Tempting wine purchases you’ve passed on—give others a shot

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$900 is the best price I saw for '08 Cristal magnums. They are selling for $1200 in the UK now! I did not see the '08 Cristal rose magnums, but I did get the '12 rose magnums. I don’t think they have released '12 blanc magnums yet. I have a pretty good variety of magnums, but Comtes is by far my biggest holding in that format. They were just such a value relatively to the rest in the '02/'06 years.

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I bought it also. And they don’t have it. I called today. “Sold yesterday.” Allegedly.

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Apex/wine solutions offered them for 900 recently. I couldn’t justify buying them considering just how much 08 Cristal I have in 750.

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Well, they now have our personal details and credit card information so it worked out well for them.

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The mark-up on the magnums relative to what I paid for the 750’s made me pause - for a moment. There is something very special about Cristal magnums for me and as expensive as they are now, they will only get tougher to find and more expensive. I can only imagine what the Vinotheque pricing will be.

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found and grabbed some 08 Comtes in 750 format in NJ. Now just need to figure out how to get it to California since they don’t ship. Hahaha on me.

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I agree they’re very nice, I just have a lot of the 750s.

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Pretty sizable tranche of new wines on WineBid this week, especially German wines with some age (eg JJPrum, Donnhoff) and Bordeaux.

I am on buying freeze (hopefully more or less for good) and I have lots of riesling and claret in the cellar, so I am resisting.

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Alternatively, you can also purchase it directly from Andrew, alongside many other of his wines. Plus, you get a 15% discount on 6pk and 25% on a case.

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[quote=“Rodrigo_B, post:770, topic:168023”]
Alternatively, you can also purchase it directly from Andrew,
[/quote]who is Andrew and what does he sell?

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Briceland. Domestic PN.

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Andrew Morris is the winemaker for Briceland Vineyards.

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Info here:

I really like their '13 PN Reserve, which I first tried from their '21 BD offer and on @Corey_N 's insistence.

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Thanks for the mentions here, It’s an honor to be nominated.

776

Andrew’s Petit Verdot is delicious.

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Continues a bit of a run of some keen pricing lately on this particular cuvee:

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One last bottle of Cédric Bouchard Roses de Jeanne Val de Vilaine at $87 in NYC. Who’s gonna be the lucky one:

https://www.mcf-rarewine.com/products/cedric-bouchard-roses-de-jeanne-blanc-de-noirs-cote-de-val-vilaine-nv-2019?_pos=1&_sid=05e47f730&_ss=r

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Thanks! Think I got the last bottle.

780

So it was you!

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Verve has some 2020 Bernaudeau Ongles