Community Tasting Note
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eschaefer Likes this wine: 97 points
December 8, 2022 - You’ll laugh (or cry) but I had a bottle to share with friends at lunch on December 8, and it fell out of the car onto the ground and broke. I was heart broken and it was the second bottle of the same wine that suffered a similar fate at the same restaurant in the same parking lot!!! Needless to say I won’t be going there anymore ! I will say this, as I was standing above the puddle of wine, it smelled FABULOUS! Black Cherry, black currant and tobacco. I could actually smell it outside, spilled on concrete. Talk about great aromatics!! Too bad we couldn’t drink it but it smelled very good ! Highest recommendation :-)
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8 Comments
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Ibetian commented:
12/10/22, 8:15 PM - What? You scored this 60 after dropping it, and saying it smelled great?. WTF?
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eschaefer commented:
12/11/22, 5:46 AM - The whole post was tongue in cheek. But I meant to score it actually in the 97 range so thanks for pointing that out. it’s a such a great great wine, that I have drunk a few times, I didn’t want to detract from its average CT score
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SeattlePaul commented:
12/30/22, 11:48 PM - Oh boy, crying with you! Maybe Santa will bring you a back with a zipper! :)
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jmoon commented:
6/5/23, 7:40 PM - Sympathies for your loss of such a dearly beloved wine.
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BordeauxOne commented:
10/31/23, 12:50 PM - A very sad tale, except for the wonderful aromatics. Have you considered using an insulated carry bag for your wines?
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eschaefer commented:
10/31/23, 1:22 PM - Thanks @bordeauxone. Yea I have them but unfortunately on this day I didn’t take one with me /(
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Only Drink The Good Stuff commented:
11/9/23, 1:45 AM - I’m sorry for your losses. You must be far wealthier than I am to break two bottles of Haut Brion and laugh about it. My advice is buy a carry case or at least a built tote. That or start drinking cheaper wine.
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eschaefer commented:
11/9/23, 6:54 AM - Thanks @onlydrinkthegoodstuff. I have all the proper bags and carriers sometimes I’m just in a hurry and don’t grab them 😂