Producer: Aubert
Wine (across vintages): Aubert Lauren Chard
Individual wine: 2010 Ladera Howell Mountain Reserve Cab (Costco was selling it for $47.99 so I bought a bunch)

Massachusetts on its way this week

Not sure about the minimum for the fall Pinot release, but last year the ones I bought were priced from $85 (UV and UV-SL) to $110 (CIX). Also note that the fall release includes a few Chardonnays. For the last few years it’s been the Hudson Vineyard and the appellation wines (Sonoma Coast and Carne...

The spring release opened up today for "priority access" customers (long-term customers, I believe - I've been buying since the 2004 vintage). The regular release is on Tuesday Jan 14. My allocation was the same as last year, and the prices were the same except that Lauren is now $115 (up from $100 ...

We also stopped at ETS Martin (what an amazing store!!) but didn't taste there. What was your format like? I plan to arrange a tasting in their below ground room on our next visit in the future.... It was very informal and not anything that had been planned for us (I believe.) We walked in and they...

I just returned from France including two days touring Bordeaux with Henri, and I would highly recommend it. We were a group of 10 and we did one day in St. Emilion/Pomerol and one day in Graves/Sauternes. Given the size of our group Henri had two vehicles (two Mercedes-Benz passenger vans) and the ...

Ed Gonzales wrote: ↑

August 1st, 2019, 11:12 am

is this the 'regular' or eba? i can't keep track.

It is the ‘regular’. The spring offer is the EBA and the white.

I've had a couple of bottles of the '00 LB in the last couple of years and they have both been fantastic. The first one was at a 2017 tasting with Damian Barton Sartorius here in the Boston area, and the second one was from an order I made from the same event so it is possible (but I'm not entirely ...

Ordering open now - I just placed my order

TomHill wrote:Curious as to what the prices are on these, these days.
I know...if you have to ask the price...you can't afford 'em.
Tom

Up $10 from last year - now $170 each for the Syrah/Grenache. Not sure about the sticky - wish list only for me and no price listed online.

Mattias, How long were you on the list before your were offered the wishlist option for mags? I just saw this now... This is my third year on the list. I've bought everything in full but not requested anything extra in the past. There were wish list options for the regular-sized bottles from the ge...

Thanks, Jay. I also wrote SQN and asked and they responded with the same answer, but you were faster.

Does anyone know the price of the magnum box? (One mag of each.)

It's listed as a wish list item for me, but I don't see a price listed, so would like to understand how much it would be if my wish were to be fulfilled.

June is tough for me - will be out of town for much of the month, but July should be workable sometime after the July 4th weekend.

I'm still good. Should we take a tally to see if we have enough or if we should reschedule?

Missed this thread for the last week...just confirming that I'm in for the 23rd.

I'm throwing a Kentucky Derby party on May 2. Could do May 23.

Yes - I'd rather wait a bit if that helps us get a sizable group. Being pretty new on the list and not having many bottles yet, each one feels pretty precious, so would rather share them with more people. More fun to try a sixth of six different bottles than a third from three...or something like th...

I had never heard of SQN before registering on this board, and can't believe the wines go for those prices. What is the cheapest SQN wine that would give you an idea of the house style? To get an idea of the house style I recommend trying any of the Syrahs or Grenaches. They change the names every ...

I find the argument that it's "impossible to believe" that someone can love both La Tache and SQN Syrah to be simply preposterous. Yes, DRC and SQN have very different ideas of what they want their wines to taste like so you could say that one is the antithesis of the other...but so do Yquem and pro...

I received the email this morning that the SQN book is now for sale. $190. Clothbound, 250 pages and 13.5" x 9" in size. I placed my order. Manfred said it will be sold to both active mailing list and waiting list folks, but not through any other channels. They are only planning one print run and ex...

Yeah, I hope we can round up some more local SQNers...

I'd be interested. I've only been on the list a couple of years so would only be able to contribute the young stuff, though.

Would anyone with the "larger" allocations be willing to share how they break down. I'm relatively new on the list and got 1 box of the EBA and 6 whites for 12 bottles total - same as last year (which was my first year.) Not that I really need more - this makes a large enough dent as it is - but I'm...

For those curious about the names, the 2011 Estate Syrah & Grenache are called "PATINE" and the 2013 white is "RÉSISTÉ".

SQN and Aubert

Aubert added MA as a valid shipping state on their January offer. I spoke to Reuling Vineyards and they plan to add MA as well.

ATaylor wrote:

F Drazka wrote:What is the pinot pricing?

This is a chards only release

There was one Pinot. The 2012 Sonoma Coast (appellation wine).

open now for me. I call BS on this. neener I have been a buyer since the 2004 vintage, having placed 16 orders, and my normal allocation just says "Boatload." I just tried and the site says nothing is currently available even after I log in. Jay, I placed my order around 7:30 AM Eastern Time this m...

I'm interested - sounds like an event worth coming down from Boston for...

Can't help with venue suggestions - I'm pretty disconnected from the NYC scene.

I'm sad to see that Reuling dropped off. Along with Hyde & Sons. Anyone know what the story is there? In addition to the list above, I was offered the 2009 Sonoma Coast Pinot for $55. As usual, a number of magnum chards only available thru wish list. (Can't see the full list anymore since I already ...