Quinn_cab  
Grape Sorter
Posts: 239
 | | 02-28-2006 01:50 AM |
| My first vintage 2005 purchase...let the cash bleed begin... 2005 was the birth year of my first child  , so I will probably be going deep on some of the more age-worthy Cali Cabs (and BDX and port and Sauterns and Champagne and....  ). Monte Bello definitely fits that bill, so I was in here. Went for (6) 750's and (2) 1.5l's. | | |
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Dave Tong
Santa Clara, CA
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1335
| | 02-28-2006 02:13 AM |
| I will most likely be buying, but there's no rush.
I'd prefer to attend the tasting first. | | http://scmwine.blogspot.com - My wine blog.
http://scmwine.wikispaces.com - your guide to the Santa Cruz Mountains and Santa Clara Valley
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Binski
South Bay
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 457
| | 02-28-2006 03:32 PM |
| | 2005 Monte Bello is a "NO BRAINER"! Where else can you get a 20 year cab for $65.00 with their track record? Maybe Montelena. | | | "Why Keep Score if you are not going to play by the rules?" | |
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love_cab_chard
Master of Wine
Posts: 12580
| | 02-28-2006 04:54 PM |
| | Agreed & I will be purchasing. What I also like about MB futures, Ridge gives you plenty of time to order unlike Kistler for example (which I dropped like a hot potato). | | | |
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mountainman
Mammoth Mountain
Wine Addict
Posts: 6155
| | 02-28-2006 05:52 PM |
| | I don't want 6 bottles, pass. | | | |
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Dave
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5750
| | 02-28-2006 05:56 PM |
| | This seems like a no-brainer buy. The only question is 6 or 12. | | | |
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pizinah
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1313
| | 03-09-2006 08:07 PM |
| Paul Draper's comments (1/06) sound promising:
"Yields of just over a ton per acre have resulted in one of our most concentrated vintages ever. Intense black fruit, a pronounced mineral component, and subtle floral notes, combined with rich tannins, give the 2005 potential for greatness. Though it is difficult to identify another vintage of similar characteristics this early on, the exceptional 1996 might come closest."
Looking forward to reading notes from anyone who attends this weekend's first assemblage tasting. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Stomper
Posts: 108
| | 03-09-2006 08:42 PM |
| | Visited Ridge on Sunday for Barrel Tasting Weekend and they had the '05 MB available for sampling. I don't have any notes but it sure tasted pretty good. | | | |
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GATC
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2420
| | 03-10-2006 01:43 AM |
| | I was on the fence, but it looks interesting. Problem is the you don't see the wine for 2 years. | | | |
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Daniel Posner
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 586
| | 03-10-2006 04:56 AM |
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I was on the fence, but it looks interesting. Problem is the you don't see the wine for 2 years.
So it is like buying wines from PC?  | | | |
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GATC
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2420
| | 03-10-2006 10:31 PM |
| | LOL. PC went from the bottom of my list to the top with the Christoffel deal. I tried a 2004 Christoffel Urziger Wurzgarten spatlese ($20 after a 20% discount) last night and it did not like it nearly as much as the 2003, which PC was offering for $7.99. Unfortunately, they are all gone. After a hot year like 2003, the 2004's seem very austere. The 2003 spatlese was probably more like a regular auslese or even auslese*. Now I am kicking myself even more for not buying more. | | | |
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rjs3
NJ
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1124
| | 03-16-2006 09:41 PM |
| | MB is also one of the only mailing lists that you don't need to wait years to get on. | | | |
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GATC
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2420
| | 03-17-2006 12:53 AM |
| | I remember a few years back there was a thread on eBob that they archived related to California First Growths, or something like that. There was a lot of discussion, but Ridge Montebello came out on top. It sounds like their 2005 is pretty good. I'm still on the fence. I guess I have a few more weeks to decide. | | | |
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pizinah
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1313
| | 03-17-2006 01:12 AM |
| | Shouldn't these be available for quite a while? IIRC the price goes up a bit at some point (anyone know?), but the futures should be available for another couple months (end of May unless they run out sooner). | | | |
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GATC
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2420
| | 03-19-2006 02:14 AM |
| | You are correct that it is until the end of May for the futures price. I set the deadline earlier because they allocate only so much for the futures program and they do state "until supply lasts". | | | |
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Dave
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5750
| | 03-19-2006 10:05 PM |
| | I bought a case. My guess is that 10 years from now I will be happier about this purchase than almost any other cab purchase that I make in the next year. | | | |
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pizinah
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1313
| | 03-20-2006 01:39 AM |
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I bought a case. My guess is that 10 years from now I will be happier about this purchase than almost any other cab purchase that I make in the next year.
That's the way I'm already feeling about the decent quantity of '01 MB I bought. I'm almost certainly going to purchase at least a case of the '05 futures. | | | |
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ChillyWino
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1745
| | 03-20-2006 04:12 PM |
| | This is our wedding year so we're thinking about 6 x 750's, and then either the 2 x 1.5L or 1 x 3L!! | | | |
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pizinah
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1313
| | 03-30-2006 12:34 AM |
| | Apparently sold out as of this afternoon unless (possibly) you can get your hands on a printed order form and fax it in immediately. No longer available on the web site. | | | |
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Al_ksyrah
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2089
| | 03-30-2006 04:27 AM |
| A little too much discussion on wine boards and then somebody posted that they were about to run out, which certainly finished it off. Fortunately, I ordered some time ago although I had been thinking about ordering more. The large boards have really had an impact on the market for premium wines, both helpful and not-so-helpful. It's similar to subscribing to a really good investment newsletter that is read by 75% of the investors.
-Al | | | |
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