Socré Italian Barbaresco 2-Pack
$74.99 (Normally $116.25) 35% off List Price
2007 Socré Barbaresco
2008 Socré Barbaresco Roncaglie
CT links above

Winery website

Previous offer:
3/17/12

WD and Neil.... Why couldn't we taste THIS at WCC last week? I'm sure we would all have promised to report on this one for extra sure.

I have had the 07 Socré Barbaresco Roncaglie, in fact it was so good I bought 3 more bottles for the cellar. Great food wine at least the 07. I will jump on this to start a vertical.

This is very good juice. My concern here is the price. Not a good Woot deal. They're selling it to you pretty much at the price you can get it yourself. You actually can find the 2006 Socre for $25. So buyer beware...

Did they really rip off the old Bank of America logo and expect nobody to notice?

http://logos.wikia.com/wiki/File:Bank_of_America_old.svg

ThunderThighs wrote:Sparky would have broken that promise.

Naw, he'd have his comments in his tasting book, if only he could find it.

snekse wrote:Did they really rip off the old Bank of America logo and expect nobody to notice?

http://logos.wikia.com/wiki/File:Bank_of_America_old.svg

Vaguely similar, sure, but hardly "ripped off" ...

Too rich for me... I'm out. BTW, what is a feminine wine?

brujazz wrote:This is very good juice. My concern here is the price. Not a good Woot deal. They're selling it to you pretty much at the price you can get it yourself. You actually can find the 2006 Socre for $25. So buyer beware...

From CT prices it would appear there isn't much of a discount, if any. Most of the CT entries came through Garagiste so at least Woot is competitive with another non-traditional retailer.

Bottom line is this appears to be a small producer of very good quality. If it's up your alley, it's not going to be widely distributed. This isn't a fungible wine, and the price is what it is.

gcdyersb wrote:From CT prices it would appear there isn't much of a discount, if any. Most of the CT entries came through Garagiste so at least Woot is competitive with another non-traditional retailer.

Bottom line is this appears to be a small producer of very good quality. If it's up your alley, it's not going to be widely distributed. This isn't a fungible wine, and the price is what it is.

Not sure why my post was deleted, but here it goes again. Garagiste's shipping is also not $5/order. In fact, I've found his shipping charges prohibitive. By the way, nice to see you hanging around these parts again, GC.

true559 wrote:Too rich for me... I'm out. BTW, what is a feminine wine?

Wine snob speak for lacks rough or harsh tannins, elegant, not brooding, etc.

kylemittskus wrote:Wine snob speak for lacks rough or harsh tannins, elegant, not brooding, etc.

So attractive in the bottle that all you can think about is how you are going to manage to get it in your glass. Then when you finally do, you drink it too fast and fall asleep as soon as it's done. The next day, you wish you had some more but can't find the slip of paper where you wrote down its name.

chipgreen wrote:So attractive in the bottle that all you can think about is how you are going to manage to get it in your glass. Then when you finally do, you drink it too fast and fall asleep as soon as it's done. The next day, you wish you had some more but can't find the slip of paper where you wrote down its name.

Absolutely fantastic post!

chipgreen wrote:So attractive in the bottle that all you can think about is how you are going to manage to get it in your glass. Then when you finally do, you drink it too fast and fall asleep as soon as it's done. The next day, you wish you had some more but can't find the slip of paper where you wrote down its name.

TREAT! quality!
[edit] arrrgh, woot filters "Q" "P" --> "TREAT" Where's the Horror??

brujazz wrote:This is very good juice. My concern here is the price. Not a good Woot deal. They're selling it to you pretty much at the price you can get it yourself. You actually can find the 2006 Socre for $25. So buyer beware...

HI All, I thought I'd chime in on pricing and value. Socre is a tiny production of premium nebbiolo in Barbaresco. Hillside vineyards, jaw dropping scenery, artisanal family production and only a small amount imported into the US. Galloni considers this to be a hot, up and coming, young estate worth knowing and trying. The price comparison should not be what one online discounter from last vintage is price posting. Often, I find online discount retailers don't even have the wines they are advertising in stock. If you want to know the value of this deal and this wine, you need know this: Socre family has for many, many years been a supplier to Angelo Gaja who used the fruit in his Barbaresco which retails from $250-300. The Gaja Sori Tildin vineyard is a stones throw from the Socre vineyard and that wine sells for $350-400. So, the question you should be asking yourself is whether the Gaja wine is worth 10x as much as the offer on the table today. Having tasted a lot of Barbaresco, I can assure you that the answer is no. These are gorgeous wines and the offer today is a better deal than you can find anywhere in the US. Identifying a value proposition is deeper than a quick online price search.
You'll just have to try to wines to know for yourself.

Ciao gjmonevine. Would you recommend cellaring these wines and if so for how long?

true559 wrote:Too rich for me... I'm out. BTW, what is a feminine wine?

Wine with a vagina.

Couldn't resist buying a couple sets of these. I'm one of those older fellas whose memories of Italian wine were formed by 1950s Chianti; really neat bottles. But, then I started buying some of the recent offerings and have been greatly impressed!

jmdavidson wrote:Ciao gjmonevine. Would you recommend cellaring these wines and if so for how long?

These will easily cellar for at least another 5 years. Not sure if they need it, but I guarantee they can.

what does the green woot mean?

ltop wrote:what does the green woot mean?

?

ltop wrote:what does the green woot mean?

Envy? [invidia]

$45/bottle at Big Hammer Wines, 92 rating. This is an ok, but not great, deal.

gcdyersb wrote:From CT prices it would appear there isn't much of a discount, if any. Most of the CT entries came through Garagiste so at least Woot is competitive with another non-traditional retailer.

Bottom line is this appears to be a small producer of very good quality. If it's up your alley, it's not going to be widely distributed. This isn't a fungible wine, and the price is what it is.

Crap. I didn't need to know this was also a Rimmerman pick. I tend to like his palate too...but I'd rather buy from WD any day. A couple guys at work get most of their wine from Garagiste so I've been able to sample much of it.

I felt like poo the last few days, so I went back to look at past woots. For some reason I didn't purchase this and I have no clue why. I am bit, well more than a bit, upset that I didn't purchase this.

If anyone in ABQ or San Diego has a Woot of this they don't want, send me a PM. I will be San Diego for Thanksgiving.