Get Ready for 2013 Comtes!

WINE TALK
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Is this referring to the ‘12 or the ‘13? I have a ‘12 on deck for Saturday…

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I was referring to the '12. I had it most recently with Blake blind in August and I had the '11 and '12 reversed. In fairness, I think the '11 drank better than it did on release, but I have had some great bottles of the '12. I just think the '12 is in shutdown mode, as well as the '08. If you do decide to open it, I would open it a few hours before you plan to start drinking it.

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I was referring to the 12 too. Haven’t gotten to taste 13 yet.

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Crush offer at $199

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Vs c. $162 all in equivalent in the UK.

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Saw release of Laurent Perrier Grand Siecle 26 at £795/6.

Oh and got 2013 Comtes offered at £675/6 on a purchase of 2 cases.

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I saw grand siecle with a metal vest looking like ace of spades…

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There is still plenty of '13 Comtes available. Quite the opposite of the the '12 release. One of my contacts told me that word got out that there were quite a lot of offers below RRP and the UK agent was going to remove allocations of those doing so. Not so sure I believe that will be the case.

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I know this is a thread drift (based on the subject), but am I missing something with Laurent Perrier? Has something dramatically changed in the quality?

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No I think it’s still good, but they’re definitely going for the ace of spades aesthetic.

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Best I’ve seen is £715 from FRW. What have I missed?

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You can’t sell your product at the price you’ve (clearly wrongly) determined so your answer is to reduce the number of vendors. Yeah, that’ll fix the problem.

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Haven’t they done some limited edition bottling a la Dom P? The 25th edition was released in a “Sun King” bottle but I don’t think they changed all the packaging on the 26th. Ok just looked, that bottle is the limited edition “Lumierers.”

/end thread drift

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I think ‘12s are shut down from limited experience and notes here.

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Exactly.

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Pff. I’d be a buyer at $150.

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13 is generally a better Champagne vintage, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the 13 is better. I’ve not had it.

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The offer I bit on was $147 plus shipping from the UK

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Now that doesn’t sound too bad at all. Frankly it’s surprising to see deals this low already.

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Lopa just sent out an email for this wine at $182.99

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