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- London
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October Purchases
- Thread starter Paul Cantlon
- Start date
- Location
- Northampton
So far have managed to refrain from purchasing anything this month (helped by arranging to be away from the computer while the Bacchus auction was happening) - apart from a magnum of NV Bollinger Rosé I need for an offline....
- Location
- Southport
Bought three different bottles of Zind Humbrect 2019s and a Rubicon 2017 and Lourens Howard John from L&W at the beginning of the month, but my bank account got hacked again, so my card was cancelled and I haven’t had the replacement yet. Maybe a good thing in a way!
- Location
- Norway
2 btl of Suenen C+C 2017 base
2 btl of Clemens Busch Marienpfad Fahrlay GG Riesling 2019
Hope to keep the statistics unchanged until November
2 btl of Clemens Busch Marienpfad Fahrlay GG Riesling 2019
Hope to keep the statistics unchanged until November
- Location
- Laois, Ireland
Just a small purchase this month
3 bts Cordero di Montezemolo Barolo Monfalletto 2017
3 bts Jean-Claude Dagueneau Pouilly-Fumé Domaine Berthiers 2019
3 bts Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein Hatzenporter Stolzenberg GG 2019
3 bts Azienda Agricola Le Ragnaie Troncone Toscana IGT 2017
3 bts Cordero di Montezemolo Barolo Monfalletto 2017
3 bts Jean-Claude Dagueneau Pouilly-Fumé Domaine Berthiers 2019
3 bts Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein Hatzenporter Stolzenberg GG 2019
3 bts Azienda Agricola Le Ragnaie Troncone Toscana IGT 2017
- Location
- London
Just grabbed a case of Saint Cosme Côtes-du-Rhône 2015 from the Wine Society. I haven't tried it but I rate the winery and at 9.95 they will be perfect cellar defenders!
- Location
- Bangkok
I picked up a few bottles of the '19 recently and thought them a very classy CdeR.
- Location
- Edmonton, Canada
I'm trying to resist the 2017 Xavier Vignon Cuvee Vieilles Vignes Cotes-du-Rhone. The price here is £10.60 a bottle.
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- Bangkok
We get that range here, Mahmoud, on my admittedly low sample size of two I wasn't impressed at all.
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- Southport
New card arrived today and already bought a bottle of 2014 La Dame de Montrose and 4 bottles of Coudoulet 2020
- Location
- Southport
Hi Bryan, I have been reading with interest emails re Oregon wines from A&B, but it is really a region I have little experience in. I am currently beginning what is probably going to be a very long and expensive journey into Burgundy, but wondered if any of these would be an interesting alternative.
If in the future I have some spare cash, which would recommend as a good starting point?
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- London
Have been going mental for mencia this month:
Veronica Ortega ROC
Veronica Ortega VO Versión Original
Veronica Ortega Quite
Castro Candaz Finca El Curvado
Raul Perez El Pecado
and also bonkers for barbaresco:
Produttori Rabaja
Cigliuti Serraboella
Poderi Oddero Vigna Rionda
Veronica Ortega ROC
Veronica Ortega VO Versión Original
Veronica Ortega Quite
Castro Candaz Finca El Curvado
Raul Perez El Pecado
and also bonkers for barbaresco:
Produttori Rabaja
Cigliuti Serraboella
Poderi Oddero Vigna Rionda
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- London
Last year’s offer I asked for a mixed case across producers. The one that stuck out for me was Vincent, so I just ordered a mixed case of their 4 wines in the current offer. Suggest you get a mix of entry level wines and see which you like
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- London
'19 Elpidios, David & Nadia
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- London
We are in Epernay for a week. Visited Pierre Gimonnet this morning and picked up 2 x each of their latest 2014 and 2015 Special Club wines including the individual grand crus ones, as well as a mixed half case of Gastronomie 2016 and 2008. We then visited the 520 shop and picked up some Pierre Peters Chetillons & Montjolys 2013s and 2014s as well as some a few other bits and pieces. I have a feeling this is going to be an expensive week!
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- Southport
Thanks Bryan, a great write up. John was going to put together a list of Burgundy reccos but I kept choosing my own, so I think he has held off for now. Lots to think about, cheers,
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- London
I can’t say I’m surprised
PP Chetillons 2013 should be pretty stunning in a decade or so
ive also dipped into the AB Oregon offer, I enjoy the pinots and have not really tried many chardonnays, I took some from Hope Well, Trisaetum, Cameron and Arterberry Maresh
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Curious on what you bought (vintages) and if you have tried any of them? Prices are definitely on the up recently but still thinking of reloading. Typically I buy ROC, Cobrana and CAL (which is great if you haven't tried - Godello on pure limestone).
