This wine is still riding on the “Wine of the Year” award by WS for its 97 version. IMO, the wine has not been near as good since, with some years being just average. but a $35 cab will sell.
The wine is so widely available, I am sure WTSO will just load up. It is not like they bought every btl produced and dumped in 20 minutes. They probably had 10 cases or so.
WTSO had a KILLER Barolo deal on last night, late, and I was able to pick up 6 bottles. By the time my friends (whom I sent the email to) received it, the deal was gone.
I hadn’t had one since the '97 although i gifted away a couple of '99s, but have had a '01 sitting around for a while with less than perfect storage and decided to open it last Sunday and was totally prepared to pour it down the drain- much to my surprise it was excellent.
It’s always head-scratching to see how California wines that are mediocre can command prices like these-- even $35 for the CC is too much imo. You can buy the '05 Vieille Cure for $20!