Morgan indicated yesterday on bedrock zoom that accounts receivable are down 85% for them.
Sean
Ugh. That is perhaps not surprising, but still difficult to read.
Speaking of Cristom, K&L has the 2013 Cristom “Louise Vineyard” Eola-Amity Hills Pinot Noir at $40
https://www.klwines.com/p/i?i=1250020
wine-searcher.com shows it trading in the upper-$50s during the past couple of years.
I had the 2016 Augustins ‘Silex’ [Vouvray] over the last few days. I had confused it with another producer – Aubuisieres – that I quite like, but had not ordered in a few years. The Augustin is a bit cloying and even though dry it feels a touch sweet. And unfortunately it feels too flabby for me, despite being well chilled. The straw / cut hay character of chenin comes through very strong here, and isn’t balanced out by the verve good Vourvray can have. It’s an ok glass of wine to drink on a hot summer afternoon, but its nothing special. Would have preferred a mass market / bulk produced chenin like Pine Ridge’s over this to be honest. This gets a B after a couple days.
I bought a horizontal of the '13 estate blocks in 375’s a few years back when visiting and all those 13’s were killer. Long gone maybe time for some more…
Sean
1995 Felsina Chianti Classico Berardenga Riserva just offered up.
I was drinking the 1994 version of this on the Berserker Zoom on Friday and really loving it at 26 years. I had purchased it from Garagiste in 2013. Going to give the 95 a spin
Finally opened a 2012 Ty Caton TyTanium Caton Vineyard - it was a Sonoma mystery wine that I bought in Dec 2018 for about $38. Interesting blend of 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Syrah, 19% Petite Sirah, 8% Merlot, 5% Malbec that sells for $135 from the winery. Not something I would have sought out, but I am glad I have a couple more. Delicious flavor profile of dark of black fruit and incredibly smooth mouthfeel. If anyone else bought this offer, I suggest opening one! Drinking beautifully.
+1 on Ty Caton TyTanium. Under rated producer that doesn’t get a lot of mention on this site.
After being burned a couple times with mystery wines several years ago, I will no longer bite. If wineries have no current on-premise orders, what’s wrong with a winery (who usually sells mainly on-premise) selling through Garagiste which sells directly to geeks? Not that I have a problem selling to off-premise when needed, these bottles aren’t even out there on a shelf. IMO, they would sell more wine disclosing it in the offer, since many people will not take a flyer on a mystery offer.
This economic climate can’t support the elitism that a winery will only sell on-premise. If your supporters who buy your wines in a restaurant, but can’t eat/drink in a restaurant, why shouldn’t they be able to purchase and drink at home?
Rimmerman knows what he is doing. He has enough mystery wine buyers to sell through what he needs to
That may be a bargaining chip he uses To get availability verses other flash sites. Then he can tout the offering with his FOMO verbiage
Smoking deal tonight on Il poggione brunello at $57. I just bought at hi times at $70. Had to buy more.
I was busy with the family and saw the e-mail a half-hour after it arrived. Sold out.
Missed the Il Poggione as well. Great price.
FYI, K&L has had the 2014 Leeuwin Artist Series Cabernet Sauvignon Margaret River on “Insider’s Advantage” at $40 for many months - since at least early Aug. 2019. Still plenty of inventory per the site.
When do they reveal what their Mystery Wine is? After you’ve been allocated, or literally when it arrives at your doorstep?
Garagiste never reveals the name. You find out when you open the box. Or someone who is local and picks up in Seattle mighty post here 1st
Wow so for some that could be a year from now.
I got in on that WA Sangiovese & tempted by the Brunellos
Thx
I grabbed some of the Washington Merlot a while back. I’m not usually one for surprise’s but at 16 bucks it was hard to pass up. Wish I had gotten more now. Its really tasty.
It was a 2016 Wala Wala Merlot btw.
Any guesses on this one? My guess based on the description was maybe something from the Brolio Ricasoli stable. I don’t seem to find any emails from Rimmerman ever mentioning the name (which fits one of his descriptors in that its never been offered) and it does seem like their wines are sometimes changing hands at that price point.
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We interrupt our Brunello Mystery series to bring you this instead – a deal I was offered last night (after a few Tuscan-centric revelers read the Brunello offers). It’s from a famous estate with a very long track record in the region. The vineyard is south-facing/high elevation (500 meters or more) and we’ve never offered this wine in any vintage.
I tend to quickly glance at a lot of offers like this but when it’s a 2016 (with this level of pedigree), I stop what I’m doing and dive in further.
The result of that “dive in” is this morning’s offer – one that is downright amazing at $19+.
Let’s put it this way, the $ is so low for a Riserva of this class (one small step below Gran Selezione) that I thought the bottle format was a 375ml. The winery’s regular Chianti Classico usually trades for more than this and we’re not even considering that this is a Riserva from one of the finest vintages of the last 20 years – 2016 (and they already have multiple 90pt+ scores and fantastic verbiage from a number of important voices).
Let’s summarize:
• This is a full 750ml, not a 375ml.
• It’s a 2016.
• It’s of superlative quality.
• It’s a Riserva.
• The provenance is outstanding.
We’ve never offered this wine in our history (Mystery or other) and I can’t recall offering anything from this winery? Like several “firsts” of late, this is a darn good time to begin the relationship!
What a deal for the community!
This parcel is set to arrive the week of June 8th with the finest/freshest provenance available – it is not a long-term pre-arrival (this is the exact same wine, cork, label, bottle and contents as what trades out in the nethersphere as I type this). It is not Volpaia or Felsina but it is a long-standing famous winery!
ONE SHIPMENT ONLY at this $ (we cannot obtain a second parcel of 2016 at this $).
FIRST COME FIRST SERVED up to 12/person until we run out:
2016 Chianti Classico Riserva Mystery 750ml (Tuscany) - $19.94
No idea, but I put in for 4. I’m usually satisfied with his Tuscan selections.