Top Cellar Buys: Brunello Perfection, 2010 Billecart Reload, BDX Collectible Values, & More

[] Remarkable depth of rewarding selections: discover your next favorite bottle... Monday Apr 10th, 2023 [View in Browser]( [KL-emailheader.gif]( K&L Collector's Newsletter --------------------------------------------------------------- - [In-Stock Bordeaux QPR Stars, All Under $50](#section1) - [Thrilling New Exclusive Casks from Redacted Bros.](#section2) - [Champagne of the Year, Now Back in Stock](#section3) - [A Perfect Benchmark from a Legendary Brunello Campaign](#section4) - [Cliff Lede's 100-Point Poetry, Plus Iconic Library Vintages](#section5) - ["The Quintessential Old Armagnac Style" of Grangerie](#section6) --------------------------------------------------------------- [Twin Peaks Vineyard] --------------------------------------------------------------- Top-Scoring & In Stock: Bordeaux Value Collectibles These irresistible wines are ones that we go back to again and again while they’re available at this kind of pricing, and we’re quick to advise that you do the same. Back-to-back winners from long-time K&L favorite Barde-Haut can stand toe to toe with many wines at twice the price, while Latour-Martillac and Labégorce are showing all the promise that has these estates on the shortlist of Bordeaux's rising value stars. All four are quintessential examples of how Bordeaux in the modern era is one of the best buys you’ll find in fine wine. Vintage Item Name Score Retail Link 2019 Latour-Martillac, Pessac-Léognan 96 $36.99 [View]( 2015 Barde-Haut, St-Émilion 96 $44.99 [View]( 2016 Barde-Haut, St-Émilion 96 $44.99 [View]( 2015 Labégorce, Margaux 95 $49.99 [View]( [Return to Top](#top) --------------------------------------------------------------- A Massive New Spirits Haul from the Beloved Redacted Bros. Our spirits buyers have just secured what can only be described as a treasure trove of singular K&L Exclusive Casks from one of our all-time favorite independent bottlers. The Redacted Bros. (a.k.a. the Thompson Brothers of Scotland's Dornoch Castle) have routinely supplied us with some of the best-selling and most cherished whiskies and rums we've taken in over the past decade or more, often at prices that will make any collector giddy with excitement. Sub-$70 bottlings from Craigellachie and Aultmore push new envelopes in collectible value, while stunning, old specimens from Glenburgie and Ledaig can be had for a fraction of what you'd pay for any other single malt approaching 30 years in age. A rare single-refill sherry butt from Laphroaig and a smashingly good $60 rum from a Jamaican icon round out the set, so hardcore spirits fans can have a field day stocking their collections. Vintage Item Name Retail Link 2010 Williamson (Laphroaig) 12 Year Old "Redacted Bros." (Thompson/Dornoch) Single Refill Sherry Butt Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml) (Pre-Arrival) $109.99 [View]( 2010 JMWP (Worthy Park) 12 Year Old "Redacted Bros." (Thompson/Dornoch) K&L Exclusive Single Refill Hogshead Cask Strength Jamaican Rum (700ml) (Pre-Arrival) $60.00 [View]( 2009 Craigellachie 13 Year Old "Redacted Bros." (Thompson/Dornoch) Single Refill Hogshead Cask Strength Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml) (Pre-Arrival) $64.99 [View]( 2009 Aultmore 14 Year Old "Redacted Bros." (Thompson/Dornoch) Single First Fill Red Wine Barrel Cask Strength Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml) (Pre-Arrival) $69.99 [View]( 1995 Glenburgie 27 Year Old "Redacted Bros." (Thompson/Dornoch) Single Refill Hogshead Cask Strength Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml) (Pre-Arrival) $200.00 [View]( 1995 Ledaig (Unpeated) 27 Year Old "Redacted Bros." (Thompson/Dornoch) Single Refill Hogshead Cask Strength Isle of Mull Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml) (Pre-Arrival) $200.00 [View]( [Return to Top](#top) --------------------------------------------------------------- Billecart 2010 Brut Rosé: Reload on the Champagne of the Year One of the most anticipated grand marque releases in years is back in stock after a flash sell-out and a brief absence. Billecart-Salmon's inaugural vintage Brut Rosé release is composed of barrels of declassified Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon