Costco 2005 Bordeaux Blowout

WINE TALK
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If anyone is interested, Costco is having a sale for customers in NM, OR and CA. 2005 Leoville Las Cases (100 pts WS) - $199.97, Montrose ($79.97), Figeac ($79.97) and some others. Still not cheap but a lot less than before. I guess the 2006s are on their way.

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Wow, I might have to pick up some Montrose…hmm…

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No Costco card but if you find them I’ll take one or two braugh…Montrose that is.

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capiche

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Wine.com has 375’s of Montrose for…$79.99. [emot-pwn.gif]

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Cris, the offer is on costco.com, no membership card necessary.

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Figeac, Montrose, Pichon x2, Angelus… add in HB and you’d have a whose-who of my favorite bdx.

However, and this will boggle some, for $80 I’d rather buy more Terra di Lavoro, Giacomo Conterno, Giuseppe Mascarello, d’Angerville, Fourrier, etc :slight_smile:

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Cases of good 2005’s here on the shelves in MI. Too bad they arrived just as the market was melting down late last fall. I have never seen a wine-markdown at Costco here in MI, they just let the stuff sit, and sit, and sit, until some poor sop thinks that an older wine must be a better value. (If anyone wants any 2002 Guigal Hermitage for $55, please let me know, there are a few dusty bottles left.)

It’s really too bad, because this sort of poor retailing stops anything new from coming in.

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Well I ONLY drink earth shattering wines, so that simply won’t do.

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I picked up some Montrose (in a weak moment). $80 bucks seemed more than fair.

I’ll give it a decade … and the damned thing had better be earth shattering!

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Thanks Chris. I was kind of hoping Frenchie wouldn’t find any so I wouldn’t spend the money. :wink:

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I hope they start trying to sell off the 05s they have on the shelves as well. I am surprised not to see any 06s yet at my local costco. Last year at this time they had a ton and now the 05s are still clogging the shelves.

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Las Cases sold out quickly…Montrose is now gone. Figeac is now down to 69.97.
I wilted and grabbed some Pichon Baron @ 79.97.

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CHEAP!

Someone is making a small fortune on this stuff! [rofl.gif]

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From what I have come to understand, the '06s will arrive at the end of June/beginning of July in local Costco’s. Clearly, this is much later then last years Bordeaux crop so who knows what effect volume of 05’s/distribution/pricing has come into play.

But - expect the 06’s to arrive shortly and the 05’s to continue moving out.

Oddly enough, I was at my local Costco to pick up some fresh fish about an hour ago (Foster City, Ca). They had bottles of 05 Palmer ($235), 05 Ducru ($168), 05 Bellevue Mondotte ($270). They also had 06 Don Melchor ($58) and 04 Chateau Montelena ($90).

Its rare that this Costco has this level of inventory - might be due to another local Costco undergoing renovation (Redwood City). I do suspect some of it is Costco’s means of clearing them out. Hope to see some ‘.97’ prices coming soon on the shelves. In the meantime, I am gobbling up Costco.com’s inventory.

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Errol,

They actually do blow stuff out here. There have been reports of Dom Perignon for under $30 and I have picked up some $60-$70 wines for $9-$10. I’ve never been given an explanation as to why and when they do markdowns, but they occasionally will do it (never seems to be more than 4-6 bottles of anything and it does appear to be stuff that has been hanging around for 2+ years). That said, they do it so infrequently and at individual stores that you just have to be in the right place at the right time.

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Sounds great, Brad - we don’t have that… [dash1.gif]

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I have seen some expensive retail Aussie wines blown out here in Scottsdale. Gee I wonder why???/ [blush2.gif]

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WOW…

Anyone in the West Coast wants to take advantage of these 2005 Bordeaux clearance items from costco.com?

:frowning: Sadly, they don’t ship to Texas :frowning:

2005 Chateau Palmer ($179.97)
2005 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou ($119.97)
2005 Chateau Montrose ($79.97)
2005 Chateau Pichon Baron ($79.97)
2005 Chateau Figeac ($69.97)
2005 Chateau Pichon Lalande ($79.97)

Happy hunting!!!

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Thanks Jose but unfortunately(fortunately?) they have already sold out of several of those. Maybe check some store fronts to see if some is in stock.