Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru 2009 - $129.95
Hudelot-Noëllat Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru 2009 - $139.95
Ponsot Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 2009 - $649.95
Oh silly me. 
You only wanted domestic pinots.
Rochioli East Block topped out at $110 but is not currently offered due to replanting.
I’m wondering the same thing. Sonoma/Anderson/SCM - centric Pinot may be a bit more laid back than Napa?
Or do we need a Pinot “Judgement of Paris” to open the floodgates?
You don’t have to hit the GCs for silly price.
2009 Vosne-Romanee Les Beaux-Monts (1er) - $200
2009 Domaine Eugenie Vosne-Romanée “Clos d’Eugenie” (Village) - $70
Makes Rhys seem like a bargain…
TTT
Oregon Pinots for $100 is just wrong…
ok not wrong… but there are so many great $30-50 bottles, not sure it’s worth the 2:1 or 3:1 ratio.
Then again is any wine over $100 “worth” it…
Hanzell regular bottling is $95, and the 2007 Ambassadors 1953 Vineyard bottling was $145.
I just had that two days ago from 2009. That was as good a Carneros Pinot as I’ve ever had, but at $90, that really hurts. I bought two with an industry discount, so that helped.
Aren’t the Sea Smoke 10 and Southing getting up around $100? I haven’t been on their mailing list for years so I don’t know for sure.
RE: Oregon pinot…the more I taste up here, the more I believe that there isn’t a $50 different between a $100 pinot and $50 examples.
I’ll post on this as both one of the producers listed and someone who has put up enough tasting notes on +$100 bottles of wine that I would hope I can speak to the topic intelligently.
You simply have to put aside your own value quantifiers. Is DRC Montrachet at $2,000 a bottle worth 40x a really good $50 bottle of Chardonnay from, well, anywhere? It depends on who you are, what you think, what you value and how much money you have. I think this discussion has been held many the time here and other boards.
I cam say I have had plenty of +$100 bottles of Burgundy that weren’t “worth” that and I have had plenty of +$100 bottles of Burgundy that our $100 bottling would, IMO, completely blow away. Both now and 15 years in the future. Perhaps that is arrogant or bombastic but if you’re going to produce expensive wine there has to be some confidence in yourself (hopefully combined with a level of experience) and the wines to charge pretty much any price.
Will everyone think our bottling is worth the tariff? No. Will many to most people rather have 2 bottles of a different wine that is also terrific. Yes. That all doesn’t matter. We had 3 barrels from one of the best older vineyards in Oregon with low crop yields and we happened to nail the winemaking. We sold it all before it was released and I don’t think we had any unhappy customers. We charged what we deemed was a fair price for the quality of the wine and we had people who agreed with us. I’ll stand by that bottle and that price every day. Are there other Pinots and Burgs better at lower prices? Perhaps. Perhaps even certainly. Are there more expensive Pinots that aren’t as good? Absolutely. In our eyes you were paying from something exceptional, unique and pretty amazing. Whether you agree is up to you.
Jim. i think i agree with you… thus my last statement of “is any wine over $100 “worth” it”… it would really depend on your own value spectrum… the DRC example, though extreme, is a perfect example. it IS worth it to some people.
But take your own wines as an example. I’m sure the special “mysterious” wine is great, and ‘worth’ the price charged… but you sell about 10 other bottlings for about half that price or less that are excellent as well… is it better? perhaps… is it 2x as good? would i rather have 1 of Mystery or 2-3 of another bottling? personal choice right?
Absolutely. That’s what I’m saying. Is the Mugnier Amoueuses twice as good as his Chambolle? Is it half as good as his Musigny? Same premise albeit at a different level.
I think you’ve captured the essence of the Martinelli style.
List prices for Sea Smoke Ten and Southing are $72 and $52, respectively.
Does Ghost Horse make a pinot?
I’d say exactly the same thing about California…
Are you sure the Ten isn’t $82? The Ten was $79 a couple of vintages ago (and the Southing was $49), so I assume the Ten didn’t go down in price; if it did, that would be refreshing.
I just looked at last Spring’s invoice and it was $80 and $52, respectively. Good catch on the Ten.
The most expensive from Paul Lato from the last batch of pinot was the Pisoni at $80, and the others were either $70 or $65.
Clos de la Tech is attempting to be the Screaming Eagle of CA PN. Their stated goal is to be as good as DRC. (Actual results are a bit more error and trial.)
Pleasant Valley Vineyards clocks in at $95 for their estate. Current release is '09, making the '08 a $120 “library release”.
http://shop.pvvines.com/Pinot-Noir_c6.htm;jsessionid=0308118F0ED8E4356D18741AEC1591B5.qscstrfrnt01
Their current releases always come across as good $35 wines. I’ve never seen anyone rate them otherwise. Though, to be fair, the one time I had one with a bit of age ('06) it was really impressive. Just waited out an '05 on winebid that started out at $65, picked it up for $30. Will be interesting to see how it aged.
Some of you may recall that a couple years ago 3 vintages of Clos de la Tech went up at K&L and just sat there. A couple sold when they were marked down to about $65. They finally unloaded them around $35. The one I had would’ve been fairly priced at about $30.
Interesting when the secondary market is way below the release price…