http://www.sthallett.com.au/text_site/index.asp?ID=40
    Very reasonable and from Sainsbury's who may soon be owned by Qatar.
    Let's hope they keep selling wine ;)
    L.

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 10/11/2007 8:27:39 AM   
    smigdiggler

     

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    From: Napa Valley
    Status: offline     		i purchased from a friend:

    1982 Ch. Margaux (1) 750
    1985 Ch. Leoville Barton (1) 750
    1983 Prieure-Lichene (2) 750

    Yikes, I am now buying older wines...

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    RE: What have you bought this week? - 10/12/2007 5:58:29 AM   
    Colonel Lawrence

     

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    Status: offline     		That's a good friend!
    What's the 750 mean?
    Millilitres?
    Too much to hope it's bottles!
    L.

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