We are delighted to announce the upcoming 12th release of our Monsieur Étain Cabernet Sauvignon. As always, this 2019 vintage has been produced entirely from grapes grown on the J.J. Cohn Estate in Rutherford.
You will receive a written invitation soon with more details about this release, which opens for you on Friday, October 1st, at Noon Eastern. Orders will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note: past vintages have sold out in a matter of days.
I just got the email, I’ve bought the past 3 vintages. I don’t recall there being any waves (or really see why they would need it - I want to say I got an offer within a year of signing up).
Yikes - from what I remember, shipping costs are pretty high too for a 2 pack. I love the wine and was stretching my high-end but at $250, think I might be out on this going forward now too.
Yeah this is an easy pass at $250. Split a 6 pack last year with a friend with the low cost shipping option. This is a hard hard pass this year. Scarecrow at $500+ will be a difficult decision. I am inclined to buy to be able to get the library offer the next year but beyond that I’m likely walking away with what I have already bought.
This is just speculation on my part, but do folks think that this increase can be attributed to Scarecrow not bottling 2020 (at least I think Scarecrow was one of the wineries not bottling the 2020 vintage)? I typically don’t track pricing, but this seems like a pretty large year-over-year increase.
I don’t believe so and many higher-end Napa Valley producers are not bottling a 2020 vintage due to the fires. Thankfully it’s not as insane like Hidden Ridge’s Impassable Mountain to the Immortal Estate equivalent haha.
I think I’ll pass if it’s now $250/bottle - especially for 3 of them. I’d rather buy a single bottle with some age off Benchmark that I can enjoy much, much sooner than I’d be opening 2019s.