A wine that will leave you mostly dead! A Rioja-style blend of Tempranillo, Graciano, Garnacha.
Made at Twisted Oak by Winemakers of Unusual Size, this swashbuckling Calaveras blend is so big you’ll need six fingers to hold the bottle. It’s inconceivable that one could resist these aromas and flavors as big as Fezzik himself. Share it with your special Buttercup, a Gentle Giant, or the entire Kingdom… as you wish.
Pair with meat! If you don’t ever drink this with lamb, you’re not livin’ right! Well-marbled beef by itself, or lean cuts of beef with rich sauces. How about a Spanish Paprika rubbed Ribeye topped with Applewood smoked bacon and Cabrale Spanish Blue? How about it?
Vintage and Winemaker Notes
All Twisted Oak Vineyards! 53% Tempranillo, Spaniard block 28% Graciano, Willow block 19% Garnacha, Colina Roja block.
Specifications
Vintage: 2013
Varietal Blend: Tempranillo, Graciano and Garnacha
Appellation: Calaveras County
Barrel Aging: 30% new French, American, and Hungarian oak; 70% neutral oak
Winery: Twisted Oak Winery
Owners: Jeff and Mary Stai
Founded: 2004
Location: Murphys, CA
We’re often asked what the background of Twisted Oak is, to which we invariably reply, “The Sierra Nevada, of course!” If we are pressed further, we are forced to admit that Twisted Oak Winery is the culmination of a delusion, er, vision by Jeff and Mary Stai. The vision was of a terroir based winery making superior, hand crafted, yummy wines, and then having more Twisted fun than anyone in the industry selling them.
Jeff and Mary found 120 acres just outside Murphys in the Sierra Foothills at nearly 2000 feet elevation. It is there that they planted 10 acres of vineyards in Tempranillo, Grenache, Graciano, and Garnacha to take advantage of the continental Mediterranean soil types and climate. It is on top of this property, with an amazing view of the Sierras, where the state-of-the-art, no-pumpover, four-level gravity flow winery was built. When completed in 2004 it included open tank, stainless steel fermenters along with our own 300-foot barrel cave. This is all under the watchful eye of a 350 year old California Blue Oak tree that not only is our namesake, but also adorns every Twisted Oak bottle.
Jeff and Mary work closely with winemaker Scott Klann in crafting the Twisted Oak wines. Scott has been in the wine making business over 15 years. Scott’s knowledge of what works best is unmatched in the area (it doesn’t hurt that he was raised in Murphys.) Scott’s experience and personal relationships with the growers in Calaveras County allows Twisted Oak Winery to purchase the best fruit from these outstanding vineyards to complement our estate grape programs. Whatever the formula Jeff, Mary and Scott, have devised for Twisted Oak, it has been validated by the hundreds of consumers that buy us out of wine each and every year. Twisted Oak Winery has also received accolades by publications and competitions which have graced us with many scores of 90 or above. We think the Wine Enthusiast put it best “The gang at Twisted Oak Winery are taking winemaking in this area to the next level…” Cheers! And always, keep it Twisted! Twisted Oak Winery!
Available States
AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, ID, IL, IA, KS, LA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NV, NH, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, WY
My roommate/friend @cdoyle and I, on an excessively hot day, sat down with our rat bottle over the course of the evening. I am more a white wine drinker, with a preference towards softer tannins. @Cdoyle is more of a red drinker, but also fond of softer tannins. He likes things more acidic and forward than I often do, but we often overlap in tastes. Neither of us are super refined in our wine tastes, but we’re total food nerds, so we tried to approach it in that way.
Initial thought on opening- @cdoyle thought it tasted like a Grenache. I thought so as well, it’s more jammy than I expected on a tempranillo. The alcohol note is a bit too strong for my tastes. It reminded me at this point of the Scott Harvey Zinfandel from back in March.
We let it sit for about an hour and change while we debated if we felt like going back out to get something that would go with this for dinner. We decided to stick to our original plan and had a bit more wine to see if it’d smoothed out. @Cdoyle said it had a pomegranate tang, less alcohol forward. I agreed, and picked up a bit of a cherry roundness. We decided to switch to something else for the night, as this would not have gone well with the shredded Brussel sprout/ tomato/bacon deconstructed BLT type salad we were having for dinner.
