I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this wine but I ran across a bottle in a store today. At $400, it has me curious as to what people think of it in comparison to some of the other expensive wines like Harlan, Bryant, etc. I’m not looking to buy it but am curious to see what people think of it.
It is a multi-vintage blend akin to Vega Sicilia’s Reserva Especial, though tens of years via a solera system vs. just a three year blend. I haven’t had much experience with it but it is more like an aged wine rather when released than a vintage Bryant or others.
buy one and let us know how it is. Sounds like a joke for 4 bills
It sells for about $50-80 at auction. We get some through occasionally. I’ve not had it, but I haven’t heard great things about it.
Really? Where? I’d give it a whirl for that!
Winesearcher doesn’t show prices anywhere close to that. Rare when auctions throw prices that are only 16-18% ($50) of discount retailers. I also don’t see anything close to that in recent auction results (e.g. ~$240/btl in both a 2010 multi btl lot from Spectrum, and similar pricing in an Aug 2013 single btl lot from K&L).
The results in Wine Market Journal show hammers mostly in the $100-170 range, but nothing recently. It’s a difficult wine for WMJ to track, as they split out the different bottlings and not every auction house lists the bottlings in the title of the wine. In addition, when they are sold, they are mostly sold in mixed lots, which are not tracked by WMJ.
That said, I know we (Heritage Auctions) have sold bottles in the $50-80 range. It’s a strange wine. There is not a lot of interest in it, so it can either hammer at $50/bottle or $150/bottle.
Sounds unique enough that for $50 I would try it. Not for $400 though.
It leans more toward Silver Oak more than say Rivers-Marie in style. I believe is is vinified using American oak.
It’s a well made wine that I have enjoyed but is anything really ever ‘worth’ $400? I think not.