Has anyone use Coravin with dN wines? Considering buying a Coravin on Black Friday but saw that it was designed to work best with natural cork.
48 hours later and the wine has improved. Really like the finish. Double yummy. Shared with a couple of close friends who buy $20 wines at retail and we all felt this blows them away .
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Yes… It works fine.
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Most of the cam time dN corks were synthetic and do not work with a coravin. I’m not sure has the brand switched to agglomerated recently? If so, those are fine. But no, the older dN corks do not work with a coravin. I know so far all the corks I’ve seen on CamX would work.
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N.227 last night. Tasty, good drinker. Not sure about food. Went ok with turkey leftovers but probably not tannic enough for a steak.
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I have zero issue using it with the newer Lots 400 and up.
Ah yes. That could be. Cam left right around then and I think he had just transitioned to used agglomerated Vinc+ I believe. All the first 250-300 or so were this weird synthetic thing that wouldn’t re-seal.
528 2023 Paso Cab
Fantastic after a couple hours decanted in the glass
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Thanksgiving dinner served this delicious Pinot Noir:
- 2019 de Négoce Pinot Noir OG N.307 Hyde Vineyard - USA, California, Napa / Sonoma, Carneros (11/27/2025)
Double decanted back into bottle for Thanksgiving dinner Pinot.
Nose: Dark cherries, spice and vanilla. Very nice.
Color- See through dark red.
Palate: Cherry and strawberries blending together here with balanced acidity/tannins gliding to a really long finish. One of the better de Negoce PNs I've had. (93 points)
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Started the Thanksgiving feats with this lovely bottle of Chardonnay. Still delivers the goods.
- 2020 de Négoce Chardonnay OG N.328 - USA, California, Sonoma County (11/27/2025)
Poured for Thanksgiving Day Chardonnay.
OK, this bottle the 15% alcohol seemed a bit more tamed, this is full bodied full throttle Chardonnay with a beautiful nose of apple pie, some lemon and a decent whack of fancy French Oak. My oldest daughter loved this wine, so did my wife. We all could not decide whether to serve this Chardonnay with Turkey dinner or drink that Lot 307 Pinot Noir. This continues to deliver a great bang for the fare paid. Yes, it's sourced from $150 components that maybe did not make that final cut. If I paid $50 at a winery for this been very happy. $169/case? Pinch me. (92 points)
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I’ve got handful of 2018 Lot 78 and 2019 Lot 200 coming in I’ll be trying son.
Also some OG 2012 Cameron Hughes Lot 452 and Lot 525.
Anyone have recent experience with those?
The last bottle of #200 I had was a few months ago, it remains my favorite DN of all time……ripe, but not over the top, complex, drinking great now but with many more years in the tank……
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OG dN Lot 200 2019 Napa Valley Hillside Cabernet Sauvignon
Is fantastic! 
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OG Lot 56, Walla Walla Merlot.
Excellent!
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A little delayed…lot 468 with Thanksgiving dinner…Mmm. Wish I bought more.
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A Robert Craig Lot 468 Howell Mountain 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon ~ a $27 btl shiner ($329 delivered) for a supposedly $120 wine. As Bonnie said to Clyde, ‘You done good.’
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Lot 429 2021 Napa Valley Proprietary Red
Nearly 2 years bottled. 3/12, PnP. I had previously decided to PnP (not decanting) all the remainders. This is in my current drinking soon selection. Very nice BDX blend, drinks well currently. It’s a complex & very tasty wine. Double yum .
Enjoyed my 99th monthly summit of Cerro Alto Peak, now 119 times!
Excellent view scape! West 10 miles to the Pacific Ocean.
155 miles to the east is snow covered (barely visible) Black Kaweah Mountain 13,800’, in the snowy Sierra Nevada:
with Sausage Sandwiches
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L 364 | 2019 SVD Russian River Valley Zinfandel (approximately 85-90% Zinfandel,10% Petite Sirah with the remainder Alicante Bouschet and Grenache), ~ yet another fine example of how time can truly reveal a wine’s Sonoma County terroir. Having been only lightly oaked, Cameron described this selection as a wine of place, not wood. A medium-to-full bodied dark fruited Zinfandel which today is a 92 pt winner. / Originally a $148 case w/shipping offer which was bottled Nov 2022 and conservatively projected as a $40 btl example.
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Original knees?
Yep Jeff,
I now use 4wd canes for the big downhills.
Some people call them hiking/trekking poles.
I call them canes, or, 4 wheel drive Canes…
All Original biological equipment, just over 69 years so far 
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