After letting it sit overnight, and then running around the Italian Market for the day, we pulled the remainder of the bottle out of the fridge. After finishing opening, and being still slightly chilled, it tasted more like we expected out of a tempranillo. The alcohol edge settled down and the fruity flavors came more forward. It held up well to the lamb burgers we had for dinner, without getting too tannic. We definitely liked it better once it’d fully opened. It had the smoothness of the Apriori Pinot Noir or Onesta Cinsault, but with slightly more tannins.
This is the kind of red wine I’d suggest a chardonnay fan would enjoy. If you’re a white drinker who likes an oaked chardonnay, open this a day ahead, chill it, and it’d be a good gateway to reds for you. If you’re a red fan, let it air an hour or two, and it’s a safe bet. Before I see the price, knowing nothing of this winery, I would guesstimate this at around $18.
(ETA-Well, that was about right for the case price! Alas, not shippable to me, glad I got to rat it anyway!)
After looking up the winery, I see several others I’d potentially like to try too, though their website doesn’t apparently ship to PA, sadly. I’ll have to hope they show up on here as shippable!
Thank you for letting me Rat, I always wanted to do that and was too shy in the ww days to ever ask!
Twisted Oak The Spaniard Rioja-Style Blend
3 bottles for $79.99 $26.66/bottle + $2.67/bottle shipping
Case of 12 for $209.99 $17.50/bottle + $1/bottle shipping
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: Tax & Shipping not included in savings calculations)
2013 Twisted Oak The Spaniard - $110 = 30.54%
@chipgreen 26.66 + 2.67 = 29.33. 17.50 + 1.00 = 18.50. 18.50 divided by 29.33 = 36.9% That’s the way I figure anyway…why wouldn’t you include freight? Without freight 17.50 divideed by 26.66 = 34.4%.
@dgbickle I don’t include freight because many users are VMPs who do not pay for shipping. Another variable is that there are plans to offer optional enhanced summer shipping for an additional fee although that has not been finalized.
But you are correct that there was an error in my math for this offer. The correct additional discount % is 34.36%. Thank you for pointing it out.
@kainc Shoot, I’m not entirely sure. I am a big TO fan and SWMBO and I are part of their wine club. I have a few 2012 bottles averaging over $30 per bottle and my 2013’s are averaging over $20. Under $20 at the case price is an easy auto buy for us.
It would figure FedEx had a rare botched delivery to me. I just received my little Rat Spanaird last night after work. On one hand, most of us probably don’t need a report. It’s Twisted Oak, its Spanaird. A perennial wine.woot favorite for 12 or more years. It’s $17.50 a bottle which is ridiculously inexpensive for this wine. I’m buying a case. On the other hand, the one with 6 fingers, I needed to drink some wine. So I opened the guy up and enjoyed.
The color is dark. Clear purple. I’m a leg man, set the glass down and 30 seconds later, long beautiful legs like front row at a Victoria Secret runway show. The nose was nothing but good stuff. I could stare at a wine wheel forever and not pick out smells very well. But nothing off or bad at all, just nice dark muted fruit. Didn’t even get alcohol until a half hour later.
The taste to me has always been a wonderful mix of tempernillo and garnacha. Neither of which I truly love on their own. I have never had the graciano by itself but it must certainly help too. There is dark fruit, cherries I guess. I’ve never had a black currant but if I did, I’d bet it tastes like this Little bit of spice and some wood near the finish. Not oak, cedar, just a bit. Gave it one of those good old wine snobby swishes in the mouth and definitely got some more spice and dryness.
Complex and balanced. There are a lot great things going on with nothing over powering the other. Certainly a big wine for meat etc. Sorry, that’s all for now unfortunately I have to get back to work.
@modfalk this isn’t maybe in our alley so not in this time, but you might post over in the Katy/west Houston post if you are in that area. We have had quite a bit of splits there.
I was a wooter back in the day, and have seen discussions about the legendary Spaniard. Though my wife and I love Tempranillo (and my wife adores granache) we are on a very limited budget, and never quite were able to pull the trigger. I was so sad to pass on that deal a couple months ago. Now, I see this.
