…and here for ~$225?
That’s retail pricing $225 USD
Though you get an advantage buying overseas that we don’t in the UK and EU. That price you get is pre- VAT. I just checked and I can get 2013 DP for £137 a bottle, in bond. To actually drink it though would cost another 20% (technically more as another £3 for duty) so it comes out to about $212 a bottle. Still cheaper than the US though.
And to be clear I’m not criticizing your approach. I’d do the same if I were you. And if I ever move back to the US I’d delighted at the prospect of moving back 3,000 bottles of wine without having to pay duty and VAT.
People bought long before the wholesale pricing went up.
Or they bought overseas.
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At a recent Krug event I was talking to the guy at Moet who is responsible for trying to convince restaurants to pour both Dom and Krug GC BTG. The restaurants can buy the bottles in the $140 range and source through their existing channels so somewhat seamless for them. The Dom Reserve Edition is the BTG, but not sure if the GC has a different label. The goal is to get the restaurants to price it around $50-$60/glass.
We were in FL in February and the resort we stayed at was selling both Krug 170 and '12 DP for $46 BTG in the lounge, the DP was the regular bottling and the GC looked like the usual bottle to me. However, on the wine list in the restaurant, the did not have the GC and the DP was over $500 by the bottle.
I had lunch a couple of years ago with a retailer from the West Coast and he was asking me who I buy from. I when I mentioned one of my local places, he got upset because he felt that my guy had an advantage since he was both a retailer and a restaurant. He was saying that they get DP cheaper to sell at the restaurant BTG and then end up selling it retail. My guy never sent me any BTG bottles, but I did buy a case '12 DP from Single Thread and they sent me Reserve Edition bottles.
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all makes sense.
NY pricing is currently $142 for reserve edition and $227 for the regular if buy 2 caess+
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So I’m guessing it’s the Reserve that is being offered for $302/bottle at a new restaurant we were at in downtown CLE? I thought it was a typo.
could be. or the regular at a low markup that they bought on release? it’s the same juice. that’s a great deal!
2010 makes more sense.
in my professional life, i come across a lot of weird ways that restaurants list wines. this is a new weird one.
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A local restaurant has the 06 DP Rosé and the 13 DP… both at $400. The DP was priced at $285 last year and I planned on getting it until I learned it was the 10. Clearly they sold out of the 10 and paid a lot more for the 13 and increased the price accordingly.
Is the 10 really that bad?
Has anyone tried it lately?
I have a couple of bottles but plan on aging them for awhile.
Certain ppl on here love the 10, I think it’s garbage.
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I opened a bottle with friends for Christmas last year and most people liked it. It’s really not that bad in a generic grand marque way and should improve for at least another ten years if you like your Champagne old and aged.
In 10 years it’ll still be a baby. 2006 was being released 10 years ago and it’s hardly old and aged. I think 2013 is quite good for a young dom but it isn’t intended to be opened this early. The only DP that was apparently meant to drink early is the trash 2010 that shouldn’t have been made.
I was replying to Abbie regarding the 2010. Yes, 2013 will still be young after 10 years and I don’t fancy drinking it now, although I enjoyed the broader-shouldered 2012 on several occasions.
Ah you didn’t quote the post so I didn’t know what you were replying to. 2010 dom is more or less Veuve nv yellow label, repulsive swill.
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I have not tried it yet, but I picked up a few magnums of '10 DP for a good price. Figured it would be good for family event. The CT notes are all over the place.
Hope they like Veuve
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They recognize labels so they will be happy regardless of what the juice taste like.
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