“This is a shiner because the label guy was 2 hours late, we’d closed for the day, and it sat in our warehouse until the morning.”
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Vitor, I don’t have direct experience as I have two Eurocaves, but it seems like being a self contained cooling unit you could just replace that if it fails. I see a review on one that lasted 20 years. If it’s at the right price and you like the rest that’d be a good choice.
You say it’s for your garage, does it get hot outside by you? Vinotemp has a great tool to calculate how powerful a unit you’d need for your unit depending on its size and max ambient temp.
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Thanks Tim! Very helpful!
Yes, good point on the 400 bottle limit lol…I joined the dN club with the intent of keeping 30-40 bottles. I’m now at ~300 so will get to 400 pretty quickly…but I guess I will need to find another wife if I go beyond 400 bottles haha
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Thanks!! Great finding! I didn’t realize they had that tool to calculate the heat load, etc.
It does get fairly hot in my garage during the Summer. Never measured but I would guess around 90ish in the afternoon…
This 1500CD self contained unit seems to have a technical limit of 78F outside, so it will probably struggle…but yes, if it fails, I can later replace it with the 2500CD which is up to 95F outside…
Thanks!!
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Surprised 304 is still available…
Agreed, Vitor!
Also surprised that #393 SCM Syrah is still available.
“Maybe”, only 3 barrels = 75 cases.
Seems like the Syrahs are slow sellers.
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Indeed…and also the best deals on the site INMHO…however, I may have different preferences but its hard to beat Syrah for complexity and bang for the buck
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You guys are enablers! In for a case. I’m on a Pinot buying binge
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I’m a huge Syrah guy (favorite varietal), but the one area I cannot really get into is SCM. Tends to be lighter and more Pinot like there, in my opinion.
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Hmmm, that sounds great to me–Syrah makes a better Pinot than Pinot (and less expensive) in many cases! Appellations that regularly produce 14.5%+ ABV Pinot Noir have the potential for better balanced and insanely complex Syrah. Economically, PN make sense since it’s more popular, and ‘Power Pinot’ can be quite delicious. Though as I understand it Syrah is on average cheaper to grow–higher yields, less fragile.
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I like em BIG, I like em ROUND, I like em JUICY!!! I think that I heard that in a song once. 
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Greg,
And Syrah is “blendable” while PN USUALLY is not. I love good Syrahs from all over. But as the industry knows, it’s easier to get rid of Gonorrhea than Syrah as the saying goes.
Happy Friday.
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yep, the one we recently offered would land somewhere in between a Pinot and a riper-style CC Syrah for sure.
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Which #, are you referring to, Cameron??
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I also love Syrah (probably my favorite varietal), but tbh I haven’t had much luck with the dN Syrahs I’ve tried (to be fair, only 3 data points so not enough to generalize). 206 and 172 were very “meh” (CT comments also not encouraging), but I loved 217. So 1 success out of 3.
Waiting to complete my dry month next week to open a bottle of 365 and see the Syrah tide turns for me…
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Just received delivery of Monterey Co. Chardonnay #384. Fedex is working out fine.
Driver thinks we are having a wedding or big party. Nope, Just a Small party nightly…
Beautiful Glass (bottle) & a wonderful Vertical shipping case(i.e. upright)!! My preference.
The #64 in a horizontal shipping case will be happier in this nice vertical, me too!
Horizontal cases Recycle. Vertical cases Reuse. But I have a hard time with Reduce for dN!!!
Cheers! Have Fun!!
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The tide most certainly will turn for you, like it did for me. Prior dN Syrah was either good, but not in a style I really dug, or in a style I like, but not too exciting.
365 hits both boxes. SBC just has great Syrah terroir, across the AVA, if the winemaker is aligned to a style you like, it’s a high probability win.
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217 is amazing. We had a bottle of the new 369 last weekend and it is beautiful as well. I have some 365 on order and look forward to trying that. But I agree, the early Syrahs have been a little more hit and Miss than the Cabs. I did not order any more Chalk Hill or Rocks Walla Walla Syrah!
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I ordered a case of 217 during the moving sale and I did not get enough. The woman I live with said to me the other day, “I just want that Syrah.” Any other DN recommendations for someone liking that wines profile? Hell, any other recommendations of Syrah/ Shiraz that are not DN for someone who likes that wine? The wine is so good I’ve considered joining the source guess wine club but that’s some expensive juice.
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393 Santa Cruz Mountains Syrah.
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