Sent your note to a buddy who was out there. Ironically, he had missed out on a great event to take his mom on a promised getaway. Figured he deserved the good karma.
I have been offered some Jasmin Cote Rotie 1989 and 1990.
I am taking the ones with perfect fills, but there are two bottles of 1989 and one bottle of 1990 with slightly lesser ones. Color looks extremely good.
They are in the UK, but merchant can help organize shipping. PM me if interested and will send photos.
Wholesale must have gone up so much on these that they aren’t such a deal anymore at normal retail. This isn’t much less than secondary market. $159 is not out of line but I’m not rushing out to buy at that price.
Val Vilaine has generally been a $200 wine lately. $159 isn’t a steal per se but it’s a good price compared to what it’s available for, were you to be able to buy it.
You can argue it’s not worth it, but 15 dom is $230 a bottle at retail and I’d argue VV is infinitely better.