Matthew - your early boosterism helped me convince myself that my purchase volumes were not that far out of line so I glad I can return the favor now. I hope that you enjoy it as much as we did.
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OG #25, Spring Mountain Cab, for sale at Casemates (Mon 8/8 and Tues 8/9)
Looks like Tranche 1 was $18/Bottle, and is now $32/Bottle at de Negoce.
Casemates has it @ $25/Bottle for 4 and $21.67/Bottle for a case…+Shipping,
if you pay for shipping.
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I am somewhat tempted, but I just ordered a case of the Valtellina and really don’t need more wine, especially Cab.
I have been on a self imposed moratorium for a little while, but the BOGO 50% chardonnay offer got me.
The Lot 167 Chardonnay has been an real favorite for me, amidst a group of strong performing dN chards across the board. Today’s offer is getting me 24 more bottles at $12.46, including tax and delivery, well below the Tranche One price.
As a reminder, this is one where we think the board nailed the source: 2019 Tether Chardonnay, which has received a 92 Pt score from Jeb Dunnuck. Jeb: “pure, elegant, yet still powerful, medium to full-bodied style that carries lots of stone fruits, honeyed citrus, papaya, and toasted bread-like aromas and flavors. It has a tropical edge as well as wonderful purity, a clean, elegant texture, and a great finish.”
Highly recommended.
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I agree completely with the above. Very nice wine if you are into lightly oaked, malo, chards.
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Adding another two cases on long term hold for me! Will need to release one after vacation next week. Do I have to release the cases I ordered or mix and match from all that is on long term hold?
Anyone tried 207?
Yes. It is supposed to be the same wine just different vintage than #77 (which is excellent). To me it was an acidic oaky mess. Give it time to see which way it will go. I liked #77 much more when it was a baby than #207.
I’m not a good taster but to me it feels like #207 has all the construction blocks of a nice wine, but they are at least for now in the wrong order.
I’ve got a case, looking forward to following up.
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Appreciate this! I loved both 128 and 77, but will avoid this one.
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My notes are that 128 & 207 are the same wine, same vintage (77 was the previous year, right?), but 207 was bottled later (maybe because Cam acquired it a bit later.)
How come the future ship dates page stopped updating? It has been almost 3 weeks since last update.
[update] Mickey got back to me tonight! 
Is anyone else having a hard time getting a reply from the support email?
I’ve usually gotten responses from Mickey without problems, until last month. I’ve emailed 7/21, 8/7, 8/10, and 8/11. I even sent the last email from a different email account. I know Cam said “check your junk folders”…plenty of spam in there, zero emails from support.
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Off topic a little but I was at Trader Joe’s and the had a TJ reserve 2020 Napa valley merlot ( cannot recall the lot number). I was curious if I could pick out smoke. So I bought for $10. Was not great but drinkable. I would not have been able to pick up “smoke” as the reason it was below average. Came back to it 4 hours later and don’t know if it was just what I was snacking on at the time but it actually tasted worse after 4 hour decant. For the science I did not pour it out and will sample tomorrow just to see if I could pick up smoke.
For reference had 2018 merlot lot 86 last night (last bottle from 4 I got at bottle shop last yr) which was very pleasant wine.
I support cam not doing 2020 Cali reds based on my single ndi experience (and I grant you it’s TJ)
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@ de Negoce/Cameron Hughes - When can we expect you to upload more tasting videos onto youtube? I very much enjoyed watching the Walla Walla /Red Mountain Bordeaux tasting along with the Alexander Valley Rose of Sangiovese. I’m pretty sure the majority of people here would agree.
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