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As always, the estimates were weird. Some good values even at high estimate or higher. Then there was whoever paid over 300 a bottle for 81 Lopez....

Broad mix of stuff for near term sampling and the cellar. Fun to mix it up. 2009 Remoissenet Père et Fils Bonnes Mares Bonnes Mares 2012 Domaine PavelotSavigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru La Dominode 2008 Château Cantemerle 2013 Domaine Heresztyn/Heresztyn-Mazzini Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Village 2017 Domaine...

Excellent report, thanks.

Reporting back years later. The spiegelau low end burgundy glass (4408000) is awful. Makes everything smell super alcoholic. Hopefully this will save someone from a bad purchase The white glass (4408002) is fine.

I have mags of Riesling because it's Riesling, select long lived reds in significant years (anniversary and kids) and a smattering of other age-able reds that have been included in auction lots. Nothing bigger than a mag though as I know that I will never open it, and have also anecdotally heard (is...

There are excellent threads here on classification of red burg producers. Has anyone put together anything similar for white? This is likely complicated by the fact that many producers seem to have altered their styles in the post pox era, but would be very interesting to see. Obviously use of sulfu...

Mag of 2010 Monte hello at some future round number wedding anniversary.

Just now seeing this. I've had that 79 Trapet several times and it has been beautiful each time. My bottles were acquired about ten years ago when I joined a group for a multi-case purchase at auction. After the group leader acquired possession he called me embarrassed because the cartons said Ross...

Going the other way, Sushi Noz in NYC is 100/bottle and 150 for a mag.

In Burgundy I have found that the 2014 vintage for reds is very much to my taste as they develop and there are a healthy number of wines available at reasonable prices. For whites obviously another story... And fwiw for younger wines less worry about storage and provenance. I get the impression tha...

Hard to find non-negociant Chambolle for even close to $50 these days. Doesn't seem like a lot to pay for ageworthy Pinot.

William Kelley commented in an earlier thread that barthod only has bourgogne vines in Bon Batons so it's just a labelling question.

Cellar/purchase/consumption 21 17 21 German white 19 29 15 Burg red 15 7 18 CA red 12 11 7 Rhone red 10 9 4 Piemont red 8 12 16 Burg white 3.5 6 2.5% BDX red 3 4 1 Champagne Let's see...I buy and drink a lot of riesling. I backfilled 2010, 2014, and 2016 red burgundy and red bordeaux. I bought 2017 ...

Probably a 375 of Krug and then coravin something red for dinner. Fast asleep by midnight!

Le Midi is $20 per bottle.

Sherry Lehmann has some stuff that doesn't show up in their web inventory (though it's not necessarily onsite). Sourced from the domaines. Saw some fevre GCs from the mid 2000s, don't recall what else.

Wines where new issue retail is waaaay above where you can backfill recent or older vintages.

Since my wife keeps asking when we can get more and they are awesome - a bunch of Chappaz wines whenever Rob Panzer sends out an offer.

Warren Taranow wrote: ↑
December 22nd, 2019, 1:15 pm

Ethan Abraham wrote: ↑
December 22nd, 2019, 7:43 am
2017 picq dessus de Carriere
Yes!!! I can't source it anymore.

Super easy to find in NJ but I imagine once you pay to ship...not quite the same qpr

2017 picq dessus de Carriere

Man I just found the 16 for 200 and thought I hit the jackpot.

Great notes. That 99 gallet is amazing though I keep being a cheap bastard and missing out on it at auction.
Really liked ghostwriter Cabernet, similarly bright and lifted, have not tried the syrah yet.

Making the advice to bid what you want beforehand even more sound....if anything I will go back and update bids (for example if nothing early has hit) but always on future lots. In general though I find the hdh interface light years superior to any auction house. The ability to very easily group lot...

Yes. For example 16 ducru for 1600 (so 160 per bottle), pichon Baron for 120, 16 clerget clos vougeot for 140, 16 fourrier gc for 80. Hdh taxes aren't low but if you normally buy in NY it's not much difference.

So I'm curious what people were seeing that went above retail. I don't think you can count "retail" anything older than say 2010 except maybe in super blue chip bdx. I saw plenty of 2016 bdx and recent burg go well under retails.

TBH on the stuff I was bidding on (mostly recent vintage backfilling) stuff wasn't as strong as I thought it would be given the current trade worries. Actually still saw lots of bargains vs retail if you didn't mind taking full cases. Put in some not aggressive last minute absentee bids that ended u...

Aavacations has some excellent prices for business class + hotel packages in winter through April. Looking for 4 people finding 7 nights and nonstop flights for 6-7k from JFK.. Even if you just check into the hotel and go stay somewhere else it's a good deal on airfare.

16s were about the same as 15s (I paid 75/150 for a few) but then 17s the kab jumped over 100 and I did not bite.

PCLIN wrote: ↑
December 10th, 2019, 6:29 am
‘07 is wide-open and delicious, the new Faiveley.

09 as well was great recently.

Ghostwriter is great. Small production but chambers in NY or flatiron in SF have it

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Buy your champagne now!

Sounds great.

Grapes is 20% off with a case (15% otherwise). If you didn't get enough 16 bdx before tariffs bumped up prices there's a big selection and lots of 375s. Other stuff too...

Flatiron sale, 17 roumier boussiere, 18 gramenon meme and 18 dutraive fleurie.

Awesome! Ended up with a lot of the merlot on the offer (a few of this one I think) so glad to hear it was good!

$30 I think

Barry L i p t o n wrote: ↑
November 25th, 2019, 7:09 am
which did you have?

I was in Tomita Saturday and loved it. Very impressive.

We were at Tomita too, you must have been at the later seating...no other wine geeks at the 6pm!

Another great dinner at Cagen. They've been adjusting the format a bit. Currently they are doing the classic omakase with Chef Tomita in the back room for $180 ("Tomita" on Resy) and a $90-100 (I think) omakase/keiseki with Chef Hiromi ("Cagen" on Resy) in the front room. Small plate menu also avail...

They had the mikulskis at the skurnik tasting in NYC, no Charmes but everything I tried was great, ordered some tillets.

By dessert nobody wants to wait for more flights...just give everyone a few glasses and put them all out!

Lee Barnard wrote: ↑
November 19th, 2019, 12:35 pm
Case of the 2014 Chevillon Vaucrains
6x 2015 HN Murgers

Some nice deals to be had on that one...I picked up a case of 16 chevillon cailles.

We did a little snorkeling near stingray city, it was a blast.

Just got back from our trip to Cayman (ok I know this is a Turks thread but it seemed to end up being a discussion of both). We stayed at a condo called the beachcomber which is in the same stretch of beach as the Ritz and the Caribbean club mentioned above. No amenities (ie food onsite, concierge) ...

2009 Rhys Alpine chard. Hot damn was this good. Big and rich with definite aged notes (but not oxidized at all) and zero heat or oak bitterness. Not a ton of acidity but manages not to be flabby at all. Just great.

2008 Mugneret-Gibourg Vosne-Romanee. Not bought on release as didn't start drinking burgundy at all until a few years later, but this bottle made me very happy that I've been buying and cellaring M-G and other good producers, even at the "lowly" village level, for the past few years.

Scarecrow is another obvious choice.

Story about a.company importing wine in bulk and bottling it here.

Yes. They went quickly!

2005 barthod chatelots. Someone beat me to the Cras...

D@vid Bu3ker wrote: ↑
October 22nd, 2019, 10:10 am
Jasper Hill Farms - Harbison

Drops mic...walks off stage

That is the correct answer (not counting rush creek since you can only get it for a short period)

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