aces219 wrote:I have 5 EHP left, so I hope it is still good! When we first tasted it a year ago, I figured it would last a couple years at least, so I hope I'm not wrong. In for one on this...Woot Cellars is usually a must-buy, plus pregnancy means DH has cleared us out of most of the daily drinkers.

I still have a Polyphemus too...any thoughts on how that is still drinking?

Had a Poly in August while at the shore with friends. Still an easy drinker which everyone enjoyed. Had an EHP then as well, seemed good as ever.

aces219 wrote:I still have a Polyphemus too...any thoughts on how that is still drinking?

I still got both of mine. I just don't have enough opportunities/reasons to open up a Mag. Maybe I should open one up, pour half of it into a Woot 750 to recork and put into the wine fridge for later, while I drink the other half.
Mag's last longer than 750s, so that's at least a plus.

winnie71 wrote:Can anyone tell me if I would need to store this some way/somewhere special for it to be OK for my wedding in May, 2010??
I am pretty clueless about wine, but I know I have always loved the woot wines I have gotten, and they would be a fun, good quality/good price option for my informal reception.

I think you got a response on how to store it, but May 2010 should still be good, I would think, no matter how you store it (except if you completely cook it, of course). This may not be a wine to set down for years and years, but I cannot believe that it won't be good at least through the end of 2010 (probably even better then), and into 2011.

But I'm no expert, so take that advice as worth nothing more than the paper it is printed on. (you didn't print this out, did you?)

When I see Woot Cellars, I don't think, I just buy. In for two.

WineDavid - I am a few minutes past the deadline but would definitely be interested to rat this one.

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IF YOU LIVE IN THE GREATER CHICAGO AREA...

... i am interested in buying two bottles of this. if you are interested in selling them to me, then please PM me...

EDIT: thanks, cat!

My second wine woot ever! WOOOT!

Woot Cellars offering brings me back to the boards and in for one.

Ok, I ordered a couple hours ago and it is not here yet. I need to try it now darn it Maybe I will be a lucky labrab.

What better way to kick off the wine buying season after a long summer snooze than a Woot Cellars offering? The weather here in California's Central Valley is turning. Temps of 105+ give way to moderate days and cool nights. The wine is safe to ship again without fear of finding corks push half way out from heat expansion and the lovely taste of cooked wine.

This could probably not come at a more opportune time, as a look in the cellar over the weekend showed an alarming shortage of "Pizza" wine, as RPM so affectionately refers to. In for two. Let the wine season begin.

Current numbers (updated each minute)
First sucker: MarkDaSpark
Speed to first woot: 0m 1.767s
Last wooter to woot: dayoff53

Wow! Looks like a deal - and I was down to ZERO bottles of Zinfandel in the cellar.
WD - this looks to be an exceptional deal and I'd surely love to rat it to report on just how f***ing good it is...

dayoff53 wrote:WD - this looks to be an exceptional deal and I'd surely love to rat it to report on just how f***ing good it is...

AARGHH! Damn and blast! I had a dentist appointment first thing this morning and just realized I got in too late to rat. Oh, well, maybe next time...

Woot Cellars = automatic in for me. Usually for a case, but since I have no more room anywhere to keep more wine, it's in for a 6 pack this time.

Now, for the fun - I'll have to have a wine-tasting party and put these up (blind) against some Turleys and see how they do. Mwahahaha.

Where are all the happy $10 per bottle people? They can buy like 18 of these (36 with some gifting). That way they can blissfully ignore the next $40+ per bottle offer.

I like this 3 offers per week idea. Sometimes I feel like I may 'miss out', but now the next deal is always a day or two away. More selection, yet easier to pass on an offer! In theory . . . .

jwhite6114 wrote:We didn't get any PoiZin last year, and indications from the winery were that we wouldn't likely see it around here again.

That said, I opened one of my last two 2006 PoiZin's on Friday, and it has really mellowed out a LOT. Very smooth, still fruity, no heat anymore. I wish I had saved more of them until now; I enjoyed the ones I drank before, but not as much as the one I had this weekend.

Last year Poizin was offered as a side deal. I still have 2 of the 2007's left. Was hoping for a side deal again this year. Guess not

rpm wrote:I'm late to the party on this, I see.

Oh, well. How hard is this?

OK - let's see, alcohol and pH are high, but it's Dry Creek Valley Zin.... Wonder whose it is? Doubt it's Pedroncelli's, since their fruit's usually good enough they don't bulk it out anymore, and I'm sure it's not Lytton Springs fruit. But, still, unless it's underripe (think 1977.... the rain that caught those who didn't pick early, the cabbage smells), Dry Creek usually produces pretty solid Zin fruit that can be made into wine a cut above sound commercial wine. Risk up here is overripe wines that are too big and too tannic.