from the outstanding 2010 vintage, which were showing so well they were deemed too delicious to hold back from release. Our own [Gary Westby's recent On The Trail blogpost]( describes a pair of revelatory experiences with this wine, and it's been a consistent winner on multiple occasions for our staff. Once the professional press emerges, the $120 price will look even more compelling—that is, if it lasts that long in stock. Vintage Item Name Retail Link 2010 Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé Champagne $119.99 [View]( 2010 Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé Champagne Magnum (1.5L) $249.99 [View]( [Return to Top](#top) --------------------------------------------------------------- New Parcel of a 100-Point 2016 Brunello Benchmark We’ve just secured a limited reload on one of the prime contenders for wine of the vintage in 2016 Brunello (among a host of benchmark greats). Livio Sassetti’s Pertimali notched the coveted mantle of perfection with 100 points from James Suckling, and several other critics have lavished glowing praise on this reference-point bottling as well. It’s a rare and unexpected treat to source another parcel of such a coveted centerpiece collectible, but quantities are very limited. Vintage Item Name Score Retail Link 2016 Livio Sassetti "Pertimali" Brunello di Montalcino (Pre-Arrival) 100 $99.99 [View]( [Return to Top](#top) --------------------------------------------------------------- A Stunning Set of Rarities from a Boutique Napa Powerhouse While Cliff Lede may not carry the same clout as other big-name Napa blue chips, both savvy collectors and influential critics know these wines as some of the most impeccably crafted, cult-caliber collectibles in the valley. A rare 1.5L magnum micro-parcel of the estate's WA100 flagship 2018 Poetry Cabernet can stand proudly next to the greatest names in luxury Cabernet, while an ever rarer six-pack of library bottlings from the "grand cru" Beckstoffer To-Kalon Vineyard showcase three of Napa's all-time great modern vintages in simply jaw-dropping fashion. Vintage Item Name Score Retail Link 2018 Cliff Lede "Poetry" Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon (1.5L) 100 $649.95 [View]( Cliff Lede "Beckstoffer To-Kalon Vineyard" Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon Library Vertical 2012-2013-2014 (6PK) 99 $1,499.95 [View]( [Return to Top](#top) --------------------------------------------------------------- The Singular Aged Armagnacs of Grangerie These inimitable classics from Château de la Grangerie were distilled by the estimable Léon Beyries of the neighboring Domaine de Gerault, but after Beyries’ death, Grangerie took possession of his stocks and has been bottling them ever since. Our long-time relationship with the château gives us exclusive access to these impeccably aged time capsules at prices that make them the best deals going in aged brandy. Normally, a boutique Armagnac anywhere near 50 years in age (let alone 57!) would be far out of reach for all but the most well-heeled among us, but these gorgeous specimens, coming in at under $150 each, represent a unique opportunity for all aficionados to experience “what can only be described as the quintessential old Armagnac style,” as spirits buyer David Othenin-Girard puts it. Vintage Item Name Retail Link 1964 Chateau de la Grangerie Leon Beyries "La Hauresse" 57 Year Old K&L Exclusive Armagnac (750ml) $149.99 [View]( 1975 Chateau de la Grangerie Leon Beyries (De Gerault) "La Hauresse" 46 Year Old K&L Exclusive Armagnac (750ml) $139.99 [View]( 1970 Chateau de la Grangerie Leon Beyries (De Gerault) "La Hauresse" 51 Year Old K&L Exclusive Armagnac (750ml) $144.99 [View]( [Return to Top](#top) --------------------------------------------------------------- [New Feed]( [Auction]( [Local]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [On the Trail (K&L Blog)]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [BORDEAUX]( | [NAPA]( | [BURGUNDY]( | [CHAMPAGNE]( | [ITALY]( | [RHÔNE]( | [SPIRITS]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [My Account]( | [Wine Clubs]( | [Events]( |[Gift Cards]( | [Accessories]( | [Delivery]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Missed an offer? 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