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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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On Sep 11, 11:57�am, "Bi!!" wrote:
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. Sounds great. I love Willi S, but mostly buy a bit cheaper, kabinetts and spatlesen. |
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On Sep 11, 1:22�pm, DaleW wrote:
On Sep 11, 11:57 am, "Bi!!" wrote: 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. Sounds great. I love Willi S, but mostly buy a bit cheaper, kabinetts and spatlesen. 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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, "Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 11, 1:22?pm, DaleW wrote: On Sep 11, 11:57 am, "Bi!!" wrote: 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. Sounds great. I love Willi S, but mostly buy a bit cheaper, kabinetts and spatlesen. 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. Wow $40 for that. I never luck into deals that good. |
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On Sep 11, 11:57 pm, "Bi!!" wrote:
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. Schaefer is amazing. I've only had a few of his wines (they're not that cheap normally, and very hard to find) - but every bottle I've opened has led to a mindblowing experience. |
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On Sep 11, 4:04�pm, Lawrence Leichtman wrote:
In article , �"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 11, 1:22?pm, DaleW wrote: On Sep 11, 11:57 am, "Bi!!" wrote: 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. Sounds great. I love Willi S, but mostly buy a bit cheaper, kabinetts and spatlesen. 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. Wow $40 for that. I never luck into deals that good.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It's amazing what the IRS can do! |
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![]() "Bi!!" skrev i melding ... I bought these in private sell from a guy who needed to liquidate his cellar to get cash. I paid $40/bottle A steal... Price ex winery was 38.50EUR :-) And yes, that was ranked as outstanding by wein-plus. Drink till 2015+ :-) Anders |
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On Sep 12, 10:13�am, "Anders T�rneskog"
wrote: "Bi!!" skrev i ... I bought these in private sell from a guy who needed to liquidate his cellar to get cash. �I paid $40/bottle A steal... Price ex winery was 38.50EUR :-) And yes, that was ranked as outstanding by wein-plus. �Drink till 2015+ :-) Anders Asa stated I don't drink a lot of German wines and probably only have a couple cases in my cellar of mostly JJ Prum. I couldn't pass up the Schaefer and the price was what the seller was asking. He had to liquidate quickly to pay a tax debt. I didn't know him personally prior to purchasing the wine but a mutual freind put us in touch. He had a ton of great stuff at bargain prices. |
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, "Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 11, 4:04?pm, Lawrence Leichtman wrote: In article , ?"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 11, 1:22?pm, DaleW wrote: On Sep 11, 11:57 am, "Bi!!" wrote: 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. Sounds great. I love Willi S, but mostly buy a bit cheaper, kabinetts and spatlesen. 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. Wow $40 for that. I never luck into deals that good.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It's amazing what the IRS can do! Was the IRS the motivation to sell? |
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On Sep 14, 8:25�pm, Lawrence Leichtman wrote:
In article , �"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 11, 4:04?pm, Lawrence Leichtman wrote: In article , ?"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 11, 1:22?pm, DaleW wrote: On Sep 11, 11:57 am, "Bi!!" wrote: 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. Sounds great. I love Willi S, but mostly buy a bit cheaper, kabinetts and spatlesen. 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. Wow $40 for that. I never luck into deals that good.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It's amazing what the IRS can do! Was the IRS the motivation to sell?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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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, "Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 14, 8:25?pm, Lawrence Leichtman wrote: In article , ?"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 11, 4:04?pm, Lawrence Leichtman wrote: In article , ?"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 11, 1:22?pm, DaleW wrote: On Sep 11, 11:57 am, "Bi!!" wrote: 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. Sounds great. I love Willi S, but mostly buy a bit cheaper, kabinetts and spatlesen. 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. Wow $40 for that. I never luck into deals that good.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It's amazing what the IRS can do! Was the IRS the motivation to sell?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. I never seem to luck into these things. Good job hunting or was it a friend? |
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On Sep 15, 11:36�am, Lawrence Leichtman wrote:
In article , �"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 14, 8:25?pm, Lawrence Leichtman wrote: In article , ?"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 11, 4:04?pm, Lawrence Leichtman wrote: In article , ?"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 11, 1:22?pm, DaleW wrote: On Sep 11, 11:57 am, "Bi!!" wrote: 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. Sounds great. I love Willi S, but mostly buy a bit cheaper, kabinetts and spatlesen. 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. Wow $40 for that. I never luck into deals that good.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It's amazing what the IRS can do! Was the IRS the motivation to sell?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. I never seem to luck into these things. Good job hunting or was it a friend?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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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, "Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 15, 11:36?am, Lawrence Leichtman wrote: In article , ?"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 14, 8:25?pm, Lawrence Leichtman wrote: In article , ?"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 11, 4:04?pm, Lawrence Leichtman wrote: In article , ?"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 11, 1:22?pm, DaleW wrote: On Sep 11, 11:57 am, "Bi!!" wrote: 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. Sounds great. I love Willi S, but mostly buy a bit cheaper, kabinetts and spatlesen. 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. Wow $40 for that. I never luck into deals that good.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It's amazing what the IRS can do! Was the IRS the motivation to sell?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. I never seem to luck into these things. Good job hunting or was it a friend?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. So did you purchase more from him especially some of those high end cabs? |
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On Sep 16, 11:30�am, Lawrence Leichtman wrote:
In article , �"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 15, 11:36?am, Lawrence Leichtman wrote: In article , ?"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 14, 8:25?pm, Lawrence Leichtman wrote: In article , ?"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 11, 4:04?pm, Lawrence Leichtman wrote: In article , ?"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 11, 1:22?pm, DaleW wrote: On Sep 11, 11:57 am, "Bi!!" wrote: 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. Sounds great. I love Willi S, but mostly buy a bit cheaper, kabinetts and spatlesen. 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. Wow $40 for that. I never luck into deals that good.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It's amazing what the IRS can do! Was the IRS the motivation to sell?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. I never seem to luck into these things. Good job hunting or was it a friend?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. So did you purchase more from him especially some of those high end cabs?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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! |
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, "Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 16, 11:30?am, Lawrence Leichtman wrote: In article , ?"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 15, 11:36?am, Lawrence Leichtman wrote: In article , ?"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 14, 8:25?pm, Lawrence Leichtman wrote: In article , ?"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 11, 4:04?pm, Lawrence Leichtman wrote: In article om, ?"Bi!!" wrote: On Sep 11, 1:22?pm, DaleW wrote: On Sep 11, 11:57 am, "Bi!!" wrote: 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. Sounds great. I love Willi S, but mostly buy a bit cheaper, kabinetts and spatlesen. 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. Wow $40 for that. I never luck into deals that good.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It's amazing what the IRS can do! Was the IRS the motivation to sell?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. I never seem to luck into these things. Good job hunting or was it a friend?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. So did you purchase more from him especially some of those high end cabs?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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! I feel the same way. I have Burgundies, Bordeaux's and Cal Cabs that go back to the early '80's and I'm 61. My kids are going " well wouldn't like to just give us a few cases." As the old Scotsman said, "mind if I filter them through my kidneys first?" |
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