:shrug: I can only attest to the fact that this is the third or fourth time ive ordered from Bin sales for benchmark and every time its been combined with my other orders without any issues. of course now that I’ve said it ill have jinxed it.
I would call them. I don’t think they enforce it. I bought off their “didn’t sell at auction” offer last week, and I was invited by email when discussing shipping to order more and consolidate for shipping later this fall.
agreed it does seem like a strange thing to list when they are not enforcing it and dont have a history of enforcing it. plus it makes it harder on them logistically i feel like.
I always consolidate, no issues. They send me a couple cases fall and spring, no issues, except I had one “cold chain” shipment that wasn’t temp controlled on the last leg; I think the wine was fine, but a little irritating.
How long will they hold wine before pushing buyers to ship or pick up? I thought it was only 30 days there, which in my feel is a condition out of sync with the industry.
It’s only 30 days when whether permits shipping. Otherwise, they’ll hold until it cools down. In fact, they’ll advise you to not ship or sign a waiver if it’s even in the high 70s or so.
My overall feeling about Bachelet, albeit not based on comprehensive experience but a decent number of bottles over the years, including the Charmes-Chamb, is the domaine is very good and has good typicity but I’ve never been wowed. Same boat?