Talk-A-Vino

The Last Bottle, purveyor of the fine wines at a great value prices, is turning 5 (5 years old it is), and to celebrate this occasion, Last Bottle does it in their best possible style – by giving away offering crazy amount of crazy wines at crazy prices in the format of their inimitable Marathon Madness.

For those of you who still might not know what Last Bottle Wine is: Last Bottle Wine is an online wine store specializing in so called “Flash” wine sales – they offer wines at a very substantial discounts (sometimes reaching 80%), also with free shipping if required minimum number of bottles is purchased, which is typically 3 to 6 bottles. Last Bottle Wines selection is outstanding, offering wines from well known producers, which are often also hard to find. You need to have an account to buy from Last Bottle Wines, so in case you don’t have one yet, I will be glad to be your “reference” and you can use this link to sign up. If you sign up using this link, you will get $5 credit on your first order. Yes, I will get $20 bonus for signing you up – but remember that it will be you who will get $20 next time around when you will sign up your friends – and believe me, your friends will be thanking you profusely. To see why your friends will be thanking you, read on.

The Marathon Madness was announced only on Wednesday, hence the title of this post. However, it is not all lost yet – Friday 04/29 will be the second day of the marathon, and if anything will be left to sell, it will continue over the weekend (however, I doubt that). The great thing about Marathon is that the minimum quantity requirement doesn’t apply – you can buy wines by single bottles and still get the same great discount.

What I did today is to try to capture information about some of the offered wines. During marathon, the wines are sold at an incredible speed, sometimes within literally half a second (think of it as a clicking competition), so it is very difficult to collect meaningful information about the wines been sold. I spent a bit of time refreshing the browser window and capturing the pictures, so below is what I was able to collect. Note the pedigree, the prices, and most importantly (for me), the vintages – lots of offered wines are of the older vintages – 1994, 1998, 2000, etc., which means that they are perfectly ready to drink – this is priceless in my opinion.

Without further ado, here is what you probably missed (a very small subset of it):

2005 Colgin Cabernet Sauvignon Tychson Hill Vineyard. Retail: $400, LBW: $$265

2012 Groth Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Napa Valley. Retail: $64, LBW: $45

2005 Tardieu Laurent Cornas Cuvee Coteaux. Retail: $85, LBW: $45

2011 Badia a Caltibono Chianti Bennone. Retail: $38, LBW: $18

2012 Flowers Camp Meeting Ridge Vineyard (1.5L). Retail: $195, LBW: $99

2001 Domaine du Marcox Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes. Retail: $$250, LBW:$149

2009 Manzone Barolo Gramolere, Retail: $60, LBW: $35

2010 Hunter III Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley. Retail: $150, LBW: $109

2007 PureCoz Napa Valley Red. Retail; $65, LBW: $30

2000 Pierre Usseglio Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve des Deux Freres. Retail: $250, LBW: $139

2006 Domaine Vincent Dauvissat Chablis Les Clos Retail: $200, LBW: $139

2012 Roblar Pinot Noir Mission Ranch Vineyard Retail: $30, LBW: $10

2010 Clavo Collusion Paso Robles Retail: $35, LBW: $16

2011 Bodegas Fin de Siglo XIII Lunas Rioja Retail: $25, LBW: $12

2012 The Paring Red Wine. LBW: $25

2012 Spell Pinot Noir Van der Kamp Vineyard Retail: $48, LBW: $25

2007 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel Cuvee. Retail: $195, LBW: $109

2009 Xavier Vins Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Anonyme. Retail: $100, LBW: $45

1994 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley. Retail: $150, LBW: $99

2006 Sette Ponti Oreno. Retail: $125, LBW: $69

2008 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon. Retail: $195, LBW: $139

2012 Omero Pinot Noir Ribbon Ridge Willamette Valley. Retail: $40, LBW: $25

2012 Croft Quinta da Roeda. Retail: $60, LBW: $30

People’s Wine Revolution Grenache 2012. Retail: $24, LBW: $11

1998 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Rocche del Falletto. Retail: $275, LBW: $189

2009 Martinelli Syrah Zio Tony Ranch. Retail: $75, LBW: $36

2011 Crosby Roamann Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley. Retail: $60, LBW: $20

NV Bernard Remy Grand Cru Champagne Retail: $60, LBW: $29

1996 Cos d’Estournel. Retail: $215, LBW: $139

2012 Domaine La Milliere Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Unique VV. Retail: $55, LBW: $29

2010 Victor Hill Pinot Noir Sangiacomo Vineyard. Retail: $45, LBW: $19

2006 Louis Roederer Cristal. Retail: $55, LBW: $29

2010 Prime Solum Cabernet Sauvignon Brokenrock Vineyard. Retail: $85, LBW: $59

2013 DeSante Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford. Retail: $80, LBW: $39

1999 Chateau Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage A Jacques Perrin. Retail: $450, LBW: $299

2004 Sine Qua Non Grenache Ode To E Eleven Confessions Vineyard (Magnum). Retail: $3000, LBW: $1995

1996 Chateau d’Yquem Sauternes (half bottle). Retail: $195, LBW: $139

2006 Sine Qua Non Grenache Raven Series (Magnum). Retail: $1200, LBW: $899

1990 Paul Jaboulet Aine Hermitage La Chapelle. Retail: $799, LBW: $475

2007 Sine Qua Non Syrah Dangerous Birds Eleven Confessions Vineyard (Magnum). Retail: $3000, LBW: $1895

2001 Colgin Proprietary Red Cariad. Retail: $450, LBW: $299

2005 Henri Boillot Corton Charlemagne. Retail: $275, LBW: $195

2002 Dominique Laurent Bonnes Mares. Retail: $300, LBW: $199

2000 Angélus St-Émilion. Retail: $500, LBW: $379