The interesting question here is did Woot Cellars buy fruit from someone who was in a bind, and hire a free-lancing winemaker to make the wine, or did David find a producer who'd made the wine and had to sell it at a price he could turn it into a Woot Cellars offering: i.e. quality solid, great QPR, and (undoubtedly and deservedly) enormously profitable for wine.woot?

Wonder if David will fess up on the origins of this stuff, if not the vineyard or the winery, at least whether he bought fruit or bulk wine....

It's certainly nothing I'm going to cellar, but I could use a box of current pizza sippers/party wine.

No prizes for guessing I bought the max....

I'd love a clue on the sourcing as well. I'd imagine there are some really good deals out there for negociant who keep their lips sealed!

gcdyersb wrote:Where are all the happy $10 per bottle people? They can buy like 18 of these (36 with some gifting). That way they can blissfully ignore the next $40+ per bottle offer.

I like this 3 offers per week idea. Sometimes I feel like I may 'miss out', but now the next deal is always a day or two away. More selection, yet easier to pass on an offer! In theory . . . .

Since there are 6 bottles, we can only order up to 2 sets (or 1 case) at a time. So 12 (regular) plus another 12 (gifting) is 24 bottles.

Unless of course you buy two more sets (36) via your 2nd Woot ID (and gift another two sets for a total of 48 bottles).

MarkDaSpark wrote:Since there are 6 bottles, we can only order up to 2 sets (or 1 case) at a time. So 12 (regular) plus another 12 (gifting) is 24 bottles.

Unless of course you buy two more sets (36) via your 2nd Woot ID (and gift another two sets for a total of 48 bottles).

Yeah ... you really need help man.

In for the two that is offered, my 2nd Case of Wine here, so far so good. What is this LabRat stuff people talk about over here?

Anyone have a suggestion for nice wall mounted Wine Racks?

Thanks,

rpm wrote:I'm late to the party on this, I see.

Oh, well. How hard is this?

OK - let's see, alcohol and pH are high, but it's Dry Creek Valley Zin.... Wonder whose it is? Doubt it's Pedroncelli's, since their fruit's usually good enough they don't bulk it out anymore, and I'm sure it's not Lytton Springs fruit. But, still, unless it's underripe (think 1977.... the rain that caught those who didn't pick early, the cabbage smells), Dry Creek usually produces pretty solid Zin fruit that can be made into wine a cut above sound commercial wine. Risk up here is overripe wines that are too big and too tannic.

The interesting question here is did Woot Cellars buy fruit from someone who was in a bind, and hire a free-lancing winemaker to make the wine, or did David find a producer who'd made the wine and had to sell it at a price he could turn it into a Woot Cellars offering: i.e. quality solid, great QPR, and (undoubtedly and deservedly) enormously profitable for wine.woot?

Wonder if David will fess up on the origins of this stuff, if not the vineyard or the winery, at least whether he bought fruit or bulk wine....

I'm guessing Pedroncelli myself. WD has a good relationship with them, and they say PS "planted on our vineyard since the early 1900s and used in our Zinfandel production as an important part of the blend." The high alcohol level suggests them to me as well (not that they're the only one's creating high-alc Zin).

Plus the technical specs are presented in exactly the same format as Pedronceilli does on their web site. Did they cut back production a bit on the friends.red?

iByron

iByron wrote:I'm guessing Pedroncelli myself. WD has a good relationship with them, and they say PS "planted on our vineyard since the early 1900s and used in our Zinfandel production as an important part of the blend." The high alcohol level suggests them to me as well (not that they're the only one's creating high-alc Zin).

Plus the technical specs are presented in exactly the same format as Pedronceilli does on their web site. Did they cut back production a bit on the friends.red?

iByron

Whoa! The tech specs are exactly the same as those listed for P's Mother Clone Zin.

It's hard to throw a rock in Dry Creek Valley and not hit some awesome Zin. PS is a common blending choice. Sounds like a fantastic opportunity at QPR, as always with Woot. And this is 2007(!) so I suggest quantity in ordering so as to let it age. While you're drinking some early on

iByron wrote:I'm guessing Pedroncelli myself. WD has a good relationship with them, and they say PS "planted on our vineyard since the early 1900s and used in our Zinfandel production as an important part of the blend." The high alcohol level suggests them to me as well (not that they're the only one's creating high-alc Zin).

