Official Costco Thread

[NateD]

What store?!

[NateD]

What store?! I’d buy that all up!

[NateD]

Dame de Montrose was meh. Too much red fruit, not ripe enough

[Greg_Gardner]

Huh, not my experience. I thought it was still pretty primary and large scaled, needs a couple of years to settle down and knit together. I definitely didn’t find it underripe.

[Steve_Gautier]

I think this is a new feature. Costco updated their app so that you now can search a specific store based on item number allowing you to see if items listed here are available at your local store.

[Scott_Watkins]

In Burbank they are giving away the whole “Shebang!” For $9.97.

[JDorris]

Atlanta (Brookhaven location) from this past weekend

2020 Ch. Pontet-Canet for $124.99
2020 Ch. Calon-Segur for $129.99
2020 Ch. Leoville (didn’t have the bottle out and didn’t say on the tag which, but have to assume Leoville Las Cases) for $325.99

[J_Dornellas]

even in the bins they rarely have anything good, mostly huge importers and suppliers

[Max_S1]

Deleted because incorrect

[Chris_Seiber]

Irvine Hangars today

[Chris_Seiber]

@Max_S1

Costco at 8055 Churchill Way in Dallas has 2019 Giscours for $19.99.

Not a second label of Giscours?

[Max_S1]

I was certain it was the main label, but now im second guessing myself. Wish id taken a picture. If youre interested probably worth calling the shop.

[Alan_Rath]

Can’t remember if it was you where I commented on the Chorey, but I would definitely take one of those for a test drive.

[Chris_Seiber]

I got two and intend to check it out.

[CJ_Beazley]

@Chris_Seiber

@Max_S1

Costco at 8055 Churchill Way in Dallas has 2019 Giscours for $19.99.

Not a second label of Giscours?

South Dallas (Duncanville) had the 2nd label of Giscours for the same price $19 yesterday-very similar labels

[Max_S1]

@Chris_Seiber I believe CJ is correct that this is the 2nd

[Arv_R]

I think that is an ancillary bottling, not the actual second label, which I think is called Sirene de Giscours. HBL, Beychevelle and a few other properties bottle up nearby vineyards that are not entitled to the main appellation.

[JDorris]

I just downloaded the app to try this, but it doesn’t seem to recognize any wine SKUs depicted in this thread. Is something other than the main search function that I need to try?

[Steve_Gautier]

@JDorris

I just downloaded the app to try this, but it doesn’t seem to recognize any wine SKUs depicted in this thread. Is something other than the main search function that I need to try?

Go to the warehouse tab at the bottom of the app. Set the warehouse you want to search and use the search warehouse inventory button.

[mattgw]

@Arv_R

think that is an ancillary bottling, not the actual second label, which I think is called Sirene de Giscours. HBL, Beychevelle and a few other properties bottle up nearby vineyards that are not entitled to the main appellation.

This is correct, though I’ve more often heard the term “second label” applied to wines like this (e.g. Clos du Marquis) that come from a dedicated vineyard source that can’t be (or as a matter of practice never is) part of the estate’s first wine. The “second wine,” Sirene de Giscours, comes from declassified fruit that didn’t make it into the blend for the first wine.

For what it’s worth, I had a bottle of the 2016 Haut Medoc de Giscours a few months ago and found it honest and not flashy, with notes of cassis, black cherry, bell pepper, and a little earthiness.