The top wines in your cellar
Feb 14, 2008, 2:01 pm
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The top wines in your cellar
I was just updating my wine list. 
I decided that the following wines are the top wines that I own:
California Reds
2002 Anderson Conn Valley ELOGE
2002 Chateau St Jean CINQ CEPAGES
2005 Loring Brosseau
2005 Carlisle Russian River syrah
2005 Carlise Dry Creek syrah
2005 Sea Smoke TEN
2005 Sea Smoke SOUTHING
Australia
2002 Wirra Wirra RSW shiraz
Italy
2000 Elio Grasso Barolo GINESTRA 'Vigna Casa Mate'
What are your best wines?
I decided that the following wines are the top wines that I own:
California Reds
2002 Anderson Conn Valley ELOGE
2002 Chateau St Jean CINQ CEPAGES
2005 Loring Brosseau
2005 Carlisle Russian River syrah
2005 Carlise Dry Creek syrah
2005 Sea Smoke TEN
2005 Sea Smoke SOUTHING
Australia
2002 Wirra Wirra RSW shiraz
Italy
2000 Elio Grasso Barolo GINESTRA 'Vigna Casa Mate'
What are your best wines?
Feb 14, 2008, 2:39 pm
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A few of them:
1999 Château Batailley
2002 Château Haut-Brion
1998 Château La Mission Haut-Brion
2001 Château Margaux
1996 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon
2002 Château Mouton Rothschild
1997 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut
1996 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut
1999 Chateau St. Jean Cabernet Sauvignon Cinq Cépages (down to only a couple bottles left of this one)
1997 Domaine de Pignan Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée des Bosquets
1999 Château Batailley
2002 Château Haut-Brion
1998 Château La Mission Haut-Brion
2001 Château Margaux
1996 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon
2002 Château Mouton Rothschild
1997 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut
1996 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut
1999 Chateau St. Jean Cabernet Sauvignon Cinq Cépages (down to only a couple bottles left of this one)
1997 Domaine de Pignan Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée des Bosquets
Feb 14, 2008, 2:56 pm
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Great question by the OP. 
2000 Rosemount Mountain Blue (& maybe still in Lahaina or Beirut?)
A selection of 2002 Hunter Valley shiraz (various wineries)
A selection of 2004 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvingnon (perhaps 2 cases?)
A selection of 2004 Langhorne Creen Shiraz Cabernet Sauvingnon (~4 left)
2000 Rosemount Mountain Blue (& maybe still in Lahaina or Beirut?
)A selection of 2002 Hunter Valley shiraz (various wineries)
A selection of 2004 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvingnon (perhaps 2 cases?)
A selection of 2004 Langhorne Creen Shiraz Cabernet Sauvingnon (~4 left)
Feb 14, 2008, 4:51 pm
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'83 Beaujolais Villages (my birth year)
90/91/94/00/03 DRC Richebourg
99/00/01 DRC La Tache
99/00/01/02/03 Quilceda Creek
00/01/03/04/05 Ch. Lynch-Bages
05 Mollydooker Carnival of Love
04/05 Sea Smoke Botella & Southing
03-05 Radio Coteau various
that's all I can think of as far as superstars go. and NO none of them are for sale, sorry.
90/91/94/00/03 DRC Richebourg
99/00/01 DRC La Tache
99/00/01/02/03 Quilceda Creek
00/01/03/04/05 Ch. Lynch-Bages
05 Mollydooker Carnival of Love
04/05 Sea Smoke Botella & Southing
03-05 Radio Coteau various
that's all I can think of as far as superstars go. and NO none of them are for sale, sorry.
Feb 14, 2008, 5:38 pm
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This is my current top wine.
It's not what you'd consider to be a legendary wine - it's not even what you'd consider to be a legendary St Emilion Grand Cru.
But it floats my boat - rammed to the gunwales with red and black fruits with an armada of taste that would have Sir Frances Drake postively welcoming the French with open arms.
Hard to get hold of though because Jean Claude Paret only makes a few thousand bottles a year.
Consider selling your wife to an Arab billionaire for the night as a cheap price to pay for a case.
La Fauconnerie Cuvee Prestige, Montagne St. Emilion - 2003
It's not what you'd consider to be a legendary wine - it's not even what you'd consider to be a legendary St Emilion Grand Cru.
But it floats my boat - rammed to the gunwales with red and black fruits with an armada of taste that would have Sir Frances Drake postively welcoming the French with open arms.
Hard to get hold of though because Jean Claude Paret only makes a few thousand bottles a year.
Consider selling your wife to an Arab billionaire for the night as a cheap price to pay for a case.
La Fauconnerie Cuvee Prestige, Montagne St. Emilion - 2003
Feb 14, 2008, 6:59 pm
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just my reds....
french
96 hg duc du cutiac (bordeaux)
97 chateau de chantigrive (graves) x3
97 chateau crabitey (graves)
97 chateau pavie saint emelion grand cru
99 chateau martinat (cotes de bourg ) x3
2000 chateau d'orsan (cotes de rhone)
2001 chateau du grand caumont (corbieres) x2 (thank you ua)
2001 chateau reysson (haut medoc)
2003 louis bernard (cotes du rhone)
california
200 buena vista "tres" cabernet (bottles 48, 59, 50 from the first 100)
french
96 hg duc du cutiac (bordeaux)
97 chateau de chantigrive (graves) x3
97 chateau crabitey (graves)
97 chateau pavie saint emelion grand cru
99 chateau martinat (cotes de bourg ) x3
2000 chateau d'orsan (cotes de rhone)
2001 chateau du grand caumont (corbieres) x2 (thank you ua
)2001 chateau reysson (haut medoc)
2003 louis bernard (cotes du rhone)
california
200 buena vista "tres" cabernet (bottles 48, 59, 50 from the first 100)
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Feb 14, 2008, 8:59 pm
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I think we need to have a WineDo.
I may propose setting this up a couple of days before the Brooklyn Reality Tour. Maybe Thursday June 19, 2008, in New York.
FYI, in the next few days, I'll post a thread in Community regarding the date for the tour. June 21, Saturday.
I may propose setting this up a couple of days before the Brooklyn Reality Tour. Maybe Thursday June 19, 2008, in New York.
FYI, in the next few days, I'll post a thread in Community regarding the date for the tour. June 21, Saturday.
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count me in.
Feb 14, 2008, 9:50 pm
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I would be interested as well.
Any suggestion for my birthyear, 1976? I dont think that was a good year anywhere. Maybe d'Yquem is the best bet.
How did you get the 05 Lynch-Bages already? Or is it just on preorder?
rgds,
drew
How did you get the 05 Lynch-Bages already? Or is it just on preorder?
rgds,
drew
Feb 14, 2008, 10:49 pm
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Feb 14, 2008, 11:05 pm
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Best wines include:
2003 Cougar Crest Syrah
2006 Rombauer Carneros Chardonnay
2006 Cakebread Chardonnay Reserve, Carneros
2005 Mahi Sauvingon Blanc
2004 Delas Hermitage Bessards
Just started my collection...well, about a month ago! So I've got a way to go.
2003 Cougar Crest Syrah
2006 Rombauer Carneros Chardonnay
2006 Cakebread Chardonnay Reserve, Carneros
2005 Mahi Sauvingon Blanc
2004 Delas Hermitage Bessards
Just started my collection...well, about a month ago! So I've got a way to go.