1 x Cedric Bouchard Inflorescence (Val Vilaine) 2011. Opened two of these last month at a berserkers meetup and greatly enjoyed it
3 x Etienne Calsac Les Rocheforts 1.5Ls
1 x Etienne Calsac L’Echapee Belle (have some with the older label style and curious to do a side-by-side. Someone in a different thread had mentioned a stylistic change in how he makes it and I’m curious)
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Found two bucket list wines recently at a shop that had just received their allocation that same day:
Chateau Le Puy Marie-Cecile 2023
Chateau Le Puy Rose-Marie 2023
If anyone has had either of these before, let me know if I should hold on to them for a while first. CT has a decent amount of previous vintage scores for Rose-Marie, but the Marie-Cecile doesn’t have much feedback about drinking window. The Chateau Le Puy website states that it is a wine meant to be drunk fresh.
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Rafanelli 22’ cab x 2
Keenan - 13’ Reserve cab X 2
Keenan 21’ Coombsville Syrah X 2
Pride 08’ Merlot X 2
Robert Craig - 19’ Robert’s Block X 2
Red Cap 19 + 21 cabs X 3, sauv blanc X 3
Standish X 12, Lamella, The Relic, Schubert Theorem, Standish.
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A few attractively priced auction buys:
98 Vieux Chateau Certan
83 Yquem
88 Leoville Barton (after a very charming bottle a couple weeks ago)
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1x 2022 PYCM NSG Aux Boudots 1er
1x 2016 Marcarini Barolo Brunate
1x 1977 Warres Port
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2b 2020 Caroline Morey Chassagne Caillerets
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I drank the 2019 Marie-Cecile in March 2024 and it was fantastic. Not at all tired but nor did it feel like infanticide, just right in the zone. I believe it’s 100% Semillon so it seems it should be fine to age for a bit.
That being said, their wines are all zero/zero so maybe that’s why they suggest drinking on the early side? FWIW, the Marie-Cecile was not natty in character whatsoever. Absolutely clean and delicious. If it was half the price I would be seeking out more bottles.
The rose, I’ve found more variable. I’ve had maybe 3-4 bottles of the 2020 and it’s great when it’s on, but one bottle had a weird ketchup thing that others have noted as well. No idea why the bottle variation. All of mine were consumed last year.
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2011 chevillon les saint georges
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2023 Cesar Marquez El Val and Villegas
2023 Raul Perez Sketch
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2023 Stein Palmberg Riesling Kabinett trocken Alte Reben
After reading Charlie Carnes wonderful note it reminded me to stock up on the 23’s!
JG Benda Rosso Di Montalcino 2022 x 6
Chemin de Reims Chartogne-Taillet 2019 x 1
Champagne Sainte Anne Chartogne-Taillet x 2
Champagne Les Barres Chartogne Taillet x 1
Hors Serie Chartogne-Taillet 2016 x 2
Champagne Orizeaux Chartogne-Taillet x 1
Champagne Dissonance Alexandre Lamblot x 2
Champagne Vincey Coin Gris x 1
Morgon Marcel Lapierre 2022 x 12
Cote-Rotie Brune Chambeyron-Manin 2022 x 6
Vin Jaune Philippe Bornard 2013 x 1
Vin Jaune Philippe Bornard 2014 x 1
Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Le Pave 2020 x 2
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2022 Pataille Marsannay
2022 Henri Gouges, Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos des Porrets-Saint-Georges
2022 Canon La Gaffeliere
2019 Pichon Baron
2016 Pichon Lalande
/punts wallet into ocean
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Some new babies in the cellar 
Drouhin Petit Monts 2008
CLB Reignots 2010
Dujac Chambolle 2019
Dujac CSD 2003
Santa Duc 2007 - I do not really buy Rhone anymore, but sometimes it is a better match for the food and at 40 euro pr bottle I had to try
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I opened a 2005 at a tasting in Seattle last July. It was outstanding, but my last bottle. I’d bought a few of those and the 2001’s years ago (decades?), when they were mildly expensive but not yet stratospherically priced.
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I’ve never had the Marie-Cécile, but I’ve opened quite a few bottles of the Rosé-Marie. I’ve had them with up to five years of age, and they held up well—actually, better than well. Most were outrageously good. Unfortunately, a few suffered from the lack of added sulfur and went off the rails. They turned into something closer to a science experiment than wine—more canned tomato soup than anything remotely of grape origin. Such are the delights, risks, and occasional horrors of natural wine.
I was the first bidder, but not the last. Rather than a bold baller, I became an early bailer. I win no wine, but proudly pocket a Berserker Bonus for Alliteration
Here’s the full haul from April:
A little dive into the Canary Islands with 2023 Envínate Palo Blanco (100% Listán Blanco from 100+ year old vines) and 2023 Envínate Taganan Parcela Margalagua (90% Listán Negro and Negramoll, 10% Listán Blanco).
Picked up another bottle of Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle Iteration 26—couldn’t resist with the $40 Amex offer.
Also grabbed a case of the late-disgorged 2013 Wenzlau Vineyard Cuvée L’Inconnu Estate Blanc. The regular disgorgement is still one of, if not the best, domestic sparklers I’ve had. I’m eager to see what 11 years on the lees brings to an already stunning wine. Sadly, this was their final release.
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Focus: Yarra Valley Orientation / Region Vintage Orientation
Retailer: WineBid
| Vintage | Wine |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Château Beau-Sejour Becot |
| 1996 | Château Branaire-Ducru |
| 2010 | Château Carbonnieux (Blanc) |
| 2011 | Château de Fieuzal Blanc |
| 2000 | Château Giscours |
| 1995 | Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste |
| 2000 | Château LaGrange |
| 1995 | Château Latour a Pomerol |
| 2005 | Domaine De Chevalier |
| 2009 | Domaine De Chevalier (Blanc) |
| 2010 | H. Donnhoff Schlossbockelheimer Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs #26 |
| 2021 | Mount Mary Vineyard Yarra Valley Pinot Noir |
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After a buying hiatus, I’ve grabbed
2023 Jerome Galeyrand Les Retraits
2023 Domaine Les Petits Lieux Vosne-Romanée
2022 Terre Nere Etna Prephylloxera
2013 Allemand Chaillot
2022 Chave St. Joseph Clos Florentin
2013 François Cotat Cuvée Paul
2023 Morgen Long assortment from Avalon
I’m buying quite a bit less this year, particularly at auctions. Down about 35% overall spend YTD from last year.
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I was just tempted by some 2016 Canon La Gaffeliere I randomly saw at a total wine here. I picked up the some of the bottles and they were covered with dust on the shoulders. I put them back. Think they are okay or nah? Price was very fair, but no idea how long they had been sitting there.
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