Majestic
Fine Burgundy parcel: hurry to snap up some bargains
posted August
2nd 2005
Many
readers of this site will remember the 'Swedish Parcel' at Majestic
back in 2000 -
the buying team managed to get hold of some distressed stock (the
state monopoly had over-bought) and offered it to customers at very
good prices. In fact, so good were the prices that these wines caused a
feeding frenzy at stores.
Now they seem to
have done it again, this time with a parcel of Burgundies. Nick Dagley, Majestic's Fine Wine
Buyer (pictured), has managed to secure what Majestic refer to as 'a
stunning parcel of rare mature red and white Burgundies from an
exciting range of quality producers.'
How did they get it? 'The wine was
originally bought on release by a now-defunct off-shore investment
fund, which stored it in the famous purpose-built Pool Logistics
warehouse in Meursault. However, they discovered that whilst top
Burgundies make excellent drinking wines, they rarely turn a profit,
so the wines have lain undisturbed for several years in excellent
conditions.'
How much is there? 'The parcel
includes some 500 wines in total and, because of the complexity of the
purchase, Nick was able to negotiate a fantastic deal, thus giving our
customers the opportunity to buy and drink exceptional wines, at a
fraction of their usual market price. Examples include:
- 1er Cru St-Aubins from £5.99
- Meursaults from £9.99
- Puligny-Montrachets from £12.99
- Vosne-Romanées amd 1er Cru
Volnays from £14.99
The wines are from a range of
well-known and respected producers such as Vincent Girardin, Bouchard
Père et Fils, Olivier Leflaive, Marc Colin, Colin Déleger, Dominique
Laurent, Bernard Morey and Domaine Verget ranging from village wines
right up to impressive 1er Cru and Grand Cru wines, the vast majority
being of vintages 1997 to 2000.'
Majestic add that 'due to the
fragmented nature of the parcel each Majestic store will receive its
own selection - not all wines are available in all stores.' So the big
question will be how thinly this offer will be spread among stores. If
the Swedish parcel is anything to go by, then it could well be worth
making a special trip to Majestic to load up on Burgundy.
These wines won't be available on the
internet, so you'll just have to keep your fingers crossed your local
store has been lucky. 'The
vast majority of the stores
should be receiving their allocations later on this week',
says Majestic's PR person Donna Morrison, 'apart from the Scottish
stores which won't be until next week now'.
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