CabHunter 1996 Burgess Cellars Library Release Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

[AlexHay]

I bought 4 bottles of their 1997 cabernet in a mixed case from a highly reputable retailer most here would know.
It completely collapsed and I cannot envision buying again at all.
I am a fan of Napa 1996, and have not tried Burgess 1996, but am not a buyer even if still available after my 1997 failures. Wish I had not spent my money. Grr.

[M_Gaertner]

I popped a '95 recently. It was solid, but I wasn’t wowed. It was right at that point where the tannins have almost completely resolved, but no secondary aromas have begun to emerge yet. For the $23 price, no qualms, but I would not pay full hill for this.

[Luis_DeCubas]

Mike,

I did buy 8 bottles of the 2005 Frazier Estate Cabernet from WTSO last week. I bought this because you raved about it on another thread and on your blog. I have never tried it but am really looking forward to trying it.

[Brian_Harris]

WTSO is just one of many online wine deal sites. I do my best to try and keep up with all of them daily on my website.
The economy is providing us with some great opportunities. http://winesqueeze.wordpress.com

[JoeD]

High five for Brian!!!

[Merrill_Lindquist]

@Jim Cowan

@CholakisCN

@Jim Cowan

WTSO?
Best, Jim

winestilsoldout.com or wtso.com

Thanks.
As for Burgess; I have yet to have a single cab. of theirs that I did not both like and think was a great deal. One of the few properties in the Valley that has continuously made excellent wines at reasonable prices.
(And this said by a guy who really doesn’t like cab. very much.)
Best, Jim

I just put the 1974 Burgess Vintage Selection Cab on my short list of favorites of the past 6 months in the thread on outstanding wines.

[Brian_Harris]

Thanks, Joe! I’m trying to spread the word. I’m slowly growing a following. Follow me on twitter (@winesqueeze) or on Google Reader for daily updates.

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[Dennis_Sullivan]

@Jay Winton

I bought a 4 pack of the 95. Am I the only one who was less than thrilled with it? Great price, however.

I was pretty thrilled with the 95.
I had one, that was enough for me to go for the 96.

[Dennis_Sullivan]

@Brian Harris

WTSO is just one of many online wine deal sites. I do my best to try and keep up with all of them daily on my website.
The economy is providing us with some great opportunities. http://winesqueeze.wordpress.com

Timesaver award!
Cannot get to wordpress from the office (arrgh!), but am now a Google Reader user just for this.

[RyanCianfarani]

@Luis DeCubas

Mike,

I did buy 8 bottles of the 2005 Frazier Estate Cabernet from WTSO last week. I bought this because you raved about it on another thread and on your blog. I have never tried it but am really looking forward to trying it.

They had this up on April 6th of this year, too. I grabbed four of them then for the same reason but have yet to pop one open. Wish I would have so I could have purchased more if I liked it.

It seems like WTSO will put up repeats within 6 weeks or so. Definitely going to start tasting these wines I buy from there and waiting for the chance to rebuy.


Thanks for the great site Brian!! Not a bad idea to add wineaccess.com to it, too. They have some fantastic deals there and they offer refrigerated shipping for only $5 during the summer.


Love me some budbreak blog, too. Thanks Mike!!

[RyanCianfarani]

@Dennis Sullivan

@Jay Winton

I bought a 4 pack of the 95. Am I the only one who was less than thrilled with it? Great price, however.

I was pretty thrilled with the 95.
I had one, that was enough for me to go for the 96.

I kicked myself for only grabbing two of the 95. Had a SIWBM going… and then this popped up. Had to go in for 6.

[mike_pobega]

@Luis DeCubas

Mike,

I did buy 8 bottles of the 2005 Frazier Estate Cabernet from WTSO last week. I bought this because you raved about it on another thread and on your blog. I have never tried it but am really looking forward to trying it.

Luis, smart move. The best deal in a while.
I got more too.

Cheers!

[mike_pobega]

@RyanCianfarani

@Luis DeCubas

Mike,

I did buy 8 bottles of the 2005 Frazier Estate Cabernet from WTSO last week. I bought this because you raved about it on another thread and on your blog. I have never tried it but am really looking forward to trying it.

They had this up on April 6th of this year, too. I grabbed four of them then for the same reason but have yet to pop one open. Wish I would have so I could have purchased more if I liked it.

It seems like WTSO will put up repeats within 6 weeks or so. Definitely going to start tasting these wines I buy from there and waiting for the chance to rebuy.


