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• Neecies Likes this wine:

  August 4, 2021 - A friend found this stored passively under his brother's lake cabin in Eastern Washington. Weren't sure what to expect but it was delightful. Decanted to remove sediment (not much!) and served immediately. Tawny red color, orange rim. Caramel nose with ranier cherry fruit, delicate but haunting, and it actually improved over the course of the evening. Not as youthful as some 74's I've had in the not-too-disant past--Heitz Martha's and Mayacamas come to mind--but damn, it's hanging in there! Very, very good.

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• Mark1npt commented:

  8/4/21, 2:44 PM - Good to know! Thanks for your notes on this wine. Awesome find! Cheers!

• Neecies commented:

  8/4/21, 2:56 PM - Isn't that a crazy find? My neighbor remembers owning a case way back when and that a few went missing. He figures this bottle had probably been his originally. :)

• Mark1npt commented:

  8/4/21, 3:08 PM - What a prize! I've never been that lucky to discover something like that in my cellar! How fun! Great aged Napa bottles really are special.....

• KillerJones commented:

  8/4/21, 6:11 PM - Incredible wine & more incredible find! Such a treat.
  
  I wonder how many bottles like this are still out there...

• Neecies commented:

  8/5/21, 5:10 AM - As provenance stories go, this one's hilarious. The brother isn't a wine guy at all, he was just impressed by everything his little brother did and tried to get in on it. So he knew enough to get or steal the bottle, but not enough to store it properly. It just went under the floorboards like everything else he didn't want stolen when he wasn't around. For 40 years. :)

• Mark1npt commented:

  8/5/21, 5:24 AM - That is just too hilarious! Still can't believe it was a halfways decent bottle. Again, what an awesome find!

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