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When one word, 2 syllables says it all. . What’s

When one word, 2 syllables says it all.
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What’s up for your holiday season weekend?
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There are only a few wines that just the name evokes wonder. Clearly Petrus is one of them. In part, because the wines are quite rare and so expensive that few people ever get to taste a bottle. And more importantly, because they are really that good.
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At 50 years of age, 1971 Petrus is pure silk and velvet on your palate. The perfume, with its blend of truffle, dark, bitter chocolate, plum liqueur and cherries is ethereal. The wine feels like no other wine as it caresses your palate, leaving you with a decadent wave of perfectly ripe red fruits, tobacco and earthy nuances.
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Finally it’s Friday! What are you thinking of dr

Finally it’s Friday! What are you thinking of drinking?
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As the holidays grow closer, I’m thinking it’s time for older bottles like this 64 Pichon Lalande.
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If you cannot open and share your bottles, why have them ?
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Ok, so here you have a wine past its prime. But even though it’s not running on all its cylinders, there’s still enough here from its secondary development to be fun with all the cedar, tobacco, ash, cigar box, peppery herbs and forest leaf, with a bit of spicy red currants to round things off. Medium-bodied, slightly rustic, but still charming, in its old-school way.
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Bottles from 64 are always fun, they remind me of the Beatles and the Stones coming to America. Old wines are a clear window to the past.
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Chateau d’Yquem on its way to maturity …. . Do

Chateau d’Yquem on its way to maturity ….
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Do you have a favorite sweet wine?
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When Chateau d’Yquem is young, there are wines that give it a run for the money. But when d’Yquem begins to reach maturity, it clearly pulls ahead of the other wines from Sauternes, and IMO, all other sweet wines as it takes on layers of complexities other wines do not offer.
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1975 d’Yquem is not yet fully mature, but it’s getting there. The color continues to darken and now you discover caramel, butterscotch, candied Orange, toasted vanilla bean, spice, apricot, roasted pineapple and nuts in the perfume.
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On the palate along with layers of honey slathered yellow tropical fruits, you find racy acidity so the wine feels lifted and fresh. I think we’ll stored examples could hit 100 years of age and be glorious to imbibe!
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Pavie, what’s all the fuss about? . . What is i

Pavie, what’s all the fuss about?
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What is it about Pavie that sparks such spirited debate?
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Ok, I think what Perse is doing at Pavie is great. While I understand we all have our own taste, I’ve never understood how a wine can be so provocative.
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I really like how the 2010 is developing. It’s still young, tight and holding much of what it has in reserve at the moment, the wine requires 3-4 hours of air, and lots of swirling before you start finding the licorice, smoke, crushed rick, flower and plummy notes. Rich and palate-staining, there is a lot going on here, if you can wait at least another decade. It’s going to be worth the wait.
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Bond, not James Bond, but still a treat… . I do

Bond, not James Bond, but still a treat…
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I do not get to taste these wines as often as I’d like. And each time I do, I’m reminded how great they are.
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With 5 different wines, there quite a few choices, each showing a different expression of their vineyards. Will Harlan, who is now fully in charge of Harlan Estate is doing a great job here with all of these wines.
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2017 Bond St. Eden - Silky, soft, refined and with a gorgeous sense of purity to the fruits, the wine is built to age. There is structure here along with all the ripe fruits, smoke, tobacco and stony essences you need to keep you focused. However, this will need some time to develop before really beginning to show its stuff. Give it a few more years in the cellar and it will be an even better wine.
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Hercules enjoying a full weekend… . I’ve been

Hercules enjoying a full weekend…
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I’ve been remiss in posting updates on Hercules. Motivated by his early morning walk with the cows, we took a bunch of pictures this weekend. He’s looking good for someone on his way to 15.
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It's officially time for the @wtso Cyber Monday M

It's officially time for the @wtso Cyber Monday Magnum Marathon...
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From 5 am-6 pm PST you can expect a variety of large-format bottles at 1.5L and 3L with 10-15 new bottles added every hour. Whether you want to check all the wine lovers off your gift list or expand your collection with large-format favorites, there’s something for you at the Magnum Marathon. Head to wtso.com for more!
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I tasted two of these wines in advance of the big sale.
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2019 Grand Tinel Chateauneuf is already open. The wine kicks off with a floral note, kirsch and peppery overtones with good freshness and spice, due to the blend of Grenache and Syrah. This is a killer Chateauneuf that delivers a lot of bang for the buck. 92 Pts

2016 Gioso Barolo is forward, round, bright and delivers an earthy, savory complexity in the red berry finish with a touch of mocha in the endnote. 90 Pts

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In the wines I don’t taste often category … .

