No Reserve Auction. Less than 6 hours to go. 1997 Terre Del Grico 'Monstyronum'. Italy, Puglia.

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I somehow acquired 3 bottles of this wine, drank one tonight, not my cup of tea (or wine). Got 2 remaining.
Pretty sure this was a Parker recommendation from back in the day.
Mostly Primitivo, some other grapes mixed in.

Low US WS Pro is $95 per bottle in Nashville, no other offers either in the US or globally.

2 bottles to go.

Post bids here, total price for both bottles. Public.

Highest bid by Friday at 5pm EST takes the 2 bottles.

You pay for shipping, you send me a shipping label and take shipping risk.

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No bids so far? Bid $1. If you win I’ll send the wine for $1 and a shipping label. Someone want to get the ball rolling? Might get the 2 bottles for $1! Good CT reviews, take a shot!!!

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Snipers

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$1.99

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We have a bid. Brent is the current high bid at $1.99 for a total of 2 bottles. If this is the high bid, I’m gonna sell them and Brent is gonna get a good deal.
Anyone Else??
Bid is $1.99. Going once… Going Twice…

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$5.23. Sorry Brent

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$36

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Tim with the new high bid with about 30 hours to go!

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11 hours to go…

The high bid is currently $36!!!

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10 Hours remain.

Tim the high bidder at $36

Going…

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We’re down to under 6 hours!!

Tim the High Bidder at $36…

Going… Going…

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$38

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Sniper!! [wow.gif]

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And we have a winner. 2 bottles for $38 + a shipping label. YLee, Contact me by PM and we’ll work out details.

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I still think you’re winning here Peter, even at $19 per.

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Agreed. If I remember correctly, this was one of the wines in Small Vineyards’ book. I think this is the same producer that made the Forte Canto line of wines. Back in mid-2000s, Forte Canto had a great inexpensive (under $10) Negroamaro – rustic but still tasty. Somehow I ended up with a bottle of the Monstyronum when I was part of a wine club at a local shop. Put it away in the back of my cellar, and pulled it out a few years ago. Lets just say there’s a reason I didn’t bid on these. That being said, hope the buyer enjoys them!

Michael

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As I wrote at the beginning. I tried one, not for me! Think I’m not a Primativo guy…

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Pretty sure it’s mostly Negroamaro, I think the style is the issue, not the blend.

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Winemaker Notes
A blend of 55% Negroamaro, 30% Aleatico and 15% Primitivo.
Perhaps the most ambitious wine ever attempted in the South of Italy, Massimiliano Apollonio has created a monster - a beautiful, impossibly alluring and opulent wine that defies all that you know of Southern varietals. Aged in new barrique for nearly seven years. An impossibly well-balanced wine, with steeped plum, brambleberry, cocoa, and whiskey aromas. Deeper still is cinnamon, clove and rose water. Will age for thirty to fifty years.

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Maybe it’s not supposed to be drunk until 2027 or 2037?