What Are You Buying?

sunnylea57 posted:

steve8 posted:

2016 San Giusto a Rentennano, IGT, La Ricolma

mimik posted:

2016 San Giusto a Rentennano igt Ricolma

👍🏼👍🏼

I also ordered a mag of the same wine. You Ontarians raved about it -)

azwiese posted:

Stoked to find 2016 Leeuwin Art Series Chardonnay at Costco on closeout for 39.97$ a pop! Had it a few weeks ago and it was outstanding 

That's an outstanding price for that wine. Back up the truck.

mimik posted:

sunnylea57 posted:

steve8 posted:

2016 San Giusto a Rentennano, IGT, La Ricolma

mimik posted:

2016 San Giusto a Rentennano igt Ricolma

👍🏼👍🏼

I also ordered a mag of the same wine. You Ontarians raved about it -)

Give it at least 10 years. I've been drinking the 2006 recently which is certainly accessible but still just barely entering its drinking window.

A bunch of odds and sods over the past three weeks.

2 x 2005 Faiveley Volnay 1er Cru Santenots
4 x 2017 Walter Hansel Winery Chardonnay Cuvée Alyce
6 x 2018 Ridge Roussanne Adelaida Vineyard
1 x 2008 Detert Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville
3 x 2014 Detert Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville
3 x 2014 Detert Family Vineyards Cabernet Franc Oakville
3 x 2011 Long Shadows Wineries Cabernet Sauvignon Feather
1 mag x 2013 Long Shadows Wineries Cabernet Sauvignon Feather
1 mag x 2014 Long Shadows Wineries Cabernet Sauvignon Feather
3 x 2016 Long Shadows Wineries Cabernet Sauvignon Feather
6 x 2016 Azienda Agricola Elvio Cogno Barbera d'Alba Pre-Phylloxera
1 x 2017 Azienda Agricola Elvio Cogno Barbera d'Alba Pre-Phylloxera

sunnylea57 posted:

mimik posted:

sunnylea57 posted:

steve8 posted:

2016 San Giusto a Rentennano, IGT, La Ricolma

mimik posted:

2016 San Giusto a Rentennano igt Ricolma

👍🏼👍🏼

I also ordered a mag of the same wine. You Ontarians raved about it -)

Give it at least 10 years. I've been drinking the 2006 recently which is certainly accessible but still just barely entering its drinking window.

Good to know. Thank you Sunnylea57

Had to snag one more case before they were all gone:

12 x Old Grand Dad BiB 1L

1x 2016 Teachworth Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa

1x 2008 McNicol from Mitchell Wines Aus

1x 2016 Armand Reisling Cabinet from Germany

1x 2014 Descendants Liegois Dupont (DLD) Syrah - Hedges family

Call me ignorant but i'd blindly go for what the sommelier suggests >.<

2018 Keller Grauer Burgunder Trocken Reserve Alte Reben

Orange wine to share with the likes of Vinoevelo. 

Fell off the wagon in Napa. List to come once embarrassment passes

bomba503 posted:

Fell off the wagon in Napa. List to come once embarrassment passes

🤣🤣🤣 looking forward to this

vinoevelo posted:

bomba503 posted:

Fell off the wagon in Napa. List to come once embarrassment passes

🤣🤣🤣 looking forward to this

Anatomy of failure. Between being sick for 3 weeks and the passing of my ex GF who many on the board shared vino with over the years the month of December was a complete blur. It’s hard to say exactly when it went off the rails. Through a combination of allocations, auctions, Costco and a Napa trip I ended up with enough cellar additions to make Sunnylea blush. Even worse my cellar consumption was close to zero so there was scrambling to find space. Im sure I missed a few in the haze Im still coming out of

