More expensive, more fancy-shmancy grape juice than your average WW offering.
(And it’s usually very good stuff!)
Would if I could but I can’t so I won’t.
If you can, grab as much as possible! You won’t regret it.
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More expensive, more fancy-shmancy grape juice than your average WW offering.
(And it’s usually very good stuff!)
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Semi-correct answer. While it generally is a higher priced wine, WD has described the black-tie buys as being more in the line of harder to find (especially at a discount) wines that just aren’t offered regularly, or special deals. Like in this instance, where only 175 cases were bottled.
I’ll take one
I still have some from last offering. From what I remember it was quite oaky with not much forward fruit. I felt it was rather dull (especially considering the price), but perhaps it needs more time in the bottle or maybe I’m just not a fan of the style.
Yeah! Saxon Brown! One of my favorites! After Wellington, of course…
Good to know, thanks for clarifying!
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Last offer on 2/16/11 was $70 for 3, so this comes out to approximately the same per bottle (give or take a couple of dollars when shipping is factored in). Same vintage.
I drank a bottle on 9/8/11 and remember thinking it needed some more bottle time (or possibly more air time). I didn’t take notes, so I don’t remember why I thought it, just that I didn’t enjoy it as much as I had hoped.
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Mike, can you and any others who’ve had his post us some notes to give a idea of the style? That’d help a lot, as I’ve no idea if this is like Wellington’s, or Sin/Temptation/Redemption, or Haywood, or …
I purchased this last FEB based on solid recommendations from several Wooters. It was probably the best Zin I’ve ever tasted. Was surprised how smooth it was despite the high alcohol. It catapulted Zins high up my favorite list, even passing syrahs.
Did I read somewhere the Zinfandel grape is considered one of the only truly American grapes? Could still be this weekend’s champagne talking…
Sorry, not quite my level of expertise yet. Which is why I would take my recommendation of “more bottle time” with a few grains of salt.
I do, however, remember waking up with a bad headache, something I never get with red wine. My first reaction was, “This needs to mellow out a bit.”
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I purchased this last FEB based on solid recommendations from several Wooters. It was probably the best Zin I’ve ever tasted. Was surprised how smooth it was despite the high alcohol. It catapulted Zins high up my favorite list, even passing syrahs.
Did I read somewhere the Zinfandel grape is considered one of the only truly American grapes? Could still be this weekend’s champagne talking…
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Actually, Zinfandel is the same as the Italian/Croatian Primitivo; grapes similar to Primitivo were grown in that region for centuries. Zinfandel only arrived in the U.S. around 1830, possibly from the Imperial Nursery of Austria, which sourced grapes from Croatia.
Purchased the previous SB offering and it was positively delightful. “SIWBM” actually stands for “in for 1 rather than 2”, right? 
i think its ‘self imposed wine buying moratorium’?
i really enjoyed the one from the last woot. think i drank all but one. really good zin for non zin fans
Doing the math, 300 3-packs = 900 bottles = 75 cases. So, that should mean there are only 100 cases left of this stuff, which means only 600 woots at most for this 2-pack. Likely far less than that is actually available to us.
I predict a bouncy button about lunchtime.
Great wine at a great price, I’m in!
Happy New !!
Hope this year is the best year of your life.
This is one of three fun Saxon Brown offerings over the next few weeks. Each one more exciting.
Cheers
Jeff
Also due to the fog of the holidays this lot was priced to low, so enjoy!
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Happy New !!
Hope this year is the best year of your life.
This is one of three fun Saxon Brown offerings over the next few weeks. Each one more exciting.
Cheers
Jeff
Also due to the fog of the holidays this lot was priced to low, so enjoy!
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Happy New Year!
And Blessed be the fog…
Here’s a link you may find of interest; contains a couple of reviews:
Way back in November 2006, Saxon Brown was my first buy off Wine.Woot. WD had me hooked from then on. How can I not buy one?
Saxon Brown 2008 One Oak Zinfandel - 2 Pack
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First sucker: MarkDaSpark
Speed to first woot: 0m 16.133s
Last wooter to woot: wkdpanda
Don’t get it. FreeTheGrapes.org says direct shipping is allowed to CT, yet Woot says no. What gives?