Too young.

When did the hill country get so many wineries? Driving down 290 today and they're back to back to back!

Nellcote Reserve for $89 on last bottle. Thoughts? I've had other Nellcotes and found them enjoyable. From what I recall they were bold fruit forward and smooth. Never had the reserve. Again thoughts?

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Too young.

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I couldn't help it. Got anxious. I'll try harder to wait longer for the other bottles.

When is really "ready" on a Dunn HM?

aggiejumper said:

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When is really "ready" on a Dunn HM?

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Whenever you want to drink it. For HM, I would really wait until yr 10 tho

QBCade said:

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BSD said:

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Too young.

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I couldn't help it. Got anxious. I'll try harder to wait longer for the other bottles.

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I was totally kidding. That's longer than I would have waited.

aggiejumper said:

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When is really "ready" on a Dunn HM?

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The answer is always "a couple more years"

BSD said:

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QBCade said:

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BSD said:

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Too young.

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I couldn't help it. Got anxious. I'll try harder to wait longer for the other bottles.

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I was totally kidding. That's longer than I would have waited.

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Oh, I know. Was just playing along

Do you guys only buy secondary market now or are yall drinking through some of your on release purchases from 20+ years ago as well?

FriendlyAg said:

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Do you guys only buy secondary market now or are yall drinking through some of your on release purchases from 20+ years ago as well?

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I buy only secondary market now - auctions. I do have some that I cellared myself. But, most of what I've posted I bought at auction.

What are your favorite auction sites. I realize this is potentially allowing more competition so you may want to play it close to your chest. Although, I for one won't be any competition to the bottles QB and BSD are bidding on unless the auction world presents a massive discount. I have bought some bottles from unicorn auctions at their wine auctions including some 1980 vintage georges de latour and some 2002 single vineyard Aussie Shiraz. So far I have encountered no issues with bad bottles and have really enjoyed sharing the experience with some of these older bottles. I'd love to hear your experiences on the quality/preservation of bottles you have bought at auction.

Texstralian said:

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What are your favorite auction sites. I realize this is potentially allowing more competition so you may want to play it close to your chest. Although, I for one won't be any competition to the bottles QB and BSD are bidding on unless the auction world presents and massive discount. I have bought some bottles from unicorn auctions at their wine auctions including some 1980 vintage georges de latour and some 2002 single vineyard Aussie Shiraz. So far I have encountered no issues with bad bottles and have really enjoyed sharing the experience with some of these older bottles. I'd love to hear your experiences on the quality/preservation of bottles you have bought at auction.

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K&L Wines and Christie's. If you want to bid on something, just PM me and I'll let you have it. I have too much wine anyways, so I don't mind passing on anything so we don't cost each other $$$.

Good bull. This is kind and gracious. I don't see my budget allowing us to compete on bottles anytime soon, but I'll let you know!

There's plenty of good wine for sale that's not auctioned. The fun is in the finding!

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Best Materium I've had. Wife even loved it and she is not a Cab fan. Very soft. Red fruit, cocoa, cassis, earth, light menthol/eucalyptus. Excellent

Edit - I actually decanted last night for about 3hrs, but only had less than half a glass. Corked and enjoyed tonite. Was better than last night.

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Texstralian said:

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What are your favorite auction sites. I realize this is potentially allowing more competition so you may want to play it close to your chest. Although, I for one won't be any competition to the bottles QB and BSD are bidding on unless the auction world presents and massive discount. I have bought some bottles from unicorn auctions at their wine auctions including some 1980 vintage georges de latour and some 2002 single vineyard Aussie Shiraz. So far I have encountered no issues with bad bottles and have really enjoyed sharing the experience with some of these older bottles. I'd love to hear your experiences on the quality/preservation of bottles you have bought at auction.

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K&L Wines and Christie's. If you want to bid on something, just PM me and I'll let you have it. I have too much wine anyways, so I don't mind passing on anything so we don't cost each other $$$.

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you are in CA, correct? I don't think K&L will ship to Texas...

cecil77 said:

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There's plenty of good wine for sale that's not auctioned. The fun is in the finding!

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all ears!

I will say finding older vintages of Bordeaux and some napa can be found. I know a lot of people in my storage club buy from Winebid.

They might have ways if you call and discuss with them…

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QBCade said:

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Texstralian said:

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What are your favorite auction sites. I realize this is potentially allowing more competition so you may want to play it close to your chest. Although, I for one won't be any competition to the bottles QB and BSD are bidding on unless the auction world presents and massive discount. I have bought some bottles from unicorn auctions at their wine auctions including some 1980 vintage georges de latour and some 2002 single vineyard Aussie Shiraz. So far I have encountered no issues with bad bottles and have really enjoyed sharing the experience with some of these older bottles. I'd love to hear your experiences on the quality/preservation of bottles you have bought at auction.

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K&L Wines and Christie's. If you want to bid on something, just PM me and I'll let you have it. I have too much wine anyways, so I don't mind passing on anything so we don't cost each other $$$.

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you are in CA, correct? I don't think K&L will ship to Texas...

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K&L will send your wine to a storage company who can then ship it to you. I forget the details, but the storage didn't cost money because they gave me first month free or something similar.

It's a gumbo kinda night so I popped open this 10 year old Priorat. Too bad it's corked.

What wine goes with chili....

I think bold fruit reds are a safe bet. GSM is where my mind went first. I think it's extremely forgiving to pair wine with chili. I think a ton of different wines would do well with it.

Corked bottles make by blood boil

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It's a gumbo kinda night so I popped open this 10 year old Priorat. Too bad it's corked.

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Corked bottles are the worst

Even in Priorat, Granache is a challenge for fiber wine.

WestUAg said:

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Paired w braised short rib tonight.

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And??