I bet the 09 is starting to shine. My recollection is that Gilman put a long drinking windows on this bottling. Heck of a value!
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Thanks. I know I did not pay that much for these wines, but since I bought them at Weygandt Wines prior to starting to use CellarTracker, I don’t have records that are easy to find on how much I paid for them.
Based on the '07 I had recently, I think it still has at least good 5 yrs.
For anyone based in Europe, another offer from Parcellaire (2007, 2013 and 2016):
https://www.parcellaire.com/137-marc-plouzeau-rarissime-cuvee-pre-phylloxerique-a-chinon
The prices are quite high but it’s so rare to see any that it’s hard to resist.
You should grab that 2007!!
I’ve only had 09-15.
Love this wine.
Naturellement mon brave! I grabbed some 07 and 16, but passed on the 13 - I’ve yet to taste any 13 that I’ve liked so… at the price I baulked.
13 is not a buy. Agreed. I had a six pack. Have had a couple. Very nice for a 13 but not worth the fare.
So '16 exists! Guess US never got any?
Last Friday I went to a wine tasting at a local wine store, I noticed that there was a unicorn inside the shop, unsurprisingly with a unicorn price tag.
Just buy the damn thing!!!
Ok I’ll bite, what year and what price!?
Oops, I see it now.
@Robert.A.Jr Have you had '16 yet? Can’t believe this is now going at 100+! Ugh.
I have, and for the life of me, cannot find the note. I seem to recall me posting one, but sheesh, can’t find it!
This?
Popped another. Of course I forgot that I popped one a couple years ago. If only they had a website for people to log their inventory and record their notes, and someone to manage that for me…
Needless to say, gorgeous wine. You can taste the history here, 150+ year old vines. Deeply complex, almost brooding right now. I would not touch another for 5-10+ years. Quite tannic here now but underneath, such a melange of earth, fruit, green veggies and tobacco. The bright precociousness of youth has lapsed and this wine is deep into its slumber and growth phase. Love it.
@Julian_Marshall - it’s a “you” wine for sure!
PS. Reminds me that wine maturity is not always linear. Given my taste in in 2022, I would not have expected this wine to be so backward in 2025. And yet here it is.
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“ someone to manage that for me”
You need to flog your associates more often. The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Kids these days. They just want the money in the fame. Back in my day we all had to wash dishes as well.
Ha! I am the unicorn!
My sort of wine indeed! You introduced me to it a few years back. I was lucky enough to find six 2012s at auction at a very reasonable price, before news got out I suppose, because since then the price has gone up a lot. It’s even harder to find now than before.
Funnily enough, I was looking at them last night thinking I should open one as it’s been two years since my last bottle. Sounds like I’m going to wait a bit longer - so thanks for the warning!