3 x 2015 Mayacamas Cabernet

3 x 2017 Andremily Syrah No. 6

5 x 2016 The Third Twin Nuestra Senora Del Tercer Gemelo Mourvedre blend

3 x 2006 Realm Cabernet Beckstoffer To Kalon

3 x 2015 Renato Ratti Barolo Marcenasco

3 x 2014 The Mascot Cabernet

2 x 2018 Aubert Russian River Chardonnay

2 x 2018 Aubert Sonoma Coast Chardonnay

3 x 2016 Macdonald Cabernet

2 x 2018 Bedrock Old Vine Zin

2 x 2018 Bedrock Heritage

5 x 2018 Bedrock Old Hill Ranch

4 x 2018 Bedrock Staves of Waidhofen Sauv Blanc

1 x 2017 Bedrock Sky Syrah

2 x 2018 Bedrock Carlisle Zin

1 x 2018 Bedrock Compagni Portis

3 x 2018 Bedrock Monte Rosso Zin

2 x 2018 Bedrock Pagani Ranch

2 x 2016 DiCostanzo Cabernet Farella Vineyard

3 x 2016 Trujillo Cabernet

3 x 2016 Trujillo Cabernet Gary Morisoli Vineyard

3 x 2014 Red Cap Vineyards Cabernet

3 x 2016 Red Cap Vineyards Sauv Blanc

Yes a major case of falling off the wagon. You seem like a man in need of some drinking buddies! We will do our best to help you deal with this!😀🍷

julied posted:

Yes a major case of falling off the wagon. You seem like a man in need of some drinking buddies! We will do our best to help you deal with this!😀🍷

Consider the help wanted sign posted 

3 x 2017 Little Wings Syrah.

If I'm able to I'll hold you to that comment!

2018 Susana Balbo, Torrontes, Signature

El Toro, are some of those prerelease purchases? It's my understanding that the tariffs will be passed along at time of shipping.

bomba503 posted:

vinoevelo posted:

bomba503 posted:

Fell off the wagon in Napa. List to come once embarrassment passes

🤣🤣🤣 looking forward to this

Anatomy of failure. Between being sick for 3 weeks and the passing of my ex GF who many on the board shared vino with over the years the month of December was a complete blur. It’s hard to say exactly when it went off the rails. Through a combination of allocations, auctions, Costco and a Napa trip I ended up with enough cellar additions to make Sunnylea blush. Even worse my cellar consumption was close to zero so there was scrambling to find space. Im sure I missed a few in the haze Im still coming out of

 

3 x 2015 Mayacamas Cabernet

3 x 2017 Andremily Syrah No. 6

 

...snip...

3 x 2016 Red Cap Vineyards Sauv Blanc

Bomba, sorry to hear (here and on FB) about your former GF. I can understand why December was a challenging month.

As for the wine... wow.

Thx Sunny. Between her and my mom's passing last Summer Im looking forward to 2020. I seem to be well stocked for it

bomba503 posted:

Thx Sunny. Between her and my mom's passing last Summer Im looking forward to 2020. I seem to be well stocked for it

My condolences.

The cellar depletion failure continues. Went to Palm Springs Pinot Fest which turned out to be one of the nicest, most well run large scale tastings Ive been to in many years. The line-up of wineries was fabulous and there was abundant well paired small bites spread through out the venue. Will definitely be back as long as it continues to be that good.

https://palmspringspinotfest.com/participants/

Met up with some winery friends and brought 5 bottles for Fri/Sat dinners to work on some needed cellar depletion. One of the bottles was an 07 Donnhoff which paired amazingly well with Fri NIght Dim Sum dinner so I'll probably be chasing more reisling soon enough. Unfortunately was gifted 3 bottles by said winery friends so only modest success. Net result -2 bottles until...

3 x 2013 Juslyn Spring Mountain Cabernet - bought 3 a few years ago and they were so good they were gone in 6 months. Saw a 3 bottle lot on auction for $60 ea all in and couldnt resist. Probably wont last 6 months

Rivers-Marie 2018 Pinot release which always punch so far above their price point its tough to pass

First 100 point (AG) pinot Ive seen in a long time particularly at this price point and announced pre-release. I couldnt pass up a 1 bottle allocation. And since Im buying one might as well make it 6.

1 x 2018 Rivers Marie Platt vineyard pinot

2 x Rivers Marie Summa Vineyard Pinot

3 x Rivers Marie Sonoma Coast Pinot

Help wanted!

Wow, some really nice finds.

 RAcer117 and I stand ready to help you with your “problem.”   Yes, we’re that kind of friends! 

4 x 2011 Quantum Sonntag Geschlossen Grüner Veltliner

Austrian Grüner which sat in a 2,400 litre, 100 year old barrel for 2,555 days before bottling. 

