What CAM X wine are you drinking tonight?

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888

Tried Lot 21 (which I’ve had several times) and Lot 29 (for the first time).

Lot 29 Grippy tannins, dry, not fruit forward, red fruit, cherry—I would call it classic old world style

Lot 21 Silkier tannins, red and black fruit, black cherry, licorice, slight herbaceous note that integrates over time.

I popped and poured through an aerator and into a decanter. Tasting notes after 2 hours. They are both quite rough /astringent those first 30 minutes.

I prefer 21 by a lot, but I could see people preferring 29.

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889

Lot 28 Gewurz is nothing short of a sensational value.

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890

Lot 32 is so good and so approachable. Just PnP, black cherry, blackberry, softer tannins, toasted vanilla (dad says full bodied great finish).

Great for you Pnpers. I PnPed into decanter, then thought better of it and ran through an aerator.

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891

Just opened LOT 32

Much better than the 1st bottle 2 months ago.

PnP. Combination of red and black fruit, getting blackberry, black cherries. Soft and easy drinker. Mom enjoyed her glass. I would still place outside my top 5.

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892

Agreed! One of the better dry Gewurts I’ve ever had

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893

Lot 24. Surpassing 25 as best CX thus far for me. Dark fruit. Concentrated. Chocolate. Structured.

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894

With so many CX wines ordered I had to look up your references:
Lot 21 | 2023 Napa Valley Cabernet Franc and Lot 29 | 2023 Oakville District Cabernet Franc. This will fun again to compare to Lot 49 | 2023 Carneros Napa Cabernet Franc.

895

Lot 32 | 2023 Stag Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon??

896

Which Cab was which in Lots 24 & 25?

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897

X24 is Diamond Mountain and X25 is Calistoga.

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898

Yes

We need a scorecard. I have no idea what people are referring to 75% of the time. Even for the 6 or 7 I own, I don’t remember them all by lot #.

At least it’s not as bad as the Costco thread where people post the likes of:

Found this in warehouse 672

Photo of selection in store 221

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899

What is your reference for sourness, biting into a lemon?

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900

This website is helpful for decoding and very organized.

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901

Same for me, but still in the early innings!

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902

Nice - but in this case, no. For me, the ‘sourness’ I’m describing in this wine is more akin to a bitter melon - sour and a touch bitter at the same time. I oftentimes differentiate between ‘sourness’ and ‘’acidic’ - the latter to me is more welcome than the former.

Cheers

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903

The popular Cam X ‘winners’ thus far here this Xmas are:

Lots 24 & 27 for the reds, as anticipated.
Lot 04 for white.

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904

Those match my expectations as the three that I was all in on.

The Lot 4 is a top tier wine. Will hopefully check in on the other lots of red at some point but I have lots 1 and 2 slated to drink before 24 and 27. Also plan to drink more of Lot 32 first as well and perhaps even 50 when I get it in spring.

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905

Lot 04 was excellent on day 2;
24 & 27 are ready to go if you get tempted. Loved the 2nd half of the bottle of 27 on day 2 this time (no decanter involved);
32 I tried once and have noted down try again in Q1 2027;
The remainder of my Lot 1’s I am holding off drinking until Q1 2027.

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906

But Jamie, you liked these wines even without the fancy brand named labels?
You must be very secure in your palate! You don’t drink “the label”, Good for you :kissing_heart:
It’s nice to know that good people & good palates can enjoy these wines, without them being “Veblen Goods”:

A Veblen good is a type of luxury good for which the demand increases as the price increases, in apparent contradiction of the law of demand, resulting in an upward-sloping demand curve. They are named after American economist Thorstein Veblenwho described the contradiction.

The higher prices of Veblen goods may make them desirable as a status symbol in the practices of [conspicuous consumption](Conspicuous consumption - Wikipedia)and conspicuous leisure. A product may be a Veblen good because it is a positional good, something few others can own.

More here:

In 1899, the sociologist Thorstein Veblencoined the term conspicuous consumption to explain the spending of money on and the acquiring of luxury commodities (goods and services) specifically as a public display of economic power—the income and the accumulated wealth—of the buyer. To the conspicuous consumer, the public display of discretionary income is an economic means of either attaining or maintaining a given social status.[2][3]

:rofl::rofl: Got Cam X? :+1::four_leaf_clover::grinning::wine_glass::kissing_heart:

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907

WOW, 2023 Stags Leap CS is approachable with under 4 months bottled! Very Nice to hear, thanks for the review!
Hmmmm, such a very great value. Waiting, but Tempting…… :deer::wine_glass::deer:

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