Scarecrow has a reasonably priced allocation this year at $175/bottle. Buy it, if you are on the list.
This wine has the advantage of having been rated by Parker, so we're not buying something completely unknown. The 2006 earned 94+, which is Parker's lowest score for any Scarecrow, but with the 95 point 2005 retailing at $400, you're probably safe paying $175 for the 94+.
If you plan to flip this one, then I recommend doing so quickly. The 2005 Scarecrow has fallen substantially from the $620-$650 level seen in March 2008.
Be ready at midnight on March 21st to claim yours.
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very interesting. i just got my scarecrow allocation and plan to hold on to for a few years to see how it ages.
cool blog - been looking for something like this for a while. i cover cult wines on my blog as well, but not much of it out there.
Great blog. We just had a bottle of the 2004 Scarecrow at our tasting group. Is was double blinded and I didnt bring it, pretty much no one new it was there. It had great texture but was very monlithic, and not the winner of the night. I gave it 93pts. Its not worth 600$+ as a drinking wine. Any suggestions for the newest mailing lists to get on?
doesn't surprise me on the scarecrow. good wine but certainly no worth $600 (the allocation price is much much lower than that).
there are a couple mailing list wines that i've just recently picked up that i like - sea smoke pinot noir and kosta browne pinot noir from california and quilceda creek cabernet sauvignon from washington. i'm still standing in line for cayuse in washington (stunning syrah).
all a bit of a game with these exclusiuve lists, but sometimes there can be big payoffs.
good luck. would love to hear what you're able to access.
There are only two ways to get on a hot winery allocation that I have heard of. The first is to sign up and wait about 10 years, which has obvious drawbacks. The second is to find a wine retailer whom you can trust to point you in the direction of the hot new allocations, while the lists are still open. This will get you a lot of duds, but some gems as well. Good luck.
Very good suggestion(s). I got onto sea smoke without much wait but to be honest i'm not that impressed and i dont think it much of a speculative play. I will snoop around with the locals.
It's interesting you say that about sea smoke. I've been less happy with their recent vintages but am holding out hope. I think they switched winemakers in the last year or so, so still waiting to see how that turns out. Probably keep picking up their allocation for a few years and then decide.
Thought of another one I'm highly coveting right now - sine qua non. Oh, and if you like really interesting, but still very drinkable wines, check out scholium project. Abe, the winemaker there, puts together some really cool stuff.
Kris Curran the original winemaker of Seasmoke has left for Foley and her own label Curran.
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