Gregmonroe

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• 1983 San Saba Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Monterey County

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  5/7/2024 - Gregmonroe wrote:

  So I bought a cellar; 11/12/2022-12/31/2030: Second and last bottle of this. This bottle is so much different than the first. Cork was 2/3 soaked, but came out in one piece with a Durand. In the glass, there is some bricking, but generally a deep red with good clarity. The nose has a hint of green pepper or vegetable, but it doesn’t blow me over like the other bottle did. Big acid on the palate, which makes the old fruit profile taste brighter. No tannins, but cranberry, red fruit, a bit of leather. It is falling off quickly, but quite the surprise after the bottle last year. Looks like I have the very last one on all of CellarTracker…

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• 2020 Idlewild Erbaluce Fox Hill Vineyard

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  4/29/2024 - Gregmonroe wrote:

  Three years from initial tasting of this, and I really like it. Still greenish - to straw color in the glass. Maybe cantaloupe on the nose with citrus. Quite a bit of lemon on the palate. High acidity and makes me pucker a little, but have a need for more - similar to what a lemonade does. A bit salty. Really tasty and should go well with the Cacio y Pepe we are cooking.
  
  Edit: much better on night 1.

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• 2000 Joseph Phelps Le Mistral

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  4/20/2024 - Gregmonroe wrote:

  So I bought a cellar; 11/12/2022-12/31/2030: I’m really impressed by this. Opened with an ah so, and only moderately soaked cork. Nose of red fruit, but muted and light. Raspberry - maybe stewed - and other cooked berries, pie like, but not sweet. I had super low expectations, but this was nice. Certainly not improving, but if you have these, drink now with confidence.

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