I saw a thread where someone mentioned buying DRC at Binnys
Assuming that somehow you could get some, what would be the costs for each GC roughly
DRC can be easily sourced on Wine-Searcher - pick your vineyard and vintage and searchâŠ
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Here are the released prices for Canada in Canadian dollars since vintage 2010:
RC 10 (LCB0 $ 2775 1215-9191 SAQ$ 2895 )
RC 13 (LCB0 $ 3740 721407 SAQ )
RC 14 (LCB0 $ 3795 721407 SAQ )
La TĂąche 10 (LCBO-721654 -$835 1215-9262 $945-SAQ)
La TĂąche 11 (LCBO-721654 -$1116 1215-9262 $945
La TĂąche 12 (LCBO-721654 -$1220
La TĂąche 13 (LCBO-721654 -$1369
La TĂąche 14 (LCBO-721654 -$1395
DRC â Richebourg 10 (LCBO-737379 -$775 1215 9238$795-SAQ)
DRC â Richebourg 11 (LCBO-737379 -$950 1215 9238$795-SAQ)
DRC â Richebourg 12 (LCBO-737379 -$1005
DRC â Richebourg 13 (LCBO-737379 -$1130
DRC â Richebourg 14 (LCBO-737379 -$1155
DRC - Romanee St.Vivant 10 ($775 1215-9246 $820-SAQ)
DRC - Romanee St.Vivant 11 ($955 1215-9246 $820-SAQ)
DRC - Romanee St.Vivant 12 (LCBO 721399 $1025)
DRC - Romanee St.Vivant 13 (LCBO 721399 $1130)
DRC - Romanee St.Vivant 14 (LCBO 721399 $1199)
DRC - Grands-Echézéaux 10 ($475 1215-9297 $ $498)
DRC - Grands-Echézéaux 11 ($580 1215-9297 $ $498)
DRC - Grands-Echézéaux 12 (LCBO 721316 $605
DRC - Grands-Echézéaux 13 (LCBO 721316 $605
DRC - Grands-Echézéaux 14 (LCBO 721316 $699
DRC â EchĂ©zĂ©aux 10 (LCBO-723122 $285 11215-9174 $317)
DRC â EchĂ©zĂ©aux 11 (LCBO-723122 $375 11215-9174 $317)
DRC â EchĂ©zĂ©aux 12 (LCBO-723122 $385
DRC â EchĂ©zĂ©aux 13 (LCBO-723122 $435
DRC â EchĂ©zĂ©aux 14 (LCBO-723122 $485
(DRC â Corton 10 (LCBO $195-1215-9168 $254 )
(DRC â Corton 11 (LCBO $309-1215-9168 $254 )
(DRC â Corton 12 (LCBO 290809 $325 )
(DRC â Corton 13 (LCBO 290809 $369 )
(DRC â Corton 14 (LCBO 290809 $399 )
Peter those RC and LT prices seem extremely âreasonableâ (accepting that the term loses all meaning in this context). How do they handle the release? Lottery? Best customers? Random luck?
Its worthwhile mentioning that above prices are being enjoyed by only a few lucky ones which win the annual lottery.
OrâŠon the list of the importers 
For the last few year : lottery and/or on the best customers list of the official importers in the province of Quebec and Ontario. I am not aware how in works in the other province.
In the mid 1990sâŠyou can buy them easily. I remembered clearly LCBO needed to do a fire-sale ( at discount price ) for LT 1994.
DRC - La TĂąche 94 714030 $495- $335
True enough, but those prices wonât be the actual retail prices to someone who had connections and bought through âofficialâ channels from an original source.
I remember in the early to mid-1980s buying their Grands Echezeaux 1980 for $35. Doesnât help much today.
Did not keep exact record that long but 1982 RC was at around $495.
Romanée-Conti 90 732917 $859
La TĂąche 90 732909 $347
Are only retailers/wholesalers able to enter the lottery? Iâm neither, just an enthusiast that would definitely buy at those prices above. Please advise, thanks! 
