December 2010 - What are you buying?

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Originally posted by DoktaP:

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The 47 Cheval is on my list of wines to try before I die.

My list is soooo long I'll need to live to 99!

I hear drinking red wine helps with that.

4 X 2003 Calon Segur

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Originally posted by AZCat:
1999 Philipponnat Clos de Goisses

My first Clos de Goisses...looking forward to trying it.

Congratulations, AZC. A very nice Champagne.
Just to be clear: While this one is indeed drinking very well young, nothing compares to a great vinatage of this with some age on it (like 25+ years).

AZC - Just attempting to clarify that the two are totally different.

Oh..and this Champagne shows best paired with food! Enjoy!

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Originally posted by KSC02:
AZC - Just attempting to clarify that the two are totally different.

Oh..and this Champagne shows best paired with food! Enjoy!

Thanks for the advice! I'm quite excited about it. I spent some time reading old reviews of the various Clos de Goisses vintages here on the forums and understand both the need for age and the need for food. It also seems I'll want to let it warm up a bit and evolve in the glass. The '99 is relatively affordable and easy to source, so I thought I'd start with that and, assuming I like it, purchase more for cellaring as well as seek out older vintages. 1990 seems like a good vintage with a little more age that I might be able to find for a somewhat affordable price. Thoughts?

Sounds like a plan. The only aged Clos de Goisses I've had is the '82 (which was nothing short of stunning). However, for multiple vintages of this producer you must request this advice from the Champagne Sage.

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Originally posted by KSC02:
Sounds like a plan. The only aged Clos de Goisses I've had is the '82 (which was nothing short of stunning). However, for multiple vintages of this producer you must request this advice from the Champagne Sage.

Bella Donna?

At the winery, the representative made a point of telling us that Philipponnat makes their wines for long aging. They're oak-aged and the winery uses a higher amount of Pinot Noir in their wines than other Champagne houses do.

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Originally posted by billhike:

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Originally posted by KSC02:
Sounds like a plan. The only aged Clos de Goisses I've had is the '82 (which was nothing short of stunning). However, for multiple vintages of this producer you must request this advice from the Champagne Sage.

Bella Donna?

Nope. Winetex

2007 Galatrona
2008 Chateau Barde-Haut(futures)
2007 Greppicante Bolgheri
2007 Domaine FL Cuvee Parc Savennieres

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by billhike:

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Originally posted by KSC02:
Sounds like a plan. The only aged Clos de Goisses I've had is the '82 (which was nothing short of stunning). However, for multiple vintages of this producer you must request this advice from the Champagne Sage.

Bella Donna?

Nope. Winetex

Or TBird. Is there a specific orange juice that pairs well with Clos de Goisses, or will any old OJ do?

Some 2008 Pomerols - La Conseillante & Vieux Chateau Certan. These are wines that usually fall outside of my "comfortable" price range, so I wanted to take advantage of lower prices for the 2008s to get an understanding of what Pomerol is all about...

2007 Ridge, Santa Cruz Estate Red
2008 August West, Pinot Noir, Graham Family Vineyard

2007 St Innocent Pinot Blanc Freedom Hill.

Motivated by another thread:

4 x 2007 Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet
2 x 2007 BV Rutherford Cabernet

2007 Mondavi Cabernet
2005 Fuligni BDM
2008 Serre Nuove

bfw

NV Roderer Estate Brut
2008 Borsao Tres Picos
2007 Beau Mistral CdR

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Originally posted by billhike:
2008 Borsao Tres Picos

Just drank one of those last night - awesome QPR.

2 x 2007 Fattoria Viticcio Chianti Classico Riserva

K time to stop...

1999 Chateau Mouton - $99

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Originally posted by jburman82:
1999 Chateau Mouton - $99

Nice price!

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Originally posted by shavez:
Some 2008 Pomerols - La Conseillante & Vieux Chateau Certan. These are wines that usually fall outside of my "comfortable" price range, so I wanted to take advantage of lower prices for the 2008s to get an understanding of what Pomerol is all about...

