Woohoo: Just liberated my "Cellar" from all my modern St. Emilion [And another 2012 Caymus 3L found]

I really do not like these wines. At all. And I had lots of them, like 3 cases from 2005 alone. Wines like Monbousquet, Troplong Mondot, Fleur Cardinale, La Clotte, Les Gravieres, and a smattering of others. Got rid of all my 2005 Lascombes as well, which frankly, is indistinguishable from these modern St. Ems.

The cool part is, since I don’t wanna sell wine, is that I got to trade it all with a close friend of mine, taking all his classic stuff. He prefers modern.

So we just sat in our storage lockers for the last 2 hours catching up, having good laughs, trading bottle by bottle, no haggling, just straight-up fair trades.

I got a bunch of 2005 Joguet Chinons, including my beloved Franc de Pied, Foillard 3.14, and a bunch of 2004 and 2005 Bordeaux: Montrose, Clerc Milon, D’Armhailhac, Durfort Vivens, Sociando Mallet. Plus a smattering of some other funky stuff.

I’m sure he feels he got the better deal. I’m sure I feel like I got the better deal. Who cares, we both got what we want. A truly enjoyable afternoon!

Next, we trade for all my Chateaunef du Papes, he likes 2007, woohoo!

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Did Rudy make the 2012 Caymus 3Ls? They seems to be everywhere. And stalking me. I told my buddy he could keep it.

I’m the goofy guy on the left with the popped collar.

A collar-popping Caymus lover.

You’re exactly as I imagined.

Wow. That’s a great day. You got all the wines you want, got rid of ones you don’t, and narrowly avoided another big bottle of Caymus. That’s fine living, right there.

You lucky bastard!

I was afraid you and Salil would ban me from the super-secret AFWE society just for owning this stuff!

I have some very dirty laundry too… Glass houses, stones, etc.

When you say left, do you mean left as the picture shown or left as in how the picture should be.

Salil bans for much lesser offenses.

Hey now, you calling my buddy goofy too!?! I did say popped collar for better guidance. Notice the different 3 inches of starched fabric do to the neckline?

It’s so secret that you don’t even realize that you have been secretly banned.

If you send me some Clos Rougeard and Plouzeau Ante Phylloxera, I’ll talk to Salil about granting you a pardon.

I think he means he’s the one with the hat.

I know. I was just messing with him.

I love how my picture keeps recycling!

I like your attitude, Robert. I also have a rather easy approach to swaps, gifts, and the like. If I don’t like something, or know someone appreciates something I have in my cellar more than I do, then out it goes.

If you have children, they will learn generosity from you. I used to get silently upset when my daughter, as a pre-schooler on up, would send kids out the door with a toy of hers that they liked. But I realized that the child who could not share was a lot worse off.

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I know, Mr. Fu. And I knew that YOU knew, which is what amused me. Hey, slow day here at the ranch [cheers.gif] .

ARE YOU IN AUSTRALIA. WHY IS IT UPSIDE DOWN.

"Over, Under, Sideways Down. Yardbirds. I just checked and it was 1966? Yikes.

This is the front runner for post of the year!!! Nicely done sir!

My locker is just caddy corner from Robert’s, you won’t find any of this stuff in there!..Honestly, does it get an hotter than a preppy starch infused Polo sweater wearing Robert Alfert clutching a Caymus?..a Men of Berserkers calender in order here?