The price has to be a mistake. I have seen in the past that ‘these people’ make good on their mistakes. I thought, this was my chance. Will I ever see this again at this price? So I pulled the trigger, even though I’ve been ‘saving up’ my wine budget for a coming weekend get-away that takes us near a fantastic wine store (Café and Shoppes, Woodstock VA) and some great local wineries.
Sorry Casemates, to take advantage of your pricing mistake before you fix it. But I’m poor and desperate and my wife loves Rioja. You got my money. No take-backs! Thank you Jefe! Finally, the Spaniard is mine. Muahahahaha!
Just checking in… For anyone wondering about the pricing, it’s partly “bidness” and partly a thank you to everyone in Casemates-land. With the 2014 in the bottle ready to release it was time to get the 2013 out of the way and into people’s glasses, and we decided to make it happen here. Let me know if I can answer anything and thanks for all the support! - el jefe
@eljefetwisted Dood, you know the wifely one and I are in. We’ve always loved your house style. Care to share what your new wine maker brings to the table on your future offerings?
@javadrinker Ryan has his own brand - like almost all winemakers seem to - and I was already a fan. It was a happy coincidence that he was ready to move on from his previous day job just when our previous winemaker was ready to slow down and retire. I think the future looks pretty good!
@eljefetwisted You got a new winemaker? I didn’t see anything about that in the (sparse) emails I get!
Thanks for offering this end-of-vintage deal here. We are all appreciative.
@pjmartin I was getting ready to go on a hike in Sedona this morning and saw this and grabbed a case thinking maybe someone else might want a few. If not…more for me!!! Anyone in?
@mrn1@pjmartin@shrimp74 It was @thinksno16 who pulled the trigger on the WineSmith Cab Franc. Looking back at the product thread, people are receiving their deliveries about now. Hopefully he (or she) will resurface soon to work out the splits.
In the meantime, I just picked up the Stillman Brown case yesterday for those who were in on that deal.
@chipgreen Let me know when you want to arrange a meet to hand off our holdings. The 2 Tercero are $21 each, how much do I owe you over that for the Stillman trio?
I’ll have to check my spreadsheet back at home to see what else we need to settle up on, but then again we could always rely on your spreadsheet in the meantime
@pjmartin@thinksno16 Sorry for taking so much time to respond…been in locales with little to no internet connection.
I have 4 left from my case, and would part ways with 1 or 2.
@maroontigre@Kraxberger@jwhetzel@lindelof Raleigh-Durham, NC - Anyone in RDU area want to split a case? This is too good to pass up but I have no room for a full case in the cellar or the budget.
I am chock full of reds right now, but I know how good El Jefe’s wine are so am looking at pulling this trigger (also, that price). Any thoughts on how long this can or should sit around? Thanks!
@melrod333 It is not a mistake to drink this now. It’s had a similar barrel and bottle aging to a Gran Reserva. That said the 2005 vintage is still going strong.
@melrod333 I mean, right now it is delicious. But if you’re full of reds, you can store this for a while in my opinion. I drank a 2007 about a year ago and it was still very good. And eljefe still likes the 05. Go for it, have a big party and serve up those lesser reds you’ve stocked up on so you can get to the good stuff like this haha.
@kray05 I’m over in Manassas, but can make the drive to meet up wherever needed. Put me in for 4. At $17.50/bottle, can’t pass up one of our favorite wines.
@kaolis Yup.
I’ve got a few I’d like to get from the east to the west, but they don’t ship in a reefer truck at no additional cost to cross that wall of heat death like @winedavid49 does. Even so, there are still the semi-local issues to contend with.
@kaolis@rjquillin@Winedavid49
I know that many were not happy with summer shipping the last few years of WW, but all my purchases were shipped 2 day air in styro and usually delivered in <36 hours frm CA to FL. That worked for me.
@Winedavid49 can you confirm that summer shipping to FL will be the same here?
@pseudogourmet98@rjquillin@Winedavid49 For me in Chicago area past practice has been reefer to St Louis then standard shipping north. Not a good recipe. Correct, summer is difficult. Best practice is to avoid it.
Two things: 1. No shipping to CT? I see Twisted Oak in local wine shops occasionally 2.
Why am I getting email alerts about this deal a day after it launched?
