I think it’s the Beau Vigne 2021 Juliet.
It has 97 points at Wine Enthusiast and contains one of the review excerpts “Built for the long haul, needing time”
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Weird, I’ve seen Beau Vigne on Wine Spies (and other discount sites too) for better deals than this, and certainly not approaching the original list price.
Yeah, I have not been impressed with Beau Vigne wines even at the discounted price. They literally discount ALL of their wines from time to time.
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Costco had them for super cheap a year or so ago!
Thanks for sleuthing this one out, I almost pulled the trigger, but BV are def my least favorite JF wines.
This is super helpful and great to see some activity on the WS thread. They’ve become a pretty reliable source for me (the build a case really appeals to me). Agreed that $55 for juliet would be a bit salty. Don’t they typically discount that to $50 when they tell us the name?
Underground Cellar liquidation had a bunch of Juliet for something like $27/bottle. Not sure if it’s still up there or not. Buying a whole case is also required.
UC is out of the Juliet but has Romeo and other Beau Vigne wines. I was hoping that the classified wine might be their “Cult” wine which retails for $150 but it looks like it will be Juliet. One of the clues was WS sold the last 3 vintages. I checked their review page and sure enough they did sell 3 vintages of Juliet:'18 - '20. In checking the web, I found out that Beau Vigne has gone through ownership changes that resulted in their wines being sold cheaply. Someone even reported their ‘cult’ wine was at Costco for $27.
My guess on todays mystery Cab offer - Casa Piena Yountville Estate Cabernet .
Casa Piena is owned by Carmen Policy, former 49ers executive with 5 Super Bowl rings. The wine is also made by TRB.
And I’ll guess that I say it, go Niners! I’m a big Bills fan, so just can’t root for the Chiefs.
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Or maybe their “our gang” cuvée would fit best. I couldn’t find specs though:
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Ah ha! You might be right. Just hard to tell with the $125 stated market price since these are both allocated wines. The first one appears to be $150+, and can’t really tell on the Our Gang wine, but I guess that we should assume less than that.
But great sleuth! I missed that name.
Assuming thats correct do we think its a buy?
Vivino says the average price of Our Gang is $75. Wine Searcher says $125-150.
I still bought 2 bottles because I like a good mystery . 
The garagiste mysteries have been mostly good and great for me recently.
Can anyone find the specs for the Casa Piena? Matching up the ABV and aging is generally a good way to confirm what it may be.
I thought maybe Hestan, but has to be Casa Piena. I missed the Super Bowl/Niners reference at first.
Yeah, oak and aging are a little off for it to be Hestan.
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Anyone familiar with this Kinsella wine? Made by TRB…CT scores are decent
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Have not had it, but it certainly peaks my interest as I love second wines of expensive wineries, but I am forcing myself to pass due to too much wine already.
Me too…I have enough wine to float a battleship, but this offer is tempting…