No catch. The winery is blowing out their inventory. They have a ton of library wine back to the 70s. Just opened a 79 last night from a release a year or so ago that was $80. Unfortunately it was a massive VA bomb.
b1ackfyre
There was a fire, an acquisition, and mass liquidation with that winery so there’s a shit of elivette on the market. Supply and demand.
Is it a $320 bottle? Prolly not. Will it be ridiculously good and great value? Yes.
Make sure you have a durand for the cork and equipment and/or skill to deal with a ton of sediment in the neck.
jk_tx
The community avg price on CT has dropped bigtime in the last year, maybe the winery had stocks they decided they had to move at any price for cash flow? Tasting notes on CT look pretty good, seems to be at peak maturity, though maybe not for too much longer.
bestofthe80s
Snagged two bottles. Based on the CellarTracker reviews..
Artfan1024
No catch. These Elivette deals are unmatched and I’d be willing to venture we won’t see offerings on similar scale and standard for a while.
OregonDictator
The winery has new owners after it went bankrupt from the 2020 fires, and they’ve been dumping wines at bargain prices. A lot of people seem to love these wines, but I personally have not enjoyed any of them (2011 and 2013) because the fruit is already quite faded while tannins and alcohol are still quite apparent. I have strong doubts that 2004 is still drinking well unless you hate fruit and love tertiary. Drinking windows from Jancis Robinson suggest this should’ve been opened a decade ago. At $39 though, I guess it doesn’t hurt too much to try.
GrilledCheeseTn
I’m a wine club member at Spring Mountain and I have been gobbling these up when I can. This wine is so good.
I had a 2014 recently and felt it was young, the 2011 was ready to go. 2000, 2004, 2006 drank really well, perfect.
I need 2001 – 2003 to round out my collection for a 2000 to 2019 full vertical
haglol
I got a full wine fridge of Elivette at this point! Keep it coming
winocommando
Other than all the bankruptcy and acquisition stuff, people are finally getting to find out that an already overripe cuvee with 100% new oak tastes like dogshit after 20 years.
I tried a bunch of old Harlan recently and it was laughable how unappetizing the flavors had become. Lots of gymnastics to describe them as honestly appealing.
KhakiMan
This is Last Bottle’s sales strategy. In order to sell as bottle at this low low price, the winery has to agree to list the “real price” at a fictional rate. It’s probably bulk juice they’re letting go of. I know of a few other wineries that have unloaded juice this way… Leads to club members scratching their heads.
yoitsme_obama17
Red blends for $300+? No dice, bro.
ox_raider
Link?
Star-Lrd247
Well, pulled the trigger on some bottles…let’s see if they come and hope the 2004 is still in fact drinking well!
Dr0me
No catch, it’s a great deal that won’t last. Everyone I know got cases at insane prices as the winery was recently sold and they blowing out their library
Free $10 account credit for anyone who hasn’t set up a last bottle account yet!
vinidiot
No catch, just great wine at a great price
plsobeytrafficlights
i see these sometimes and get all excited, then look around and see that the same price is in a few places and that it is essentially a marketing trick, high prices discounted back to normalish.
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No catch. The winery is blowing out their inventory. They have a ton of library wine back to the 70s. Just opened a 79 last night from a release a year or so ago that was $80. Unfortunately it was a massive VA bomb.
There was a fire, an acquisition, and mass liquidation with that winery so there’s a shit of elivette on the market. Supply and demand.
Is it a $320 bottle? Prolly not. Will it be ridiculously good and great value? Yes.
Make sure you have a durand for the cork and equipment and/or skill to deal with a ton of sediment in the neck.
The community avg price on CT has dropped bigtime in the last year, maybe the winery had stocks they decided they had to move at any price for cash flow? Tasting notes on CT look pretty good, seems to be at peak maturity, though maybe not for too much longer.
Snagged two bottles. Based on the CellarTracker reviews..
No catch. These Elivette deals are unmatched and I’d be willing to venture we won’t see offerings on similar scale and standard for a while.
The winery has new owners after it went bankrupt from the 2020 fires, and they’ve been dumping wines at bargain prices. A lot of people seem to love these wines, but I personally have not enjoyed any of them (2011 and 2013) because the fruit is already quite faded while tannins and alcohol are still quite apparent. I have strong doubts that 2004 is still drinking well unless you hate fruit and love tertiary. Drinking windows from Jancis Robinson suggest this should’ve been opened a decade ago. At $39 though, I guess it doesn’t hurt too much to try.
I’m a wine club member at Spring Mountain and I have been gobbling these up when I can. This wine is so good.
I had a 2014 recently and felt it was young, the 2011 was ready to go. 2000, 2004, 2006 drank really well, perfect.
I need 2001 – 2003 to round out my collection for a 2000 to 2019 full vertical
I got a full wine fridge of Elivette at this point! Keep it coming
Other than all the bankruptcy and acquisition stuff, people are finally getting to find out that an already overripe cuvee with 100% new oak tastes like dogshit after 20 years.
I tried a bunch of old Harlan recently and it was laughable how unappetizing the flavors had become. Lots of gymnastics to describe them as honestly appealing.
This is Last Bottle’s sales strategy. In order to sell as bottle at this low low price, the winery has to agree to list the “real price” at a fictional rate. It’s probably bulk juice they’re letting go of. I know of a few other wineries that have unloaded juice this way… Leads to club members scratching their heads.
Red blends for $300+? No dice, bro.
Link?
Well, pulled the trigger on some bottles…let’s see if they come and hope the 2004 is still in fact drinking well!
No catch, it’s a great deal that won’t last. Everyone I know got cases at insane prices as the winery was recently sold and they blowing out their library
Just grabbed half a case!
https://www.lastbottlewines.com/invite/59e1082fa8dffdabd386.html
Free $10 account credit for anyone who hasn’t set up a last bottle account yet!
No catch, just great wine at a great price
i see these sometimes and get all excited, then look around and see that the same price is in a few places and that it is essentially a marketing trick, high prices discounted back to normalish.
Nice just bought a few . Thanks
Stock up. https://www.lastbottlewines.com/invite/6dad7796c048d3bca92a
2000 magnum up now
Bought the 2008 double magnum yesterday