@winer
It makes no sense to me. It should be able to send to each account at the same time at midnight EST. When I get the email I delete it as I’ve already gone to check out the selection. Since the offer lasts 2 days minimum I’m not sure why they don’t just alert us all early and at the right time…
@johnnelson7333@winer
As has been mentioned before, the notice is delayed so there can be come discussion, and, hopefully, rats have reported in…
We’ve not, yet, had a sell-out in those first 24 hours. If/when that starts happening that delayed notice will become an issue for those with disposable cash and available storage volume that can’t remember when rollover is.
@bolligra I’m in Conifer, I’m sure we can figure out a meetup place like in Golden. My hubby works in downtown, so that could work too. We’ll connect once it arrives.
I waffled back and forth on this one. I don’t really need a case, but the case price is so damn good, plus it’s the Spaniard and… Well. Ordered a case, canceled the order, then came to my senses and ordered a case again.
In short, if anyone in San Diego wants some (aside from the case @rjquillin already bought), I’m willing to part with a few, but yeah. Had to get some more.
@tklivory I am in SD and did not see any prior local thread offering bottles, so I would be in for 3-6 depending on cost and how many you want to pawn off. LMK
@Gunn_showw@tklivory Do I need to grab an additional case!? How much more additional interest is there. Looks like 3~6 plus 2, so, 8 of 12.
Almost that additional case.
Gunn_showw, do you have free ship?
@Gunn_showw@rjquillin
I’ve got @radiolysis, @SoSmellyAir, and @RedHot covered with my case, but if there’s any more SD interest (and it looks like @Gunn_showw was a part of the Kickstarter, so they should have free ship right?), a third case might actually be warranted, if they’re willing.
@rjquillin@tklivory I’m in 92110 bay park (south of clairemont). If someone else can add another case or half, I would go in for 3-6. But we are selling our house so don’t have time or room to receive shipping and store a case waiting to parcel out. LMK guys… would love to grab a couple of these!!
@Winedavid49 Well, he does have the Dread Pirate Roberts fighting on his side, plus the Rubber Chicken defensive backs…so you have to be able to get past those obstacles first.
I may be in the minority here and dont mean to rain on El Jefe’s parade but not feeling the 13 Spaniard hype. Yes, it’s good, but not cult good. I went in on the previous TO offer a few months back and popped open the 13 Spaniard last night, recorked, and polishing off the bottle now.
I had the '12 a year or two ago and loved the dark fruit, body, and gripping tannins. The '13 has almost none existent tannins but what I cannot shake off is the heat I am getting on the finish. Still present tonight. I just feel the alcohol got away and gets in the way of the fruit.
In sum, the $18 per bottle is reasonable and would go in for a few at that price. The $49 winery price is way too high imo.
@klezman@losthighwayz Just opened one here at work, and need to figure a way for an additional case due to the interest.
Pulled the cork for slo-ox hours ago. Nice darker fruits on entry, nice acid to cleanse, with a good balanced finish. Not a ton of tannins, but enough of them to keep it interesting.
If there are any spare bottles floating around the Milwaukee area, please let me know. Tried to get a case split but I was a little slow organizing it.
Tasting Notes
A wine that will leave you mostly dead! A Rioja-style blend of Tempranillo, Graciano, Garnacha.
Made at Twisted Oak by Winemakers of Unusual Size, this swashbuckling Calaveras blend is so big you’ll need six fingers to hold the bottle. It’s inconceivable that one could resist these aromas and flavors as big as Fezzik himself. Share it with your special Buttercup, a Gentle Giant, or the entire Kingdom… as you wish.
Pair with meat! If you don’t ever drink this with lamb, you’re not livin’ right! Well-marbled beef by itself, or lean cuts of beef with rich sauces. How about a Spanish Paprika rubbed Ribeye topped with Applewood smoked bacon and Cabrale Spanish Blue? How about it?
Vintage and Winemaker Notes
All Twisted Oak Vineyards! 53% Tempranillo, Spaniard block 28% Graciano, Willow block 19% Garnacha, Colina Roja block.