Thanks for the great site Brian!! Not a bad idea to add wineaccess.com to it, too. They have some fantastic deals there and they offer refrigerated shipping for only $5 during the summer.


Love me some budbreak blog, too. Thanks Mike!!

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Ryan. In all fairness I have only had the 04 and 99 recently, but expect nothing but goodness whan I pop the 05.
Cheers!

[RyanCianfarani]

@mike pobega

@RyanCianfarani

@Luis DeCubas

Mike,

I did buy 8 bottles of the 2005 Frazier Estate Cabernet from WTSO last week. I bought this because you raved about it on another thread and on your blog. I have never tried it but am really looking forward to trying it.

They had this up on April 6th of this year, too. I grabbed four of them then for the same reason but have yet to pop one open. Wish I would have so I could have purchased more if I liked it.

It seems like WTSO will put up repeats within 6 weeks or so. Definitely going to start tasting these wines I buy from there and waiting for the chance to rebuy.


Thanks for the great site Brian!! Not a bad idea to add wineaccess.com to it, too. They have some fantastic deals there and they offer refrigerated shipping for only $5 during the summer.


Love me some budbreak blog, too. Thanks Mike!!

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Ryan. In all fairness I have only had the 04 and 99 recently, but expect nothing but goodness whan I pop the 05.
Cheers!

Thank you for putting up such a good blog! My cellar is 90% big, heavy cabs so it’s nice to see a blog by someone with a seasoned palette all about them! Your blog also helped me jump on 4 more bottles of Two Hands Charlie’s Patch lol.

[Luis_DeCubas]

Brian,

I also have a cellar full of big heavy bodied Cabs. Those are my favorites wines.

I missed out on the Two Hands Charlie’s Patch on WTSO. Hopefully it will come up again and I can order some.

[Luis_DeCubas]

Ryan,

Sorry I typed Brian by mistake.

[mike_pobega]

@RyanCianfarani

@mike pobega

@RyanCianfarani

They had this up on April 6th of this year, too. I grabbed four of them then for the same reason but have yet to pop one open. Wish I would have so I could have purchased more if I liked it.

It seems like WTSO will put up repeats within 6 weeks or so. Definitely going to start tasting these wines I buy from there and waiting for the chance to rebuy.


Thanks for the great site Brian!! Not a bad idea to add wineaccess.com to it, too. They have some fantastic deals there and they offer refrigerated shipping for only $5 during the summer.


Love me some budbreak blog, too. Thanks Mike!!

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Ryan. In all fairness I have only had the 04 and 99 recently, but expect nothing but goodness whan I pop the 05.
Cheers!

Thank you for putting up such a good blog! My cellar is 90% big, heavy cabs so it’s nice to see a blog by someone with a seasoned palette all about them! Your blog also helped me jump on 4 more bottles of Two Hands Charlie’s Patch lol.

BTW, just had my second '07 Charlies. Very nice indeed. I might prefer the '06 for stylistic reasons though.

[RyanCianfarani]

@Luis DeCubas

Brian,
I also have a cellar full of big heavy bodied Cabs. Those are my favorites wines.
I missed out on the Two Hands Charlie’s Patch on WTSO. Hopefully it will come up again and I can order some.

They are my favorites, too. I’ve been trying other varietals lately, but I just don’t seem to enjoy them anywhere near as much as I do cabs. Maybe I just haven’t drank enough wine, I don’t know. Time will tell, I suppose.

This was the second time the 06 Charlie’s Patch was up. I grabbed 2 of them back in the middle of March and was waiting for them to pop up again and grabbed 4 more. So if they do show up again, I’m hoping for some 07. But hell, I’ll take some more 06, so I wouldn’t mind that either for your sake!

[RyanCianfarani]

@mike pobega

BTW, just had my second '07 Charlies. Very nice indeed. I might prefer the '06 for stylistic reasons though.

Sounds like you can’t go wrong with either vintage.

Where did you manage to find the Some Days Are Diamonds for only $18? Was it online somewhere? I can only find it for $22.99 for 6 or more, and by the time you include shipping, it’s almost $30 a bottle. Do you think it’s worth it?

[mike_pobega]

@RyanCianfarani

@mike pobega

BTW, just had my second '07 Charlies. Very nice indeed. I might prefer the '06 for stylistic reasons though.

Sounds like you can’t go wrong with either vintage.

Where did you manage to find the Some Days Are Diamonds for only $18? Was it online somewhere? I can only find it for $22.99 for 6 or more, and by the time you include shipping, it’s almost $30 a bottle. Do you think it’s worth it?

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