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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 4/21/2017 12:05:23 AM   
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Block Nine Pinot Noir isn't terrible for about $11.

I still emphatically stand behind my recommendation for 2015 Heinz Eifel Spatlese. The Kabinett is around the same price too - approximately $12, give or take a dollar.

Interesting. Was just reading about a label called Nine Hats, which is WA. Block Nine is in a promising price range for me. Not yet available locally, but will keep an eye out and put on watch list.

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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 4/21/2017 12:33:23 AM   
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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 4/21/2017 3:33:40 AM   
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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 4/21/2017 7:59:11 AM   
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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 4/22/2017 2:31:34 AM   
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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 4/24/2017 9:51:27 AM   
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Both under $15 and quite tasty for what the are...

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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 5/1/2017 7:27:38 PM   
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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 5/2/2017 7:33:09 AM   
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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 5/2/2017 7:50:36 AM   
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2014 Seaside Cellars Marlborough PN (New Zealand) - this officially rang the death knell for domestic Pinot Noir. If the Kiwis can do PN this good, and keep it UNDER $10 even after shipping it halfway around the planet, why would I want to pay 4 times as much for stemmy over-oaked plonk?

I'll have to see if I can find any here in the Left Coast. Sounds great.

Edit: just checked w-s and, no, it's all East Coast distribution. I see some under $10 in NYC, though. I wish I could try it before paying shipping, etc. I suppose it's no great loss if I don't like it.

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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 5/2/2017 8:56:44 PM   
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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 5/3/2017 2:08:07 PM   
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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 5/4/2017 12:20:51 AM   
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Bought at Costco for about $9. Drinks a bit above that level. I am monitoring the Cam selection at Costco, as I am uncertain how much of a continued variety they will offer. The Costco I frequent has always seemed to have 8 or more Cam selections. But wondered if that might change with the ownership change.

Do remember a Cam Rose' I bought a few years back at Costco.

My experience has been that Cam is consistently good.

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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/19/2017 10:12:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		A few good recent sub-$15 bottles:

2014 Christophe Buisson Bourgogne-Aligoté

2015 Domaine Giacometti Sciacarello Vin de France Rouge “Sempre ****entu” (Corsican red)

Picked up both of these for $10/btl, and am definitely pleased with the purchase.

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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/19/2017 10:53:14 AM   
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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/19/2017 11:13:00 AM   
midpalate

 

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It would be "contentu" but with a u in place of the o. It's -- I think -- corsican for "content" which is the french word for happy (corsican being a mix of french and italian, I'd imagine).

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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/19/2017 11:54:22 AM   
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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/19/2017 2:55:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		A few recently, all decent but not spectacular. Nor do they have to be anything but decent, since they exceed the <$15.

Santa Carolina Carmenere' Reserva 2014, <$10 (local wine store)
Amancay Torrontés Reserva La Rioja 2014, <$5 (Trader Joe's)
Kirkland Signature Chardonnay Sonoma County, 2015 (Costco, <$10)
Mezzadro Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, 2015, <$10 (local wine store)

For Costco, the Kirkland Chard and their Pinot Grigio Friuli are repeaters for summer daily drinkers.

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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/19/2017 9:05:14 PM   
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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/20/2017 9:20:11 PM   
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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/21/2017 6:17:25 AM   
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Our first 2009 Lanessan of 12. Classic left bank flavor profile. Excellent wine that will only improve over the next decade. Recently purchased the 2016 so thought I would check in...glad I did!


One of the best values!! Still available in various bottle sizes.

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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/21/2017 8:28:31 AM   
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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/21/2017 8:52:12 AM   
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Awesome!
We did 2014 Domaine de la Parentière Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Vieilles Vignes recently.
Great acidic summer white

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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/21/2017 10:56:36 AM   
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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/21/2017 4:11:27 PM   
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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/24/2017 9:15:54 AM   
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Status: offline 		Nice crisp dry summer sparkler from the Languedoc-Roussillon region in France.
Combination of Chardonnay (50%), Chenin Blanc (40%) and Pinot Noir (10%) grapes. Made by a wine maker originally from Champagne.

Great find and value and under $15.
NV Domaine Collin Crémant de Limoux Brut

They have a Rose as well, that is also very good.

Grab some if you can find it.

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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/24/2017 11:30:25 PM   
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Nice crisp dry summer sparkler from the Languedoc-Roussillon region in France.
Combination of Chardonnay (50%), Chenin Blanc (40%) and Pinot Noir (10%) grapes. Made by a wine maker originally from Champagne.

Great find and value and under $15.
NV Domaine Collin Crémant de Limoux Brut

They have a Rose as well, that is also very good.

Grab some if you can find it.

Not available in my area. Sigh. Any other sparkling from that region at similar pricing that you'd suggest?

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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/25/2017 7:48:26 AM   
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Try this search - it lists the cremants by number of bottles in cellars

Just look for the better average CT scores and see if they have it in your area.
Cremants tend to be more reasonable in price, so you should be able to find some nice wines for a good price.

A number that average over 89 points and are under $20.


Cremants by number of bottles


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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/25/2017 1:38:29 PM   
midpalate

 

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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/25/2017 2:01:23 PM   
PinotPhile

 

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Status: offline 		Will do. Got a Limoux sparkling for a friend's gift, out of state. Been curious ever since.

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RE: Best "Under $15" Bottle You've Had Lately? - 6/26/2017 9:52:18 AM   
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I don't know where you are in So Cal but Domaine LA has the rose for $15.99, I might have to pick up a bottle or two to try.

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ORIGINAL: Redrunners

Nice crisp dry summer sparkler from the Languedoc-Roussillon region in France.
Combination of Chardonnay (50%), Chenin Blanc (40%) and Pinot Noir (10%) grapes. Made by a wine maker originally from Champagne.

Great find and value and under $15.
NV Domaine Collin Crémant de Limoux Brut

They have a Rose as well, that is also very good.

Grab some if you can find it.

Not available in my area. Sigh. Any other sparkling from that region at similar pricing that you'd suggest?



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