Residents (or those with a mailing address in Ontario/Quebec respectively) only. Or, as Peter C. suggests, happen to be a long-term baller buyer from Halpern in Ontario (As all imports route through the LCBO property, they insist on keeping a small allocation from Halpern) or the QC importer.
So, if your someone like Geddy Lee or Moray Tawse, maybe you get your 3 or 6-pack of each GC every vintage direct from Halpern. The LCBO in itâs best âfor the people of Ontarioâ socialist suit lotteries off the tiny amounts it is allowed to keep (likely only 6 bottles of DRC, down to maybe somewhere between 48-96 bottles of Corton or Ech).
I have picked up bottles from the lottery system (never more than 1 bottle in total per vintage) over the years and while frustrating as it is impossible to get more than 1 of something or know what you may or may not get allocated at all, the prices are very good vs. 3 tier system. As far as I know due to LCBO being very sticky about privacy laws, the lottery winners are the only 1st time buyers in the world that DRC canât track for re-selling purposes. I believe the LCBO agreed to prohibit DRC sales via auction in Ontario a few years ago as an olive branch since they wouldnât release the lottery âwinnersâ names to Halpern or DRC.
So my La Tache will end up in my belly or IF I wait long enough and the $ is right, in the US or Hong Kong.
I have a friend who is on the Wilson Daniels direct list. Pricing is better than retail, but only just. 5% to 10% is typically what he sees compared to W-S. Heâs only getting lesser wines at the moment, so perhaps there is more headspace for the top winesâŠbut I was not impressed by prices so far.
Curious if âdirect listâ mean he gets to acquire directly from Wilson Daniels, or does WD sell to their top tier retail accounts who then sell to your friend?
The Canadian pricing seems more than reasonable compared to the Finnish monopolyâs 10,000⏠for a bottle of DRC.
La TĂąche 2009 was 2600⏠and 2011 was 1700âŹ.
I suppose your quote went a bit wrong.
But yeah, we have the highest alcohol prices in the EU and some of the highest prices in the whole Europe.
The alcohol tax on wine is âonlyâ 3,83⏠/ litre, i.e. 2,87⏠per 0,75 l bottle of wine - no matter how cheap or expensive it is in the retail.
But we also have that alcohol monopoly which has a fixed price margin of 1,51. That means that whatever the tax-free purchase price is, they add either the minimum margin of 1⏠or 50% of the purchase price to the wine.
Then we also have VAT that is 24%. So whatever the price of the wine at this point is, the final retail price gets bigger by 24%. And of course that VAT is tax on tax, so you also pay 0,69⏠VAT on the alcohol tax (24% of 2,87âŹ).
You can also easily count that the minimum price for a non-product around 5,00⏠here. Thatâs a product that initially costs nothing, gets the minimum monopoly margin of 1âŹ, alcohol tax 2,87⏠plus 24% VAT. Then you either have to pay for the bottle to be included in the deposit system or an extra environment tax for bottles that donât have the deposit.
Assuming there is any truth to what has been posted here, these would have to be pre-flipper prices.
The wines would then be flipped for about five [to upwards of ten] times as much money.
Again, assuming that these are actual channel prices, I donât know how [or why] de Villaine & the Leroy sisters could [or would] put up with this nonsense - they canât be getting a whole lot more than 10% or 15% of the final sale to the consumer [s/p the flipping].
They ought to just build a great big fortified vault in Vosne - like de Beers has in London - and sell directly to the public.
Force the ***-Michelin restauranteurs and the billionaires to make an annual pilgrimage to Vosne if they want the good stuff.
Are only retailers/wholesalers able to enter the lottery? Iâm neither, just an enthusiast that would definitely buy at those prices above. Please advise, thanks!
Anyone with an Ontario address and of legal drinking age can participate. But chances to win are fairly slim.
Assuming there is any truth to what has been posted here, these would have to be pre-flipper prices.
The wines would then be flipped for about five [to upwards of ten] times as much money.
These are actual prices but you will not legally be able to sell any bottles you won. Waddington, our only licensed auction house in Ontario (not including any fundraising auctions), will not accept any DRC products. I anticipate that sooner or later they might put a similar ban on some of the spirits we see recently auctioned off for a multiple of the original sale price.