On Sep 16, 11:30�am, Lawrence Leichtman > wrote:
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> �"Bi!!" > wrote:
> > On Sep 15, 11:36?am, Lawrence Leichtman > wrote:
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> > > ?"Bi!!" > wrote:
> > > > On Sep 14, 8:25?pm, Lawrence Leichtman > wrote:
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> > > > > ?"Bi!!" > wrote:
> > > > > > On Sep 11, 4:04?pm, Lawrence Leichtman > wrote:
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> > > > > > > ?"Bi!!" > wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Sep 11, 1:22?pm, DaleW > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Sep 11, 11:57 am, "Bi!!" > wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > I was rummaging around my cellar last night and came across
> > > > > > > > > > six
> > > > > > > > > > bottles of 2005 Willi Schaefer Auslese Graacher Dombprobst
> > > > > > > > > > AP#10
> > > > > > > > > > so I
> > > > > > > > > > popped it in the fridge for about 30 minutes and popped the
> > > > > > > > > > cork.
> > > > > > > > > > Wow! I don't drink many Germany wines and certainly not a
> > > > > > > > > > many
> > > > > > > > > > Mosel
> > > > > > > > > > wines but this was a wine that I just couldn't stop drinking.
> > > > > > > > > > Floral
> > > > > > > > > > notes on the nose with a bit of fresh peach. The wine was
> > > > > > > > > > very
> > > > > > > > > > smooth
> > > > > > > > > > and creamy on the palate with ripe apples, cinnamon, caramel
> > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > squeeze of lime. Brilliant. "A" on the Dale scale.
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> > > > > > > > > Sounds great. I love Willi S, but mostly buy a bit cheaper,
> > > > > > > > > kabinetts
> > > > > > > > > and spatlesen.
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> > > > > > > > I bought these in private sell from a guy who needed to liquidate
> > > > > > > > his
> > > > > > > > cellar to get cash. ?I paid $40/bottle for the six bottles along
> > > > > > > > with
> > > > > > > > about 3 mixed cases of different stuff. ?I just checked the price
> > > > > > > > online and was shocked to see prices close to $80.
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> > > > > > > Wow $40 for that. I never luck into deals that good.- Hide quoted
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> > > > > > It's amazing what the IRS can do!
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> > > > Yes. ?The tax bill had to be paid and he had to raise money quickly
> > > > from qhat I understand. ?Probably not the first time that somwone has
> > > > sold off their collection at a loss to pay off a tax debt and
> > > > personally ?I'd rather give the wine away than have Uncle Sam seize it
> > > > and have it languish in a 100F warehouse for ten years while they sort
> > > > things out.
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> > > I never seem to luck into these things. Good job hunting or was it a
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> > A friend of mine knew this fellow and of his need for quick cash. �I
> > went to the man's home and checked out his cellar...well kept at 55F.
> > He had a lot of high end California offerings, Opus One, Cardinale,
> > Dominus, Silver Oak, a few cases of first growth Bordeaux from
> > 2000-2005 the cellar contents were fairly newer vintages from about
> > 2000 on with a ton of California chardonnay from bulk producers so I
> > assumed that either he or his wife/"significant other" drank a lot of
> > chardonnay.
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No, I have enough Cal Cabs going back to the mid 70's to last two
lifetimes. I'm up to about 5500 bottles of various stuff and at 57 I
need to really get busy.....I don't want to leave too much for the
kids!