Given how the right bank did in this vintage, I also got 2 lots of VCC and some St Emilion - Canon La Gaffeliere and Pavie Macquin, for exactly the same reasons as you.

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Originally posted by jburman82:
1999 Chateau Mouton - $99

It's good to see the industrious well rewarded.
Deals like these come by, but one must actively keep a sharp eye to catch them.
Well done, Jack.

Trying to scale back my wine purchases, and definitely cutting my California cab numbers overall, but I couldn't pass up a 6-pack of the O'Shaughnessy 2007 Cab.

Earlier this month, 4x Frescobaldi Chianti Rufina Nippozano 2006, and one bottle of Valdicave '04.

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by jburman82:
1999 Chateau Mouton - $99

It's good to see the industrious well rewarded.
Deals like these come by, but one must actively keep a sharp eye to catch them.
Well done, Jack.

Thanks Kevin. I must admit it was more luck than anything else. I stopped in a lws I rarely frequent since I find their prices rather high. I noticed it in the "high end" locked glass case without a price tag. I inquired on a whim since I was pretty much just killing time before I went to lunch with my dad. It took the girl 10 min to get back to me with a price. I watched her and her boss searching in the computer. I am 99% positive they didnt have it in their system and pulled the $99 out of thin air. The funny part was that it was right next to the 2003 and 2005 Mouton, priced at $599 and $899 respectively. I aksed if they had more but it was just the one lonely bottle.

2008 Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis Montmains
2003 Il Poggione BdM Riserva Vigna Paganelli

2 more magnums of 2006 Buccella Merlot
2002 Robert Foley Claret
2003 Robert Foley Claret

Orin swift...

2006 Alban Grenache
2002 Kracher #12 (can never get enough!)

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Originally posted by stickman:
2002 Kracher #12 (can never get enough!)

Just reading this compels me.
I feel it's time to open one over the Holidays.

Some more 2007 Petrolo, Galatrona to average down my price per bottle.

My brand new wine cellar!

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Originally posted by CSM:
My brand new wine cellar!

Congratulations! I bet you fill it soon and that it will be too small in a year, maybe two.

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Originally posted by Board-O:

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Originally posted by CSM:
My brand new wine cellar!

Congratulations! I bet you fill it soon and that it will be too small in a year, maybe two.

If I do that I'll be divorced!

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Originally posted by steve8:
Some more 2007 Petrolo, Galatrona to average down my price per bottle.

It's not a stock you know

just received a six pack(2 of each) from my "clients":

N.V. Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Champagne Brut Rosé
2008 Bodegas El Nido Jumilla Clio
2009 Domaine Serge Laloue Sancerre


not too shabby! love shack babbbeeee!

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by stickman:
2002 Kracher #12 (can never get enough!)

Just reading this compels me.
I feel it's time to open one over the Holidays.

Delicious now, tomorrow, and in 20+ years! How many wines can say that? I keep buying so that I can keep drinking them. They say, "You can't have your [Kracher] and [drink] it too," but you can if you keep buying them!

2006 Domaine Pierre Usseglio Cdp.

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by stickman:
2002 Kracher #12 (can never get enough!)

Just reading this compels me.
I feel it's time to open one over the Holidays.

I hear it goes great on ice cream.

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Originally posted by steve8:
Some more 2007 Petrolo, Galatrona to average down my price per bottle.

Yeah, that's what all the point whores say.

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Originally posted by GlennK:

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Originally posted by steve8:
Some more 2007 Petrolo, Galatrona to average down my price per bottle.

It's not a stock you know

Funny thing is, I don't average down on stocks.

Tonight I picked up some

2009 Domaine les Grands Bois, CdR Villages, Cairanne, Cuvee Maximilien
2009 Dupere Barrera, CdR Villages
2004 Quinta do Noval, LBV