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1998 Chateau Musar Bekaa Valley Red Blend

11/8/2023 - MikeCW wrote:

flawed

Opened to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. Undrinkable. Properly stored since purchase. Second undrinkable bottle of a four pack I purchased years back.

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11/9/23, 8:23 AM - Not your regular run of the mill over the hill. More volatile and strange.

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White

2006 Rhys Chardonnay Alpine Vineyard Santa Cruz Mountains

11/5/2018 - MikeCW wrote:

85 points

Golden hue, nuttiness, just barely hanging on. Probably held on to this too long for my tastes, but lovers of aged Chardonnay would probably think higher of this.

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1/4/19, 9:17 AM - Cellared it myself.

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Red

2012 Copain Syrah Halcon Vineyard Yorkville Highlands

12/24/2016 - MikeCW wrote:

83 points

This was an odd showing for a Copain Syrah. Literally tasted watered down. The nose was not showing much, hints of olive and no obvious flaw. But on the palate just uninteresting and pedestrian. Perhaps very shut down, perhaps just not a very good wine. Purchased from winery and stored perfectly so not sure what was going on. We brought this to a local restaurant so drank the bottle -- but if at home I likely would have dumped.

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12/24/16, 1:10 PM - No decant. Opened by the restaurant when we arrived. Poured an hour later into good sized Bordeaux glasses. Didn't really change at all while it sat in the glass. I don't think it was corked as my wife and I are both very sensitive to it. Just an odd showing. I have a couple more so I'll sit on them for a bit.

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