Plus the technical specs are presented in exactly the same format as Pedronceilli does on their web site. Did they cut back production a bit on the friends.red?

iByron

Also, The specs for Pedroncelli seem to match up 100% with our boss monster (I was gonna use the initials for the wine, but on second thought...).

From Pedroncelli's site:
Composition: 89% Zinfandel 11% Petite Sirah Aging: 11 months in a blend of new French oak and seasoned American Oak Alcohol: 14.4% Acidity: .600 mg/100ml pH: 3.65

Could just be a coincidence, I'm a w00t wine n00b.

Also, in for 1!

Bought it for my team!
I've got their X-Mas gifts out of the way now! "Boss Monster" is a great gimmick.

MarkDaSpark wrote:Since there are 6 bottles, we can only order up to 2 sets (or 1 case) at a time. So 12 (regular) plus another 12 (gifting) is 24 bottles.

Unless of course you buy two more sets (36) via your 2nd Woot ID (and gift another two sets for a total of 48 bottles).

My math was wrong, over-computer bottles per order. And yet it was still an underestimate in some way, haha!

zmt wrote:Also, The specs for Pedroncelli seem to match up 100% with our boss monster (I was gonna use the initials for the wine, but on second thought...).

From Pedroncelli's site:
Composition: 89% Zinfandel 11% Petite Sirah Aging: 11 months in a blend of new French oak and seasoned American Oak Alcohol: 14.4% Acidity: .600 mg/100ml pH: 3.65

Could just be a coincidence, I'm a w00t wine n00b.

Also, in for 1!

Well, that answers the sourcing question . . . .

This is my first Woot Cellars wine. From all the comments, it looks like I'm in for a treat. In for two -- my cellar's low on zin.

Woot problems fixed, got my order in, yay!

txcruiser wrote:What is this LabRat stuff people talk about over here?

A very few lucky Wine Wooters who get their order in before 10:00 a.m. Central Time on the first day of an offer will get an extra bottle by overnight delivery with the expectation that they will open it immediately and share their impressions here. It gives us some real-world information about the wine and adds a little excitement to Wooting.

Cesare wrote:Happy Anniversary Wine.Woot! In for 2... and I'm black with this order.
I had a barrel sample of 2 different blends of what I think ended up being this wine back at the Brooklyn Woot tasting in May. I remember them being pretty good but not sure if either of them became the final blend or what.

DOH! I almost missed this! In for a doz...

joshmonkey wrote:
HELLO! YOU FOUND A SECRET ROOM
OF WINE. IT IS WOOT CELLARS.
KEEP YOUR GUARD UP! HOW STRANGE!

BOSS MONSTER FIGHTS
YOUR TONGUE WITH
FULL-BODY ZINFANDEL
PUNCH! THE FRUIT IS
RICH AND BOLD. ARE
YOU AFRAID OF IT?

"YOU MUST TRIUMPH MY FLAVOR!!
GET THE HECK OUT OF HERE!!"

ALL YOUR ZIN ARE BELONG TO US.
YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE
MAKE YOUR TIME.

afranke wrote:Was this the "barrel sample" had at the Sip 'n Sail event?

While I hate to blaspheme a woot cellars offering (especially on my first time experiencing a wine before it was bottle-ready), I didn't like it at all.

I wasn't entirely fond of it myself. But, I was in for the max, if nothing else it makes inexpensive gifts with cool labels. Hoping it's something else, but will be happy regardless!

vaaccess wrote:DOH! I almost missed this! In for a doz...

Learning about food allergies and buying some wine...

So, howcum the description sez it is 14.4% alcohol, but when you click the pic you get a close up that sez 14.7%?

iByron wrote:Whoa! The tech specs are exactly the same as those listed for P's Mother Clone Zin.

That be some tasty Zin right there.

jenludwig wrote:I wasn't entirely fond of it myself. But, I was in for the max, if nothing else it makes inexpensive gifts with cool labels. Hoping it's something else, but will be happy regardless!

I've found in the past that the Woot Cellars wines do get better with a little age on them. I wasn't thrilled with Humbug when it first came out, but it's getting better with 18 months on it. I'm letting my remaining Toothys and EHPs get some more age, even though I loved both at the outset.

dayoff53 wrote:So, howcum the description sez it is 14.4% alcohol, but when you click the pic you get a close up that sez 14.7%?

What's a little 0.3% among friends?

CpprCr8 wrote:What's a little 0.3% among friends?

certainly well within the variance levels, right?

I got my case ordered and ready. Did it after the rat deadline since I can't rat this week. I love Love LOVE Zin, especially with PS in it. So I look forward to these. If I could swing it, I'd easily go for another case...but c'est la vie, I'll have to hold off.