Specifications
Price Comparison
$654.75/case at Twisted Oak Winery (including shipping)
About The Winery
Winery: Twisted Oak Winery
Owners: Jeff and Mary Stai
Founded: 2004
Location: Murphys, CA
We’re often asked what the background of Twisted Oak is, to which we invariably reply, “The Sierra Nevada, of course!” If we are pressed further, we are forced to admit that Twisted Oak Winery is the culmination of a delusion, er, vision by Jeff and Mary Stai. The vision was of a terroir based winery making superior, hand crafted, yummy wines, and then having more Twisted fun than anyone in the industry selling them.
Jeff and Mary found 120 acres just outside Murphys in the Sierra Foothills at nearly 2000 feet elevation. It is there that they planted 10 acres of vineyards in Tempranillo, Grenache, Graciano, and Garnacha to take advantage of the continental Mediterranean soil types and climate. It is on top of this property, with an amazing view of the Sierras, where the state-of-the-art, no-pumpover, four-level gravity flow winery was built. When completed in 2004 it included open tank, stainless steel fermenters along with our own 300-foot barrel cave. This is all under the watchful eye of a 350 year old California Blue Oak tree that not only is our namesake, but also adorns every Twisted Oak bottle.
Jeff and Mary work closely with winemaker Scott Klann in crafting the Twisted Oak wines. Scott has been in the wine making business over 15 years. Scott’s knowledge of what works best is unmatched in the area (it doesn’t hurt that he was raised in Murphys.) Scott’s experience and personal relationships with the growers in Calaveras County allows Twisted Oak Winery to purchase the best fruit from these outstanding vineyards to complement our estate grape programs. Whatever the formula Jeff, Mary and Scott, have devised for Twisted Oak, it has been validated by the hundreds of consumers that buy us out of wine each and every year. Twisted Oak Winery has also received accolades by publications and competitions which have graced us with many scores of 90 or above. We think the Wine Enthusiast put it best “The gang at Twisted Oak Winery are taking winemaking in this area to the next level…” Cheers! And always, keep it Twisted! Twisted Oak Winery!
Available States
AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, ID, IL, IA, KS, LA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NV, NH, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, WY
Estimated Delivery
Thursday, June 14th - Monday, June 18th
@Jamileigh17 jumped on their chance to share a Lab Rat Report.
@scott01210 shares their Lab Rat Report and reminds us that this has been a consistent favorite.
@eljefetwisted is here to say thank you.
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My roommate/friend @cdoyle and I, on an excessively hot day, sat down with our rat bottle over the course of the evening. I am more a white wine drinker, with a preference towards softer tannins. @Cdoyle is more of a red drinker, but also fond of softer tannins. He likes things more acidic and forward than I often do, but we often overlap in tastes. Neither of us are super refined in our wine tastes, but we’re total food nerds, so we tried to approach it in that way.
Initial thought on opening- @cdoyle thought it tasted like a Grenache. I thought so as well, it’s more jammy than I expected on a tempranillo. The alcohol note is a bit too strong for my tastes. It reminded me at this point of the Scott Harvey Zinfandel from back in March.
We let it sit for about an hour and change while we debated if we felt like going back out to get something that would go with this for dinner. We decided to stick to our original plan and had a bit more wine to see if it’d smoothed out. @Cdoyle said it had a pomegranate tang, less alcohol forward. I agreed, and picked up a bit of a cherry roundness. We decided to switch to something else for the night, as this would not have gone well with the shredded Brussel sprout/ tomato/bacon deconstructed BLT type salad we were having for dinner.
After letting it sit overnight, and then running around the Italian Market for the day, we pulled the remainder of the bottle out of the fridge. After finishing opening, and being still slightly chilled, it tasted more like we expected out of a tempranillo. The alcohol edge settled down and the fruity flavors came more forward. It held up well to the lamb burgers we had for dinner, without getting too tannic. We definitely liked it better once it’d fully opened. It had the smoothness of the Apriori Pinot Noir or Onesta Cinsault, but with slightly more tannins.
This is the kind of red wine I’d suggest a chardonnay fan would enjoy. If you’re a white drinker who likes an oaked chardonnay, open this a day ahead, chill it, and it’d be a good gateway to reds for you. If you’re a red fan, let it air an hour or two, and it’s a safe bet. Before I see the price, knowing nothing of this winery, I would guesstimate this at around $18.
(ETA-Well, that was about right for the case price! Alas, not shippable to me, glad I got to rat it anyway!)
