Hi All,
Troquet on South’s (Boston MA) annual “Summer Wine Sale” is starting next Monday June 4th! If you haven’t attended in years past, here is today’s e-mail:
“Starting on Monday, June 4, and throughout July and August, we will select a group of wine bottles to be marked down significantly. These are the last wines of their kind our cellar. Some are old, some are rare, and all are a great deal.
The wine must be consumed at the restaurant with dinner, and the limited number of bottles are sold on a first-come, first-sold basis. The available wines might change quickly but we will refurbish the selection nightly. Make your reservation, ask to be part of our “Annual Wine Sale”, and we’ll help you choose a nice wine during your visit.”
We attended several times last year, and as I remember, my favorite wine was a wonderful 1974 Inglenook Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, which I believe cost us a whopping $30, a pretty good deal for what has a current $140 auction estimate (on another night, a second bottle was just OK). Some other nice wines we enjoyed:
1975 Altesino Brunello di Montalcino Montosoli
1967 Château Talbot
1970 Château Duhart-Milon-Rothschild
1958 Château Coutet
As you can see from their Instagram photos (the little white stickers are the prices), even off-year 1st Growths occaisonally show up in the nightly selection (we didn’t see any of those).
Who’s up for a dinner (or dinners)? I’d even be willing to go Monday - Wednesday June 4-6th next week if anyone is interested (and maybe go early and grab a Lafite!)…