The Official Wine Thread

[ama]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

The point? 100 of them

Better spring for the large then.

 

[ama]

Also, if you get it are you going to have the fortitude to hold it for 15 - 20 years? That's the hard part!

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by ama

Also, if you get it are you going to have the fortitude to hold it for 15 - 20 years? That's the hard part!

No. He's going to give it to me once I pay off my CC.

 

[ama]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

No. He's going to give it to me once I pay off my CC.

Haha, better get that in writing!

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

No. He's going to give it to me once I pay off my CC.

Ama: this is a "cult cab." Should be drinking well in another few years. Just like I see many tasting notes on my 05 Araujo.

 

[ama]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

Ama: this is a "cult cab." Should be drinking well in another few years. Just like I see many tasting notes on my 05 Araujo.
According to everything I've seen on it it has the makeup to go a lot longer though...unlike many of the lesser cults.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by ama

According to everything I've seen on it, it got the makeup to go a lot longer though, unlike many of the lesser cults.

Yup, but reading '12 as the start of drinking time for the 07. I'm thinking about this too much. I might get nothing allocated

 

[ama]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

Yup, but reading '12 as the start of drinking time for the 07. I'm thinking about this too much. I might get nothing allocated

I'm rooting for you, if only to see pictures of the $1100 medallion draped around the $225 dollar bottles of wine.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by ama

I'm rooting for you, if only to see pictures of the $1100 medallion draped around the $225 dollar bottles of wine.

The day I buy one of those medallions...well..it'll never happen.

 

[Invicta]

I picked up a bottle of Girard 07 Cab tonight. Initially I stopped in to pick up another bottle of bourbon but my guys were having a tasting of this and a couple of utterly unremarkable reds. Clearly was the best of the bunch and a great buy at $25. Made an excellent companion to the steak and asparagus dinner I made.

 

[gomestar]

had a nice Cortese with a sweet onion soup tonight. A slight reason to drink and be merry, the GF is being vetted for a firm that is very high profile in the restaurant business. The person trying to woo her is personal friends with Joel Robuchon (and has the txt messages to prove it), and many many others. Fingers crossed.

 

[Manton]

'96 Burgess was up for about 30 seconds and then gone. Why do they send these out in the midde of the night?

 

[Mark from Plano]

Originally Posted by Manton

'96 Burgess was up for about 30 seconds and then gone. Why do they send these out in the midde of the night?

I actually got some of this. Happened to be up late after the John Mayer concert and got an email notice on my iPhone.

 

[Manton]

I got up at 6:30 and it was already too late. Iron Horse sparkling was there instead. Still have not received the email alert for that one.

Oh well, I have to pay Solito soon anyway.

 

[gomestar]

Originally Posted by Manton

Oh well, I have to pay Solito soon anyway.

+1

but damn I wanted that AF Gros the other day.