Well, I thought I had this one figured out pretty quickly… But there’s one final detail that didn’t quite add up. Need someone who has access to all the usual reviewer’s text (Dunnick, Gregutt, Vinous, Bargreen, etc) to match or not with the review snippets in the offer e-mail.
Had a suspicion this might be a Lauren Ashton wine – given how many they’ve closed out via Redacted offers. Found that FP has offered 2 vintages in non-redacted form of the Proprietor’s Cuvee – 2009 and 2011. That matches the info in the e-mail. And the Cab Sauv %s of those wines were 69% and 80%, which also matches the info in the e-mail. And Redacted 13 wine was the 2014 Proprietor’s Cuvee, which was 50% Cab Sauv (which also matches the info in the e-mail). Seemed pretty clear to me at that point…
However, when I check the Lauren Ashton website, they indicate the 2018 Proprietor’s Cuvee is only 50% Cab Sauv (which does not match the info in the e-mail), and that it included wine from more than just 2 vineyards. I suspect the info on this page is not correct, but don’t know for sure.
https://laurenashtoncellars.orderport.net/product-details/0231/2018-Proprietors-Cuvee
Easiest way to verify is for someone to check the review snippets from the offer e-mail against the reviews of this wine from the major reviewers, and the review scores. Either they match one of them, and we confirm – or they don’t match any and the above is all just a crazy coincidence. But, for me, all the review text is behind the paywalls. I assume someone here has access.
Michael
Edit #1: The e-mail indicates the first FP offer of wine from the Redacted 100 producer was in 2012. That’s the year of the first offer letter I can find for Lauren Ashton. So everything matches so far, except the info about the wine on the producer’s website.