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Russell Faulkner

From memory, Launois and Milan charge a fee. But at Launois it includes entry to the museum and Milan was waived with purchases.

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Caves au Forum would be closed on a Sunday though...

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Decent length. Check out tours that have something fun. Taittinger used to take you through the cellars on a little train.

I don’t think of Reims as being particularly congested. Certainly not on a Sunday but check places are open. Many will be closed.

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Personally. I’d stay in Paris unless it’s a long trip.

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Try getting Julian Haart 3* Auslese or any of the white labels.

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Julian Haart Kabi.

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Seems like I have a 97 Domprobst Auslese somewhere. Will dig it out.

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Is the CC bottled barrel by barrel?

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I wouldn’t say it’s normal without knowing the producer/region.

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We visited Chateau Olivier a few years back. Not far from Haut-Brion, nice property and visit.

I think the wines have changed direction a bit since then though.

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Yao, that sounds like the normal tour. You enjoyed it more than we did. I’m glad!

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Yes, but don’t have great expectations. Probably 2-4 wines and maybe only one of the ‘Grand Vin’.

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1. Nope. Indeed you won’t be offered any
2. Nope
3. No need to dress up, ‘smart casual’.

Enjoy!

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If you didn’t like Reims then skip Épernay!

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Ask the person you buy the most Krug from to arrange it. Though to be frank it’s not the best visit in Champagne.

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I guess this is proof people don’t click your links Victor!

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Obvious bets are Molitor, Loosen or Lieser.

This producer was never imported to the Uk in any quantity, I’ve only tried a couple of bottles.

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Looking back, I really have ‘enough’ of all of the producers I listed back when this started.

So I’d probably go with a totally different list including Julian Haart, Keller, Weisser-Kunstler, Trossen, Spater-Veit, Julg, Krug, Tremblay, DP and Accomasso.

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Ah yes. Forgot to come back, much darker fruits than on average for the producer, and IIRC for the straight Vosne from 2012, lots of black cherry notes. Less obviously ‘pretty’ than most Tremblay wines but a lovely wine all the same.

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Right now, probably Cecile Tremblay and Julian Haart.

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Get better!

2000 Egon Muller Auction Spatlese and 2012 Cecile Tremblay Les Beaumonts.

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Inspired me to open this:

Will report back, might be hard to drink sideways.

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There’s been almost no supply of these wines. That will change soon as a number of collectors will sell.

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Fritz is run by Thomas’ brother Oliver. Both great chaps. Father is Wilhelm, who made great wines.

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Not on my radar anymore. Had some lovely older bottles from the 80s and 90s though.

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Here too, but only started with the 2010s so not tried an 09 apart from a few small restaurant pours.

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Well, the Liebfrauenstift version is very good!

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user_id=7804] Can’t be a proper Welshman, they have arses not asses. Classic I think arse is actually an English word .... asyn is what they say in Wales ... or at least that’s what Mr. Google says Ah but relatively few people of Alan’s age speak Welsh, it’s much more common amongst the under 40s a...

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Somewhat passive aggressive uses of ‘religion’ and ‘tradition’ there Howard, but I generally agree with you. I don’t look first to the Mosel for dry wines but there are some excellent ones. I can’t comment on the ‘widely available’ in your market. My top producers are Prum (10% of the cellar), Willi...

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Can’t be a proper Welshman, they have arses not asses.

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I went to my local supermarket today and they had zero bottles of wine from the Loire. So I can confirm it’s completely dead at retail internationally.

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Wine at retail is pretty much dead for me.

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Huge fan. Top three Champagne producer in my cellar. Wonderful guy too.

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John, five years. But I probably got it wrong.

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Send the guy a Facebook message.

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I ran a very quick and dirty calculation, and under the fund terms mentioned above, and assuming 1% of NAV per year in running costs, a 15% compound increase in the value of the wines (assuming arms length sale valuations) gets the investor a net 2% return.

That 7.5% upfront kills it.

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And most of those costs are met by the investment vehicle individually, not paid by the manager out of their 2% fees.

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Hedge fund model, fees on Nav with a high watermark.

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Is this a legal or moral question.

I’d be surprised if the legal path was anything other than the retailler.

Morally you can debate it all day long.

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Not to me!

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Someone should tell Bollinger. Every bottle is sealed with cork for secondary fermentation and stored on its side in their cellars.

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Not that hard to find if you can be bothered (and don’t have significant shipping restrictions). Though somewhat harder by the time the list is published. Though it’s a reasonable basis for preparation, though better to call it out maybe. Number two seems totally unavailable in the US or UK, so I’m ...

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In the UK your complaint is with the retailer.

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Lists like this are less useful if you don’t know what the preparer tasted and didn’t put on the list. Nothing from any auctions? No Lieser (both Doctor wines were superb), no Julian Haart or Weisser-Kuntstler, assume the Prum 2016 was a typo but there are other recent vintages in there. Wittmann Mo...

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The fees are on the website. 7.5% upfront and 2% management fee per year. £100k minimum.

Performance fee of 20% (with a high watermark).

I’m quite sure the fund also pays expenses such as audit and administration and storage.

I won’t be investing.

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Where do they buy at the cellar door? Not Bordeaux or Burgundy? I'm pretty sure some do, but reading the fine print on the websites of these two, it seems they buy from intermediaries. How are you sure. I understand it’s not possible in Bordeaux (for ‘investment grade’ wines) and I don’t see many t...

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Where do they buy at the cellar door? Not Bordeaux or Burgundy?

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Robert.A.Jr. wrote: ↑
December 14th, 2018, 10:50 am
Yea, I forgot, poor little ‘ol Lafleur.

That and Le Pin are the only notable Bordeaux that I have not had before.

You should come visit.

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Which ever one has the most cab franc......and u will find my answer :) So which ones do you think have the most Cab Franc? Cab Franc is always high on my list as well. Cheval Blanc Ausone VCC can go high, look at 2011 vintage, which is excellent Figeac There are some with more CF, but these are th...

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