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DaleW > wrote:

> On Dec 3, 9:38?am, Lawrence Leichtman > wrote:
> > In article >, Mark Lipton >
> > wrote:
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> > > After several years of reading Dale's notes on this wine, I finally
> > > located some recently at Sam's in Chicago. ?Though not the current
> > > release, the '04 still sounded like something to try, even at the
> > > relatively high price of $10.49/bottle. ?Tonight, with a simple meal of
> > > spaghetti in tomato sauce, we opened a bottle:
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> > > 2004 Borsao Campo de Borja (65% Garnacha/25% Tempranillo/10% Cabernet
> > > Sauvignon)
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> > > nose: cherry, pencil lead, a hint of oak
> > > palate: fruity entry, good acid, dusty tannins
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> > > Initially, there was an noticeable but unobtrusive smell of oak to the
> > > wine, but after 30 minutes it was long gone and new notes of minerals
> > > and meat began to make themselves noticed. ?A fine spaghetti red, this
> > > probably isn't quite the QPR leader at the price we paid for it than
> > > Dale's usual $6-7, but it was still very nice with our dinner.
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> > > Thanks, Dale!
> > > Mark Lipton
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> > Yes, based on Dale's recommendation I hunted this down and found it at
> > $10.29. At $7 this would be a high QPR wine at $10+ B- for me.- Hide quoted
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> Scary prices. Widely available around here at $5.87 to $7. Never a
> world beater, but at that price a solid buy- great for parties, and
> has a label that Betsy knows- fair game for cooking wine.

We don't get the good pricing you do in NYC as there is less price
competition here. I found it online at the price you quoted but with
shipping costs it came out the same so not worth the effort.