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so does anybody here share my fetish for large formats for cellaring favorite wines...?

Are you talking formats like magnums or something larger? Jeroboams? :D

I'm only cellaring some Hunter semillon for 20+yrs; nothing red.

What size and what ageing potential are you talking about at your end?

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As much as I like the large stuff, I dont have anything larger than 3 liters in my cellar at this point.

Gaucho, do you call your 3L a double magnum or a jeroboam - or something else?

I normally use the 'easy to understand' double magnum designation..... but if I want to get fancy I will use the more 'technical' terms, depending on what type of bottle we are talking about... Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne... etc. etc..... :D

Update to add a new entry to my personal cellar.....

2005 Benegas Lynch FBL Barrica
Only 600 bottles of this wine were made, a blend of Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot - aged in French Oak for 24 months, made from super old vines from the Upper Mendoza Riverbank.

Krug vintage 1988(im not a krug fan thats why its still there):rolleyes:
Dom 1993 1996 1998 1999 2000:)
Penfolds 707 yrs 99 98 97
not a fan of keeping wines
like to enjoy them

Am just seeing this thread for the first time and I missed the DO! Darn.

These (and several cases of other tasty, enjoy now, tonight, with dinner bottles) are what is around at the moment. But that could change at any time.

97 and 99 Ridge Monte Bello
02 and 03 Caymus Cab
04 Cavallotto Barolo Bricco Boschis
05 La Bernardine Chateauneu Du Pape
04 Chappellet Cab
04 Lascombes Margaux Grand Cru
04 LAN Culmen Reserva Rioja
05 The Colonial Estate Explorateur Shiraz
04 Amber Knolls 1975 Cab
04 Ridge Geyserville Zin
Plus some Rudd, Hansom and William Hill Cab & Penley Estate

Caymus Conundrum
99 Stonier Reserve Chardonnay (golden liquid)

77 Dow
92 Fonseca
95 Quinta do Vesuvio

I drank all the rest and saved some of the labels.

Is there another DO planned?

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88 is one of the great Krugs... I suggest you consider swapping it with someone that is a fan and procuring something you will enjoy more... :D

Of course there is. :o

Wine Do 3 will be in June 2010, following the 10th annual BRT (see link below). Last year, a few of us met in NYC to in the fall to enjoy the grape at a BYO place. Hopefully you're not that far upstate, and you can come down. I think you can twist the arms of cordelli, sbm12, and me, to make this happen.

There are also rumo(u)rs of a West Coast Wine Do sometime in October/November ;)

Take it up with my travel planner. :p
You're more than welcome to join us Oct 22 23 24 for dinner in Napa/Sonoma.

We can always find room at the table for one or two more. :cool:

I'm hoping to. Mike gave me the heads up and I might be bringing someone :)

I hope Malbec is properly represented at this next event... ;)

If any of you travel east to WAS, please let me know. I'm a part of a couple wine clubs that have monthly events. They're always fun, and a great way to try new stuff.