So what have you bought lately?

dstgolf · Post by **dstgolf** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 9:41 pm

Nice haul Ian. I guess Brexit and the falling pound not concerning you.

Just picked up the last of my 2015 future that I had no idea that I had purchased and paid for but happy to bring in 6 Cantemerle, 6 d'Aghuile and 6 La Veille Cure which will add to the intermediate term drinkers.

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:54 am

Swung by the Total Wine in Norwalk CT while heading over to my aunt and uncles in Wilton CT for Xmas eve and found an unopened OWC of the 2014 Pichon Lalande sitting up in the rafters for $103.48 on mix and match which I think is going to be the cheapest price I will find so I scooped that up along with 6 btls of 2015 Felsina Rancia CCR @ $40.99/per.

Comte Flaneur · Post by **Comte Flaneur** » Tue Dec 25, 2018 6:40 pm

Did you snag the whole case of 14 PLL JC?

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Tue Dec 25, 2018 7:19 pm

Comte Flaneur wrote:Did you snag the whole case of 14 PLL JC?

Yes sir as IMHO, you can never have too much Pichon Lalande and I hope you and Maureen have a Merry Xmas!

Comte Flaneur · Post by **Comte Flaneur** » Tue Dec 25, 2018 8:54 pm

Nice effort JC, you really do have your life priorities sorted. For that you should be commended to the Benevolent Dictator for an Outstanding Bravery and Lifetime Achievement Award. With Pichon Lalande you can’t really go wrong. Merry Christmas to you and Ceil too.

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Tue Dec 25, 2018 9:37 pm

JC, well done. I still think you’d profit from attending a Convention, but I cannot argue with laying down a few extra bottles for the impending zombie apocalypse.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Tue Dec 25, 2018 9:47 pm

Upon recommendation by the esteemed Sir Comte Flaneur Esquire of London, Her Majesty's United Kingdom, and by the power vested in me by myself as the most kind and benevolent dicator of Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts, I do hereby award you, jckba, BWEer extraordinaire, the BWE Outstanding Bravery and Lifetime Achievement Award for your remarkable bravery and determination in the acquisition of a full case of 2014 Pichon Longueville Lalande. You are what we like to call back home a true "Bordeaux Wine Enthusiast."

So it is written. So it shall be done.

On this twenty-fifth day of December in the Year of our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen.

Jim How
Benevolent Dictator
Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts
Lewiston, Maine
United States

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Wed Dec 26, 2018 3:02 am

And I hereby accept said award afterall, justifying another case purchase of a fine Bdx is really quite easy as I look at it as investing in my future.

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 2:44 pm

After all the chatter regarding TW, I swung by the Norwalk CT store yesterday and picked up an OWC 6pack of the 2015 Giscours @ $62.98/per on mix6, along with the 10 remaining btls of 2014 Clerc Milon @ $53.98/per on mix6 (btw, the website showed this item as out of stock), 2 btls of 2014 Les Carmes Haut Brion @ $53.98/per on mix6 and a btl of Blantons @ $51.99 that they are no longer putting out on the shelves.

OrlandoRobert · Post by **OrlandoRobert** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 2:57 pm

Trying to scale back, but over the last couple weeks:

4 x 1995 Sociando Mallet Cuvee Jean Gautreau
2 x 1996 Sociando Mallet Cuvee Jean Gautreau
3 x 2011 Cuchet Beliando Cornas
1 x 1999 Cuchet Beliando
1 x 2000 Cuchet Beliando
6 x 2015 Plouzeau Clos de Mailevrier Chinon Franc de Pied
3 x 2013 Cuchet Beliando

Could not pass on any of these offerings.

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 3:11 pm

Never tried a Sociando Mallet Cuvee Jean Gautreau, that would be fun. For some reason, I passed on the 05 of this on Winebid for like $45 + premium three or four years ago.

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:32 pm

1 1983 Pichon-Lalande
6 2007 Jadot Charmes-Chambertin
4 2009 St. Innocent Momtazi
1 2003 Guiraud
6 2015 SI Freedom Hill Pinot Blanc
6 2016 SI Freedom Hill Chardonnay
12 2016 SI Justice
12 2016 SI Zenith

AlohaArtakaHoundsong · Thu Jan 10, 2019 11:32 pm

OrlandoRobert wrote:
4 x 1995 Sociando Mallet Cuvee Jean Gautreau
2 x 1996 Sociando Mallet Cuvee Jean Gautreau

I was under the apparently mistaken impression that this cuvee was only created more recently.

Claret · Post by **Claret** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:48 am

Pieropan Soave, love this stuff

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 1:04 am

It’s a New Year, so my strict buying freeze is over (for now)... hence, I’ve bought:
3 bottles of 2000 Brane Cantenac
4 bottles of 2015 Brane Cantenac (as part of a case split with Bill & David)
4 bottles of 1995 Produttori del Barbaresco Montefico
3 bottles of 2014 Haut Bailly
3 bottles of 2008 Haut Bailly
3 bottles of 1990 Gazin (Pomerol)
1 bottle of 2015 Giscours

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 6:02 pm

1 1999 Certain de May
1 1995 du Tertre
1 1995 La Pointe
2 1970 La Lagune
1 1982 La Lagune

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 7:01 pm

Nice, Bill. How’s the 70 Lagune holding up these days?