In the wines I don’t taste often category …
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I do not see a lot of Penfolds Grange. So it was a nice treat when a friend brought a bottle to dinner over the weekend.
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There are famous wines I get, even if they’re not in my wheelhouse. And there are big-name wines that don’t exactly talk to me. Honestly, while I see the depth, the length, richness and age ability, the strong oak notes were simply too powerful to move this wine from good to great.
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Saturdays and Sine Qua Non . Actually it started o

Saturdays and Sine Qua Non
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Actually it started on Friday and continued until after midnight, so that makes it Saturday, I think.
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I do not taste these wines as much as I used to making it more fun to contrast and compare a few different vintages and blends. All the reds are great. They are consistently at a high level of quality.
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I’m not quite as enthusiastic about the whites and how they age.
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Still it was a blast and a great night of imbibing.

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Finally it’s Friday! What are you thinking of dr

Finally it’s Friday! What are you thinking of drinking?
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Yesterday in our home it was Thanksgiving. My favorite night with family of the year. It’s Friday and the weekend of fun continues starting with a beautiful flight of Pomerol !
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If silky, opulent, sensuous and sexy wines are your thing, you should be drinking Pomerol.
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2009 Clinet remains youthful. Packed with an ocean of perfectly ripe, cherries, plums, chocolate, truffle, licorice and flowers, this incredible wine has a finish that crosses the 60 second mark.
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2016 Hosanna is of course young and in the promising stage of life. Still, even now it’s impossible not to be impressed by its wealth of ripe plums, cherries, and dark chocolate. Rich, concentrated, lush and long, the wine is a show-stopper!
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2015 Latour Pomerol is developing in all the right ways. The silky chocolate drenched plums already hit all the right notes.
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Black Friday Wine Sale! . Finding a Burgundy under

Black Friday Wine Sale!
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Finding a Burgundy under $50 of exceptional quality is difficult these days. Guillaume d’Angerville of the historic and highly collectible Domaine Marquis d’Angerville is made outside of Burgundy blending pinot and other varieties. It’s a passion project to create a thirst-quenching, affordable, and nuanced wine. An exceptional value from the sommelier run website Parcelle Wine .

Piero Incisa grew up around his family’s winery Sassicaia. Nowadays, he makes pinot in the deep parts of Patagonia. This bottling is a lighter, Burgundy style, from all biodynamic old-vine pinot. An exceptional value from the sommelier run website Parcelle Wine.

Conti Costanti is a traditional style of Brunello di Montalcino. The 2012 Riserva has the dense, earthy, and herbaceous flavors of the greatest wines of the area. This is an early drinking vintage of a Tuscan icon. Another exceptional value from the sommelier run website Parcelle Wine.
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To make this deal even better, for an additional 10% off, use the code Jeff10

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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone ! . All of us are f

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone !
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All of us are fortunate in many ways. The ability to spend time with friends and family, sharing Thanksgiving dinner together is what life is all about.
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We missed spending Thanksgiving together last year as many people did, due to the pandemic. We are fortunate to be able enjoy tonight together, the upcoming holiday season and whatever comes next in 2022.
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For all that and more, I’m Thankful and wishing everyone I know I’m the real world and all my friends online, Happy Thanksgiving !
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Looking for a mature Margaux that won’t break th

