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5/27/12 at 11:24am

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Originally Posted by Manton

That '95 H-B is way young, no? I had some '95 Cos not long ago and I though it was a baby.

I would agree it's probably quite young, but 95 HB is da bomb. As is HB in general.

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5/27/12 at 6:09pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Manton

That '95 H-B is way young, no? I had some '95 Cos not long ago and I though it was a baby.

To my tastes the 95 HB is beginning to enter its drinking window, but it clearly has a long way to go. I had the 96 Cos a few months ago, and I thought it was open for business. Haven't had the 95 Cos in a while, so I can't remember where it is relative to the 96. The Montebello was a solid but not great bottle. The Guado al Tasso was gross, as was the Jones, yet again affirming that modern Napa cab is not to my taste. Not pictured, but a really nice surprise was a bottle of 89 Vieux Telegraphe, which was a great bottle of that wine.

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5/27/12 at 6:35pm

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Originally Posted by coolpapa

To my tastes the 95 HB is beginning to enter its drinking window, but it clearly has a long way to go. I had the 96 Cos a few months ago, and I thought it was open for business. Haven't had the 95 Cos in a while, so I can't remember where it is relative to the 96. The Montebello was a solid but not great bottle. The Guado al Tasso was gross, as was the Jones, yet again affirming that modern Napa cab is not to my taste. Not pictured, but a really nice surprise was a bottle of 89 Vieux Telegraphe, which was a great bottle of that wine.

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5/27/12 at 7:29pm

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An 89 Vieux?

I have a few from early this century sleeping for the long haul.

Had an 05 Larkmead Solera Reserve. I have two more and will let them sleep a few more years. This was drinking nicely though. Not the cult cab profile but not the heavy graphite from Bordeaux either.

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5/28/12 at 6:17pm

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2009 Domaine Cherrier Pere et Fils Sancerre paired with a nice salad and grilled tequila shrimp. The wine was crisp with lemon/citrus. Great match.

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5/28/12 at 8:00pm

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I have a concierge company and my clients tend to buy wine a lot. Anybody know wine vendors here that would like to jump into an affiliate relationship with me?

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5/30/12 at 5:15am