Wine	Like It	Don't Like
2008 Harlan Estate The Maiden	Yes
2010 Azienda Agricola Cordella Brunello di Montalcino Riserva	Yes
1982 Veuve Clicquot Champagne Carte d'Or	Yes
2011 Knights Bridge Cabernet Sauvignon Knights Valley	Yes
1988 Château Belair (Dubois-Challon)	Yes
2012 Schrader Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon LPV Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard	Yes
2005 Gemstone Cabernet Sauvignon	Yes
2005 Ratzenberger Bacharacher Wolfshöhle Riesling Großes Gewächs	Yes
2007 Pahlmeyer Proprietary Red	Yes
2007 Levy & McClellan Ampersand	Yes

2005 Gemstone Cabernet Sauvignon
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12/2/2018 - jeffm_fla Likes this wine: 95 Points
Just a beautiful wine. My last bottle - and what a way to end! Plush mouthfeel, classic Napa floor flavor profile but just a little restrained, with all the elements in harmony. This bottle is why I buy so much Napa Cabernet!
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2008 Harlan Estate The Maiden
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7/23/2018 - jeffm_fla Likes this wine: 94 Points
Beautiful bottle. WOTN at a recent get together with my wine friends.
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2010 Azienda Agricola Cordella Brunello di Montalcino Riserva
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5/25/2018 - jeffm_fla Likes this wine: 90 Points
A nice bottle, but in a very new world (i.e. Napa) style. Nice flavors, but soft with little acidity or tannin structure.
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jeffm_fla says:

12/16/2015 7:10:00 AM - Dave, Sounds like you are a little further than I on this path to "ruin"! I admire your discipline in working your cellar down. We are empty nesters now and I really need to cut back so I can sell the house (the cellar is too big to move!)and simplify my life. Had a great Bordeaux and steak night yesterday with my group, although my main focus is still Napa. Cheers!
vintage1949 says:

12/15/2015 8:14:00 PM - Sometimes you have to wonder if trying an expensive bottle of really good wine is a gift to your palate or a curse:) Fortunately or unfortunately-grin-I had my first really good bottle when I was 25 years old. Back then a really expensive bottle was $25. But once that wine crossed my palate revealing a complexity of flavors with the nose captivating another sensory input-I was all in. Had a wine cellar of 1,000 bottles. As I am retired I do not need as many bottles as in the past-rebuilding my cellar to around 350. With the average cost of most of my wines over $100 it is a slow process. Really getting into Pomerol-Côte Rotie-and of course good Napa Cabernet and Washington State Cayuse. So it sounds like you are in for some great times. Enjoy:) -Dave

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