Looking for a mature Margaux that won’t break the bank?
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2000 Chateau d’issan is a great choice. We popped the cork on this beauty and it was frankly delicious!
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Soft and silky, with a bouquet of tobacco, cedar, cigar box, flowers, currants, blackberry and forest floor, this is a refined, elegant wine that is drinking beautifully and hitting all the right notes you want in a mature Margaux.
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My tip of the day, as good as this is, starting with the 2015 vintage, d’Issan has been hitting new levels of quality and is now making the best wines in the history of the estate!
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Vega Sicilia Unico, a rare treat indeed… . One

Vega Sicilia Unico, a rare treat indeed…
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One of my favorite wines, the unique blend of Tempranillo and Left Bank Bordeaux varietals creates one of the most exciting tasting experiences in the world of wine. It’s a thrilling wine that every time I taste it, I can’t wait to taste it again.
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1990 Vega Sicilia Unico focuses on elegance over power. Aromatic, with a mix of flowers, spice, cigar wrapper and red with black fruits, the wine is refined, fresh, silky, vibrant, and energetic. Long, refined and complex, this is fully ready to go.
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Nice surprises are found in the small vintages…

Nice surprises are found in the small vintages…
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It’s easy to find the top wines in the famous vintages, it takes a lot more work to discover the gems from the lesser, more difficult years. But with a little work, and by reading my site, you can find the best wines that perform well in the small vintages, like Cos d’Estournel in 2004.
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2004 Cos d’Estournel - One of the better wines of the vintage, here you find a medium-bodied, soft, round, open, currant and herb filled wine with notes of earth, smoke, espresso, spice box, black cherry and a round textured finish. Not as long or deep as you find in the better years, but there is lot of class and charm already on full display. This is already drinking quite well.

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It’s Friday! What’s in your glass this weekend

It’s Friday! What’s in your glass this weekend?…
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I’m thinking it’s a beautiful, fully mature 90 Beausejour Duffau! Drinking at peak, the exotic textures, rich, opulent, perfectly ripe, silky plums and cherries with all those truffles hits the spot!
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After your work, what are you thinking of opening?
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When one bottle of Latour is not enough! . Today,

When one bottle of Latour is not enough!
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Today, it’s not all that often I see a legendary vintage of Latour on the table. I was surprised and blown away to see not one, but two incredible vintages of Latour in my glass!
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Make no mistake, these are both show-stopping wines!
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1982 Latour is majestic. Viscous, powerful, refined, opulent, and concentrated, the wine grabs your attention and keeps it focused on the density, balance, length and complexity. At days before it’s 40th birthday, it’s a spell-binding Pauillac.
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2000 Latour is intensely concentrated. Mouth coating layers of black, red and blue fruit, salty, refined, powerful tannins and a finish that’s with you for over 60 seconds. Still young, but past its primary stage, this is a future legend in the making. If you have the money, and Pauillac is your jam, this belongs in your cellar.
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Loving these re-released vintages of Ducru Beaucai

Loving these re-released vintages of Ducru Beaucaillou!
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If you are seeking mature vintages of Bordeaux, Ducru Beaucaillou has been rereleasing a few back vintages directly from the chateau. With perfect storage for decades, these are as good as you’re going to get. You can tell easily, as they display the current label design.
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1982 Ducru has never been better. Elegant, with a silky, richness to the texture, the nose is quite showy with its floral, tobacco leaf, currant, pepper and forest leaf. Drinking at full maturity, this is a gem.
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If only wine bottles grew on trees! . Wouldn’t i

If only wine bottles grew on trees!
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Wouldn’t it be great if there was a wine tree? And wouldn’t it be even better if you could pick a bottle of your choosing?
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If it was, perhaps 90 Haut Brion would be a great choice? It’s drinking perfectly at the moment. The smoky essence, with its cigar box, burnt wood, currants, spice, tobacco leaf and forest floor nuances, along with its silky texture is in full bloom at the moment. What a wine !
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The 2021 Holiday Collection from Wines Til Sold Ou

The 2021 Holiday Collection from Wines Til Sold Out (@wtso) is here! This selection of wines is perfect for upcoming holiday dinners or for gifting every wine lover on your list. You'll find a variety of prominent appellations like Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Santa Rita Hills, Porto, Barolo, Sancerre, and more - delivered right to your door. Use code WINECELLAR to get $15 off your first purchase of $75 or more, plus free shipping.

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