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 7:10 pm

I dunno, Patrick. I hope that at least one of these is good.

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:38 am

A mixed case of 2014s, thanks to a Total Wine 20% off discount and some help from Chris navigating availability on their website:

Pichon Baron
Gruaud Larose
Talbot
Giscours

And a few bottles of Billecart Salmon Rosé

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:37 pm

Was extended an Aubert mailing list purchase from a friend who was passing on his allocation this year and picked up a mixed case (2 of each of the Powder House, Lauren, UV-SL, CIX, Eastside and Sugar Shack) and also pulled the trigger on a case purchase of the 2016 Charvin CdP @ $50/all-in per btl.

JCNorthway · Post by **JCNorthway** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 6:21 pm

That's a very good price on the Charvin. Nice haul.

jal · Post by **jal** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 6:22 pm

4 1999 Rieussec splits
1 1988 Rieussec
3 2016 Lafon Bourgogne Blanc
3 2016 Thiriet Bourgogne Blanc
6 2014 Niellon Chassagne Vergers

jal · Post by **jal** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 7:40 pm

3 2016 Gonon St Joseph

OrlandoRobert · Post by **OrlandoRobert** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:47 pm

jal wrote:3 2016 Gonon St Joseph

That, sir, is a most excellent purchase. Gonon, Levet, Baudry and Sociando are my four most represented wineries in my "cellar". The 2016 Gonon Iles Feray, i.e., their base syrah, is excellent. Have not cracked open a St Joe yet. Sitting on them. I'm really liking the vintage, however.

jal · Post by **jal** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:20 pm

OrlandoRobert wrote:
jal wrote:3 2016 Gonon St Joseph
That, sir, is a most excellent purchase. Gonon, Levet, Baudry and Sociando are my four most represented wineries in my "cellar". The 2016 Gonon Iles Feray, i.e., their base syrah, is excellent. Have not cracked open a St Joe yet. Sitting on them. I'm really liking the vintage, however.

Thank you sir, I'll ask about the Isles Feray. My buddy Thomas just opened two weeks ago the ultimate AFWE wine store right in my hood in Sarasota (he would hate it if he knew that's what I called his place) and had a six bottles allocation. I split the loot with my friend Suzanne. We also cleaned him of his 2016 Jamet Collines Rodaniennes Syrah.

Blanquito · Post by **Blanquito** » Sat Jan 19, 2019 3:45 pm

What's the 2016 Gonon St. Joseph going for?

jal · Post by **jal** » Sat Jan 19, 2019 3:58 pm

Blanquito wrote:What's the 2016 Gonon St. Joseph going for?

I paid $89.

William P · Post by **William P** » Thu Jan 24, 2019 5:36 pm

2012 Haut Bailly, 1500ml - $99.00

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Thu Jan 24, 2019 5:45 pm

William P wrote:2012 Haut Bailly, 1500ml - $99.00

!! Where was that if you don’t mind me asking, as that is one hell of a deal!

William P · Post by **William P** » Thu Jan 24, 2019 5:57 pm

Costco.

AlohaArtakaHoundsong · Thu Jan 24, 2019 5:59 pm

William P wrote:Costco.

Not Kona?

AlohaArtakaHoundsong · Thu Jan 24, 2019 6:05 pm

I don't think I mentioned it but I ordered a case of 2016 Lanessan for $16 per. The idea is for it to go mano a mano with the 2016 Lagrange I ordered previously. I do kind of regret that what's his name--HlFdB--is consulting at Lanessan now. He obviously has a great success at Angelus (at least as far as the price he commands) and I've enjoyed his LdP but I always worry about style convergence.

William P · Post by **William P** » Thu Jan 24, 2019 6:05 pm

Not Kona, but I'll be there Monday to check it out.

AKR · Post by **AKR** » Thu Jan 24, 2019 6:12 pm

Speaking of what I DID NOT buy....I was at my local specialty butcher picking up some Kurobota pork chops and saw that they had the 2015 Mauvesin Barton offered for.....$63

That is like 5x what this Moulis goes for at K&L.

I'm assuming someone mislabeled it thinking it was Langoa Barton or something.

AlohaArtakaHoundsong · Thu Jan 24, 2019 6:14 pm

William P wrote:Not Kona, but I'll be there Monday to check it out.

Ha! I am leaving next week for 10 days of skiing in Colorado. WTF.

William P · Post by **William P** » Thu Jan 24, 2019 10:57 pm

(2) 2012 Pape Clement, 1500ml, $100.00 a bottle. Again, at the Costco Elk Grove Ca store, on closeout.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 12:19 am

nice score williamP

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 1:06 am

4 bottles of 2000 Ch Magdelaine. Enabled by His Orlandoness.

jckba · Post by **jckba** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 12:15 am

Picked up a 6er of 2014 Sociando Mallet mags for $61.18/per + tax from Gary’s Wine in New Jersey during their January inventory clearance sale.

OrlandoRobert · Post by **OrlandoRobert** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 1:00 am

DavidG wrote:4 bottles of 2000 Ch Magdelaine. Enabled by His Orlandoness.

Whoa, where did you find these yummies!?