- Location
- Edmonton, Canada
Thanks Alex,
I took your advice and gave the Xavier Cotes-du-Rhone a miss. However, today after dropping a friend off at the airport, I stopped in at a bottle shop and came across a 2010 Cave de Rasteau 'La Domeliere', Rasteau. Of course there is the risk of shop "conditioning" at play but the temptation of a 10 year-old CdR was difficult to resist - especially as it was from a good Rhone vintage and only a shade over six pounds.
Mahmoud.
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- London
I bought 6-packs of the '17 and '18 of the ROC and '17 of the VO. Not sure what vintage the others are as I only bought a pair of each to try.
I have worked my way through vintages 2011- 2015 of the ROC and found them to be consistently good so am reasonably confident the untried 17/18s will be solid enough. I am down to my last bottle of the 2011 ROC, my favourite vintage so far. It is thrilling stuff, too bloody thrilling in fact as, despite my best attempts at deferred gratification, I am down to last bottle already.
I really fancied the Cobrana but unfortunately they (Decantalo) were out of stock. Have also heard the CAL is great and will look out for it but unfortunately Veronica's wines seem quite difficult to source in the UK at time of writing.
Either way I'm hoping for an improvement on last night's 2018 La Senda El Aqueronte which was frankly a complete mess.
I've only been buying her wines for maybe 4-5 years now, but they are consistently excellent. Strangely, I have a large yet dwindling cache of the 2016 ROC, one you seem to have missed, but excellent IMNSHO. 2017 and 2018 can be quite ripe in Bierzo and I generally find them too alcoholic, especially 2018.
CAL has changed radically in style over the last few years, but I still think this is some of the best Godello made in Spain at the moment. 2017 was very taut and had acidity that would rip the enamel off your teeth, graduating to 2019 which is seems to be getting more malo in style and more barrel ageing. I like all of them but time will tell what will be better with age on them. Hard to find, even in Spain, but I pre-order many of them as insurance.
2019 is a vintage you want to buy I think, if you like them ripe with high acidity... same goes for most of Western Europe. I think you are going to be disappointed with most 2018 Spanish reds, with one area as an exception - Val de Salnes for Albarino... exquisite whites from Zarate (Balado) and Do Ferreiro (Cepas Vellas), one of the coolest sites.
CAL has changed radically in style over the last few years, but I still think this is some of the best Godello made in Spain at the moment. 2017 was very taut and had acidity that would rip the enamel off your teeth, graduating to 2019 which is seems to be getting more malo in style and more barrel ageing. I like all of them but time will tell what will be better with age on them. Hard to find, even in Spain, but I pre-order many of them as insurance.
2019 is a vintage you want to buy I think, if you like them ripe with high acidity... same goes for most of Western Europe. I think you are going to be disappointed with most 2018 Spanish reds, with one area as an exception - Val de Salnes for Albarino... exquisite whites from Zarate (Balado) and Do Ferreiro (Cepas Vellas), one of the coolest sites.
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- Pianello Val Tidone
I recently reread Keith Levenberg's old blog, some brilliant writing and well worth a few hours, and his final post was a little photo essay from the Dundee vineyards.
What I Did Over My Summer Vacation
Day One That’s the Eyrie Vineyard in the Red Hills of Dundee, Oregon. David Lett first planted here in 1965. The red-tailed hawks the winery was named after still nest in the tall evergreen a…
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Thanks for this - have been a fan of his TNs on CT ever since this one I posted re Comtes 2008, but didn't realise he had a blog.I recently reread Keith Levenberg's old blog, some brilliant writing and well worth a few hours, and his final post was a little photo essay from the Dundee vineyards.
What I Did Over My Summer Vacation
Day One That’s the Eyrie Vineyard in the Red Hills of Dundee, Oregon. David Lett first planted here in 1965. The red-tailed hawks the winery was named after still nest in the tall evergreen a…
08 comtes
A cool 75% price bump on the 06/07 releases and close to current 02 trading price. Glad I bought all those 06s at M&S for a quarter of this price! Thanks for the memories Taittinger...
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- London
2 bottles of Marisa Cuomo Fiorduva so far, and I will try to restrain myself until the champagne promotions lands in the supermarkets