He might ban you for being friends with the guy who now owns the stuff
Woohoo: Just liberated my "Cellar" from all my modern St. Emilion [And another 2012 Caymus 3L found]
Oh my!
You say that like itās a bad thing
And for the record, I also gave away my Clio to my Caymus loving buddy. Just outright, could not morally make a swap with it. Now that is 2x hedonism. I may not be hearing from him for quite some time. Heās a mountain biker, so he likes it dirty.
Whatās the story behind the 2x 3L bottles of Caymus? Did Jay Hack and the PFWP* visit you in a dream?
*- Pro Flavor Wine Proletariat
The Great Unsolved Mystery is how those wines got in your wine collection in the first place. I would suggest an independent investigation is in order to answer that question, and recommend new legislation that might prevent future recidivism.
I suspect aliens.
In 1954, the village council of Chateauneuf-du-Pape passed an ordinance making it illegal for flying saucers to land in their vineyards. The law also states that any flying saucer caught violating this ordinance will be taken to the pound. In the 61 years this law has been in place, not a single incident of aliens flying into the village has occurred. So it clearly works. And yet, Orlando still has no such legislation. What I want to know is, Why not?
Lew -
I can confess all. Itās really quite simple: I was possessed.
So pre-2000 vintage, I was a fairly traditional wine buyer, mostly left banks, Chinons and a smattering of Rhones. Some of my early days of purchasing was in part on reliance on Parker, ended my subscription in about '99. So I come back into the wine scene in around the 2003 vintage, and Parkerās palate has gone nuts. Scoring everything off the charts, using hyperbole unlike no other, so not knowing his palate was dead, I bought and I bought and I bought. I also did not know that Big J. was scoring the Spaniards, so I was swooping up some of those '98+, 75-year wines, too. And then I started trying them. I thought that I liked them, and some I did at first, as I was told I was supposed to like them. Then slowly my demonic possession started to subside, reason came to the fore. I recaptured my tastes. The longer these wines sat in bottle, frankly, the worse they became. For my humble, country palate, of course.
Now I am free, hence the āliberationā reference. While I had stopped buying anything Parker anointed largely after 2007 CDP, I was holding on to them in hopes that I was wrong and something would evolve.
If a trial must commence, I appoint Corey N. as my barrister and Neal M. as my wine expert witness.
Iām not sure how you stop buying Parkerized wines after 2007 but end up buying 2012 Caymus ā wasnāt that released a year and a half ago?
Best not to answer on this threadā¦attorney-client privilege and all that.
Dude, if you wanna have a star client for a trial of the century, stop suggesting the Caymus was mine. It was planted. Plain and simple. Perhaps I need to elevate Neal. I chose him for the other position because of his impeccable palate.
I think thatās our only hope. I donāt suppose that you ever invited Joe B to your home for some ropa vieja? I donāt care if he actually brought the wine, all we need is reasonable doubt.
Oh. Well, never mind. (I still like the alien defense better than the temporary-insanity-due-to-being-possessed defense, but carry on.)
āLadies and gentlemen of the jury, my client a fine, upstanding citizen with deep ties to the community and a graduate of the University of Florida undergrad and law school where he graduated summa cum everything. He is also a competitive cyclist and that is really the genesis of our story. On the occasion in question, Mr. Alfert needed to ingest a large quantity of calories ā what some folks refer to as ācarb-loadingā ā so that he could go on a 100 mile charity ride to raise money for orphans of veterans who lost their lives fighting for the freedoms that you and I take for grantedā¦ā
Thatās right kiddies, Iām thinking of resurrecting the Twinkie defense.
But your honor, my client does not eat Twinkies!
Actually, on those 100+ mile rides in the insufferable Florida heat, steaming in the humidity, Twinkies are the only āfoodā substance that survive. They are quite delicious like that. Hmm, wonder how they pair with Caymus, en magnum, of course.
Yes, yes. Keep posting this craā¦I mean, keep posting this very valid explanation of your eating habits as they pertain to long bike rides. The Twinkie Defense shall rise again!
Ha, I just noticed that. itās right-side up on my iPad, but now that Iām on my desktop, itās Australia-side up. I show better that way. I will have my crack IT Swat Team at my office address this ASAP. Iām a bit busy doing inventory on my office fridge to see if there are any hedonistic stragglers that were left behind.
In another era, La Dominique might have been accused of being new wave big fruit, but nowadays its considered middle of the pack style wise. Iāve had this 2000 La Dominique [St Emilion] since release and opened it when it was mentioned in the big thread on Old World cellar candidates. It remains a fine example of a mature right bank Bordeaux, but I do think it needs to be consumed. The rims are bricking and it tails off a bit on the second day. The bouquet has tobacco/smoke/mesquite at first, and then segues into a medium weight, 13% abv, rhubarb, thyme, and cranberry red fruit profile. Tannins are resolved, and thereās lot of sediment caked in the bottle. The 2000 doesnāt feel as fat as years like 1990; I enjoyed many of their wines in the 80ās and 90ās but have not purchased/tasted recent vintages but I assume they would age similarly, perhaps adjusting for higher degree days now. I should have opened this before age 25, perhaps age 15 would have been better as the acidity is starting to gain the upper hand over the fruit now. Still, enjoyable, and Iād give this a B+ on my scorecard today.
Iād assume this would have survived Alfertās cruel cellar culling, but in a different era this might have been denounced for its heretical richness when young.
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Love the theme music with the wine.
Itās my thread, so clearly it is in homage to me. I approve.
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Out West weād call you El Guapo !!!