Yum. In for 2.
646 buyers the last time this was offered. Are there no (unofficial) rat reports to be shared?
Is nearly 50% off (probably more, if you include shipping) for amazing juice not already an insta-buy? Tough crowd 
Don’t be hatin’.
I think many (myself included) are waiting a few years before popping. Not to mention…it’s only lunchtime in CA! I haven’t even popped my 2005’s yet. Maybe it’s almost time to try one in it’s “youth”.
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Same for Maryland…
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We do have a license for Maryland. I asked w00t to list MD, but apparently they didn’t get the listing on the web-site. You might contact w00t and ask them to sell / ship to Maryland.
Two, to the cellar.
I am a member of the Wellington Wine Club. The Fall offering includes a bottle of Victory. The club price is $37.50 per bottle plus shipping and tax. It is a smoking deal on an amazing wine. In for 2.
In for 1 - how long should I cellar and also how long should I decant for to enjoy at its best ?
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See, we don’t have a basement so anything that I ‘cellar’ is just sitting on a rack in our living room. So no real temperature/humidity control, it ranges 65-85 throughout the year. Good idea or not to stick some quality juice like this on said rack for a year or more?
Thoughts, wise Wooters?
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Peter? Anyone?
Grazie!
Woot, please consider adding a “Grapes organically grown? Yes/No” section to each wine offering. Much time is wasted trying to obtain said info.
You said it, not us!
My .02 is that with a 20° variance that is already on the high side of where one would want to have both temp and humidity, it will probably be okay for a year or so, but certainly not ideal storage for longer term. My advise, buy four, drink two and have a plan to rest the other two within the year! Good luck and cheers…we were there at one point too, and learned the hard way with some nice juice.
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Peter? Anyone?
Grazie!
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I’m in for one, and here’s why (from previous offering):
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Every vintage of Peter’s Victory I have tasted has been excellent. Peter has an excellent sense of his preferred style, but I think that even more than his stylistic preferences, with the Victory he is trying to transform the best fruit available to him into the best wine it can become. As our discussions during this Tour showed, our preferred styles are largely congruent, though not identical: I tend to want to rig more for the ages. But, then, I’m simply trying to please myself, and, while Peter makes the wine he wants to make, he naturally must factor in that most people are no longer looking at Cabernet blends as wines to be tasted in callow youth, but primarily enjoyed in their teens.
2006 is sandwiched between excellent 2005s and perhaps even better 2007s to come, and so it may be a somewhat overlooked vintage. It’s not a vintage to be avoided (like some 2008s).
Good winemakers, such as Peter, can do very interesting things in years that are not widely acclaimed. It would be interesting to hear what Peter things is the particular appeal of this almost St.Estephe-like blend (save for the Malbec).
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We are already sitting on 6 of these from former offers but this certainly gives one an excuse to open one of the “dusty” ones to make room for new friends.
The Victory Reserve is a steal at under $30 a bottle and compares nicely with wines 2-3x in price.
WD, please…you’re killing my AMEX…stop it. No, really, in the next 24 hours or so :O)
Yeah, that pretty much parallels my thought process to date. Generally things are in a middle band temperature-wise (heat set to 68 in the winter, AC to 78 in the summer) but things vary a bit when the windows are open in spring/summer/fall and it occasionally gets toastier.
I’d love to do better, but we just don’t have any options at our current location. Needless to say, a basement is a requirement for our next house. Too bad I wasn’t such a WW’er when we bought the current place, or this may all be a moot point right now…
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Oh lord, how many times can I pass on this during a Woot-Off?
(Solely because of $$ concerns. Otherwise, based on the reviews on here, I’d probably own 4 cases by now…)
See, we don’t have a basement so anything that I ‘cellar’ is just sitting on a rack in our living room. So no real temperature/humidity control, it ranges 65-85 throughout the year. Good idea or not to stick some quality juice like this on said rack for a year or more?
Thoughts, wise Wooters?
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Leave them in the shipping box and put them in a closet. I logged the temperature changes in one of my first floor closets last year and was surpised to see how steady the temperature stayed. The house might have changed from about 65 to 80 where as the closet always stayed 64 to 68. That might hold them for a few years.
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I wish I had a first born so I could sell it for this wine. Instead, I will cling to hope for a Wellington mixed case that’s not quite as amazing, but fits my budget.
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Thing is, others might sell wine of this quality for $100, or $140. The retail is already less than half price, and then we get it half again. $30 for a $100-150 bottle? Get the lot! It’s the best value premier cru claret you’ll ever get.
Yes, I like balanced, non-Parker wines with good fruit.
This will keep til 2025. Or so…
Agreed.
I’ve bought plenty of wines here and Peter’s have never failed to impress, along with that other winemaker who’s name rhymes with shot. Can’t say the same for the other regulars, but Peter is always worth a try.
I really want to try the Wellington Zin, but am tempted here…