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We had five whites, one red bottle this weekend Friday-Sunday. 3 drinkers, and even Grandpa had some Loire Chenin with lobster tails during lunch yesterday.

Indeed, Saxum really achieved something special n 2011. I know others have noticed this as well.

I think the is the inaugural or second vintage of this at Saxum, and it’s just fantastic. Only G & S (no M) this is powerful and balanced and wonderful. Anise, cured meats & a floral note - we would have killed a Mag if that was the available format. 0 heat anywhere. Sic ‘em! Perfect for Flannery st...

16 Alta Vista Gewurzt is a fine-boned example of the variety. Way less lichee than I’m used to, less viscous too.

Wife loved it.

I am keeping this to 6 bottles, I am keeping this to 6 bottles, I am keeping this to 6 bottles... Doc you rich. I assume you mean 6 per cuvee. [cheers.gif] Me unemployed. Just going to work PT going fwd methinks. VA in Tucson just contacted me begging me to work nights as an acute care surgeon for ...

I am keeping this to 6 bottles, I am keeping this to 6 bottles, I am keeping this to 6 bottles...

14 Compagni Portis is a real acid test. A touch warm too but I liked it. I might have guessed old world blind.

It was a touch too searing for my wife.

Honestly, I’m not sure.

Superfreak, sparky hot, sneaky at times.

Decanted for an hour, served between cellar and room temp.

Whoa.

Thx guys. It’s not like we can’t put food on the table. Many are way less fortunate than we are.

Anybody want mine just reach out. I get a good allocation including mags and I’m outta work now after a COVID-19 Force Majeure release from my contact.

All European travel on hold now, unless you have a Canadian passport?

Block 15 Sticky Hands has landed on draught locally.

Hallelujah.

That is a great letter. He’s clearly been at odds for a very long time.

Nothing good!

Thank you Sean!

Link to the interview for those of us interested and learning?

Fruit nearly gone, mostly dust and flavor sprinkle-whiff of tannin. Good accompaniment for great Flannery but that’s about it.

Sort of boring en magnum, inaugural vintage.

Thanks Arturo.

I read this earlier in the week and tried to understand the seeming amalgam of the two issues that vex Mr. Betts: the invalidated exam and lack of diversity on the court.

Can anyone knowledgeable tell me if the issues are related?

I just found two more cases of red BR, pushing cache to 239 bottles after the 2012 Monte Rosso we drank. Wife keeps telling me how much she loved that wine too.

Had some lovely wines during this shelter-in-place (if you ever needed palpable evidence supporting why a cellar is important in life...) but this was the very best in my mind.

Top one or two Ridge Zins I’ve enjoyed and top 5 Zin of my life.

12 MR dense and chewy as PnP. Wish I had decanted this 4+ hours.

Wow, this wine is in a fantastic place. Cool & rainy day on the coast so we got crazy good, grass-fed meatloaf with organic cheddar & a touch of Pt Reyes Blue mixed in. To accompany this we uncorked an epic Abe creation and it just crushed. All overt black fruits and resolved tannins now. Drinking t...

Say hello to Abe for us!

Just had a pFriem Triple on draught, smooth af.

13 Sonoma Co Petite Sirah. A bit reticent in the nose but otherwise beautiful. Not particularly tannic at all.

Honestly, a touch well done for my tastes.

We all loved the 13 Nervo. Chris told me it was claret styled but we all thought it was a Zin thoroughbred. Inky and pungent, some spice on the medium finish.

13 Nervo Heritage getting a 4 hr decant.

I asked about the style I as don’t often associate big & rich with Mt. Veeder fruit.

The vineyard is south-facing and near Carneros. Was assured this is big, chewy, robust Cabernet.

I appreciate their honesty.

I’m on the mofo. With Hangars on Sat night!

215/216 slots full of red BR after finding some older cases in an offsite.

13 Nervo with BBQ this weekend.

That’s my attitude too. It’s the GR LdH that slay me anyway.

I’ve never understood what happened to this wine on the secondary market.

Had many vintages and it’s lovely rosé but c’mon.

Pulled a cork on 2010 In Order to Form a More Perfect Union tonight. What an AFWE, domestic, Bordeaux blend this is. It’s all saline and other halides, mild cured meats and smoke. 0 fruit, freakshow compared to other domestic blends. Compelling wine. I saved a 1/2 glass to retaste today but wife pou...

No way. The case can be made for 91-94 but not those four vintages.

I’ll get bungee cords around the rack soon.

Not tsunami-proof but we are ~ 2M inland.

I got spaces left for 20 bottles and I know I have at least one case at offsite storage in Bandon.

I’m guessing all-in, I’m under 250 bottles or red Bedrock.

Or should I type Tinto?

Well, my 70 or so bottles of 2018 are sideways in wood racking as are ~ a hundred others. Still work to be done.

My first Ridge Monte Bello, a 2004, as a treat for my birthday stuck at home. Decanted an hour. Dark magenta color. Early on I got the scent of dill, but this settled into an elegant nose of black currants. More dark fruit, blackberry on the palate, hints of vanilla and cocoa and wet stone on the s...

I have had both now.

Exactly. 91-94 as good perhaps.

Lachryma Montis is liquid gold.

84-87 are the greatest four year run in CA history.

Underrated?

My Bedrock cellar project has commenced. By the end of the weekend I’ll have 216 bottles of Bedrock in one new, double-deep, wood rack!

The largest holding in my cellar getting a bit organized, finally.

Just a joyous bottle which made up for some duds on the actual birthday. This wine had real energy, both sweet & tart fruit easily appreciated, length without bitterness. Tannins resolved but not completely absent yet. Delicious bottle. A3C8C12C-7AE7-4CB6-9F30-C7C260671F4A.jpeg Birth year wine, G??...

Just a joyous bottle which made up for some duds on the actual birthday.

This wine had real energy, both sweet & tart fruit easily appreciated, length without bitterness. Tannins resolved but not completely absent yet. Delicious bottle.

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