I know what I'm bringing to Sherry Christmas (the ode to all weird wines) in 2020!

bomba503 posted:

The cellar depletion failure continues. Went to Palm Springs Pinot Fest which turned out to be one of the nicest, most well run large scale tastings Ive been to in many years. The line-up of wineries was fabulous and there was abundant well paired small bites spread through out the venue. Will definitely be back as long as it continues to be that good.

https://palmspringspinotfest.com/participants/

Met up with some winery friends and brought 5 bottles for Fri/Sat dinners to work on some needed cellar depletion. One of the bottles was an 07 Donnhoff which paired amazingly well with Fri NIght Dim Sum dinner so I'll probably be chasing more reisling soon enough. Unfortunately was gifted 3 bottles by said winery friends so only modest success. Net result -2 bottles until...

3 x 2013 Juslyn Spring Mountain Cabernet - bought 3 a few years ago and they were so good they were gone in 6 months. Saw a 3 bottle lot on auction for $60 ea all in and couldnt resist. Probably wont last 6 months

Rivers-Marie 2018 Pinot release which always punch so far above their price point its tough to pass

First 100 point (AG) pinot Ive seen in a long time particularly at this price point and announced pre-release. I couldnt pass up a 1 bottle allocation. And since Im buying one might as well make it 6.

1 x 2018 Rivers Marie Platt vineyard pinot

2 x Rivers Marie Summa Vineyard Pinot

3 x Rivers Marie Sonoma Coast Pinot

Help wanted!

Condolences  Bomba.  I can understand the cellar depletion failure during tough times.  Hopefully 2020 will be a much better year for you and one that you can enjoy depleting the cellar a bit! ... oh, and well done!

2016 Raul Perez, Bierzo, La Vizcaina, El Rapolao

2018 JC Wickens, Swerwer, Chenin Blanc

2018 JC Wickens, Swerwer, Red Blend

robsutherland posted:

4 x 2011 Quantum Sonntag Geschlossen Grüner Veltliner

Austrian Grüner which sat in a 2,400 litre, 100 year old barrel for 2,555 days before bottling. 

I know what I'm bringing to Sherry Christmas (the ode to all weird wines) in 2020!

2002 Dom - Purchased from a local widow off a social media post. Passed on the Marilyn Merlot but directed her to someone that could help her maximize what she could. She had the inaugural vintage which is actually fairly valuable 

steve8 posted:

2016 Raul Perez, Bierzo, La Vizcaina, El Rapolao

 

Give credit where credit is due. But good purchase on this one, can’t want to try his 2016s

4 each of the Pearl Morisette California offerings, chard, Pinot and cab franc.  

I think Im in trouble and looking for an intervention. Paolo Scavino coming to taste unreleased 2016 Barolo at my local spot around the corner. There will be 7 wines to taste including their top wines and available to order on pre-arrival. I dont know how they got someone from the winery but they did. Its one of the best tastings they'll ever have. This could be troublesome

Be strong Bomba.  Keep it to under a case and we can help you. 

bomba503 posted:

I think Im in trouble and looking for an intervention. Paolo Scavino coming to taste unreleased 2016 Barolo at my local spot around the corner. There will be 7 wines to taste including their top wines and available to order on pre-arrival. I dont know how they got someone from the winery but they did. Its one of the best tastings they'll ever have. This could be troublesome

Just say yes.

Just a case. Skipped the regular barolo and replaced with Cannubi which he didn't bring as production is so small. Two of each. I'll survive. The Fiasc was stunning. I hope I live long enough to drink it anywhere near its prime 

Very nice. Who was there from Scavino, bomba? One of the family or Riccardo, the "ambassador" who conducts the tastings at the winery?

Young guy named Andrea Ostorero

Recent purchase and delivery (winery turned it around fast):

2 x 2018 J. Rochioli Chardonnay Russian River Valley
2 x 2018 J. Rochioli Pinot Noir Russian River Valley

Recent store purchase to help shore up the dwindling Cali Cab section:

2 x 2014 O'Shaughnessy Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain

Recent birthday gift:

1 x 2015 Azienda Agricola Montevertine Le Pergole Torte Toscana IGT

Having fun in the cellar.

PURPLE warmed up the credit card during her lunch break today:

3 x 2018 Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Russian River Valley
2 x 2018 Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Richard Dinner Vineyard
1 x 2018 Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Ellen Lane Estate