No worries, it comes in a very secure packing container perfect to store in a cool, dark place (think cool, dark closet). The only fridge I could think of that it might fit would be a meat locker…and that’s probably too cold.
Thanks, I am trying to figure out if I can squeeze it into my already stretched wine budget. Meanwhile, it looks like some smart person went in for 3. I doubt there can be that many left.
Hey Monica,
Well I went in for 1. Probably the most stupid wine purchase I have ever made given I’m single and I don’t think I even know enough people that I would care to break bread with to drink this whole thing. So maybe this will give me the stimulus I need to get back into the world of dating. Then again, I’m only 12 years away from my 50th birthday (damn I’m getting old fast…)
I can now get a good nights sleep knowing that I have at least one bottle from every Cathedral vintage
When I finally make it to the west coast again, I have only 4 MUST visit items on my list: 1) Family in LA; 2) Family in Santa Cruz; 3) Clam chowder in bread bowl: San Francisco pier 39; 4) Scott Harvey’s to meet Scott, Jana, Monica & Carla.
This is the 2nd or 3rd time they had the Bighorn up here? Anyone bite on one of those offers? Would love some insight into the wine. Haven’t heard or seen Bighorn cab or chard in almost 10 years, been a while.
I second and third the recommendation on the Tom Eddy. I got a 1/2 case when it was offered last year on WTSO. Drank 2 alreadu, but they could use another year or two in the bottle. Tom makes good juice, more complex and restrained than the modern style, but very good nonetheless. That damn Jana Cathedral is so tempting too, but I couldn’t use all that wine in anyone one sitting. Damn shame, good wine too!
I’m seriously debating the Jana Cathedral, even considering that two of the three bottles of the 05 that I’ve had were just completely awful. But that first one was one of the best bottles of wine I ever had (still have one in the basement), good enough that at this price for a 3L, it’s hard not to take the gamble…
Being a three liter bottle, I think you will be okay with 2033 or 2036. The pH is low enough for the wine to age a long time. Should be a twenty five to thirty year wine.
