Every little helps

[swee'pea99]

Bit mean to only let us have one case...

 

[Night Train]

That is 1000 times more then I spent on wine for dinner tonight!
But then I'm stingy!

 

[Beebo]

That is 1000 times more then I spent on wine for dinner tonight!
But then I'm stingy!

But think of the 3990 club card points you would have earned!

 

[snapper_37]

Pah not even 1 review. Blossom HIll 3 for a tenner thanks.

 

[Doseone]

That's only 6 bottles - I thought a case was 12?

Anyway, it's cheaper here. Still don't think we'll be seeing any of that at chez Doseone anytime soon.

But think of the 3990 club card points you would have earned!

I don't know about club card points, but if it was Nectar points you would only need another 9,996,010 points to get a free bag of crisps.

 

[Fnaar]

I went online to order some, but I've accidentally ordered a case of Thunderbird Wine from the local "Cheap Booze" shop.

 

[snapper_37]

IThunderbird

Ahh, those were the days....

 

[Archie_tect]

"...There are 10,500 cases of the 2009 Haut-Brion, from a blend of 46% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 14% Cabernet Franc. For technicians, the highest ever natural alcohol, 14.3%, was achieved, with a pH of 3.9, which is about the same as the 1989 and 1990, as well as 1959. This is the kind of wine to send chills even up my spine, and I have been tasting here for nearly 30 years. An extraordinary nose of plum, blueberry, raspberry, crushed rock, and that intriguing floral as well as unsmoked cigar tobacco note (a classic sign of this terroir) is followed by a wine of creamy unctuosity reminiscent of 1989, but there is a freshness, vibrancy and precision that is historic and possibly unprecedented. Some graphite emerges as the wine sits in the glass, but the wine is very thick while at the same time precise and elegant. This is the quintessential expression of one of the greatest wine terroirs of the world. To reiterate, the good news is that there are going to be 10,500 cases of Haut-Brion in 2009, which is about 1,500 more cases than the 9,000 produced in 2005. This wine will probably need 7-8 years of cellaring when released and evolve as well as the 1959 has (which is still a perfect wine today), so we're realistically talking 50-75 years when stored in a cool cellar..."
Yeah, right....

Mind you if you have the stupid money, space and the patience look at the prices a bottle or half bottle of the 1959 fetches now, 1959 Haut Brion...delivered on the back of a three toed sloth swaddled in a bed of swan feathers- even so that's some mark up... are wine snobs completely nuts?

 

[Fnaar]

Ahh, those were the days....

That wasn't you, was it? That bottle of Thunderbird? Under that Bridge?

 

[jayonabike]

Is that all?

 

[jayonabike]

Or if you won that euro millions this week

 

[EltonFrog]

"...There are 10,500 cases of the 2009 Haut-Brion, from a blend of 46% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 14% Cabernet Franc. For technicians, the highest ever natural alcohol, 14.3%, was achieved, with a pH of 3.9, which is about the same as the 1989 and 1990, as well as 1959. This is the kind of wine to send chills even up my spine, and I have been tasting here for nearly 30 years. An extraordinary nose of plum, blueberry, raspberry, crushed rock, and that intriguing floral as well as unsmoked cigar tobacco note (a classic sign of this terroir) is followed by a wine of creamy unctuosity reminiscent of 1989, but there is a freshness, vibrancy and precision that is historic and possibly unprecedented. Some graphite emerges as the wine sits in the glass, but the wine is very thick while at the same time precise and elegant. This is the quintessential expression of one of the greatest wine terroirs of the world. To reiterate, the good news is that there are going to be 10,500 cases of Haut-Brion in 2009, which is about 1,500 more cases than the 9,000 produced in 2005. This wine will probably need 7-8 years of cellaring when released and evolve as well as the 1959 has (which is still a perfect wine today), so we're realistically talking 50-75 years when stored in a cool cellar..."
Yeah, right....

Mind you if you have the stupid money, space and the patience look at the prices a bottle or half bottle of the 1959 fetches now, 1959 Haut Brion...delivered on the back of a three toed sloth swaddled in a bed of swan feathers- even so that's some mark up... are wine snobs completely nuts?

What a load of pretentious bollocks!

 

[BJH]

So basically it's 14 per cent proof wine so will indeed get you ratted quickly, so a couple of bottles should see you crying with regret at spending this years (!) drinking vouchers on 6 bottles

 

[simon.r]

I suspect a high proportion of the 10,500 cases will be bought as an investment rather than to drink.