After looking up the winery, I see several others I’d potentially like to try too, though their website doesn’t apparently ship to PA, sadly. I’ll have to hope they show up on here as shippable!
Thank you for letting me Rat, I always wanted to do that and was too shy in the ww days to ever ask!
Twisted Oak The Spaniard Rioja-Style Blend
3 bottles for $79.99 $26.66/bottle + $2.67/bottle shipping
Case of 12 for $209.99 $17.50/bottle + $1/bottle shipping
2013 Twisted Oak The Spaniard
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: Tax & Shipping not included in savings calculations)
2013 Twisted Oak The Spaniard - $110 = 30.54%
@chipgreen 26.66 + 2.67 = 29.33. 17.50 + 1.00 = 18.50. 18.50 divided by 29.33 = 36.9% That’s the way I figure anyway…why wouldn’t you include freight? Without freight 17.50 divideed by 26.66 = 34.4%.
@dgbickle I don’t include freight because many users are VMPs who do not pay for shipping. Another variable is that there are plans to offer optional enhanced summer shipping for an additional fee although that has not been finalized.
But you are correct that there was an error in my math for this offer. The correct additional discount % is 34.36%. Thank you for pointing it out.
@chipgreen Great point on the freight. My feeble brain failed to take that into account.
I’ve got some extra bottles up for grabs from the case I don’t need all of…
…
@rjquillin At this price, I’ll take a few. WD is killing it. <$20 for Spaniard?!?! And then I can drink one or two sooner rather than later.
@klezman Gotcha for three on the ss.
Wonder if @ScottW58 is interested?
@rjquillin if i must…
@rjquillin if any spares, I would like to try this one.
@TechnoViking @Cortot
2+2 work?
@klezman @rjquillin
I already bought some Rioja today and really no more room. Plus I already have a few bottles of this. Nice price tho!
@rjquillin @TechnoViking I’m good with it.
@rjquillin I will take one or two. I still need to pick up two other bottles from you, but I am stuck in the office right now.
@klezman @cortot
Surprise!
I found the missing Spaniard today!
Great price on the case. 1 coming to WNY if anyone’s interested in a few.
@catcoland Feel like parting with 2 of them?
@lamplighter Sure, I’ll count you in for 2.
This case price is insanicrazy!
@javadrinker I am afraid to ask, but what was general price info like on w.w.?
@kainc Shoot, I’m not entirely sure. I am a big TO fan and SWMBO and I are part of their wine club. I have a few 2012 bottles averaging over $30 per bottle and my 2013’s are averaging over $20. Under $20 at the case price is an easy auto buy for us.
And boom goes the dynamite. I desperately was hoping to let the CC cool off this month.
/giphy insincere-grand-parcel
I have a few bottles of this from the last offering. I’ll pop one tomorrow and report back.
/giphy low-unoccupied-thunder
It would figure FedEx had a rare botched delivery to me. I just received my little Rat Spanaird last night after work. On one hand, most of us probably don’t need a report. It’s Twisted Oak, its Spanaird. A perennial wine.woot favorite for 12 or more years. It’s $17.50 a bottle which is ridiculously inexpensive for this wine. I’m buying a case. On the other hand, the one with 6 fingers, I needed to drink some wine. So I opened the guy up and enjoyed.
The color is dark. Clear purple. I’m a leg man, set the glass down and 30 seconds later, long beautiful legs like front row at a Victoria Secret runway show. The nose was nothing but good stuff. I could stare at a wine wheel forever and not pick out smells very well. But nothing off or bad at all, just nice dark muted fruit. Didn’t even get alcohol until a half hour later.
The taste to me has always been a wonderful mix of tempernillo and garnacha. Neither of which I truly love on their own. I have never had the graciano by itself but it must certainly help too. There is dark fruit, cherries I guess. I’ve never had a black currant but if I did, I’d bet it tastes like this
Little bit of spice and some wood near the finish. Not oak, cedar, just a bit. Gave it one of those good old wine snobby swishes in the mouth and definitely got some more spice and dryness.
Complex and balanced. There are a lot great things going on with nothing over powering the other. Certainly a big wine for meat etc. Sorry, that’s all for now unfortunately I have to get back to work.
Spaniard… sheeeesh
Anyone in the lower Adirondacks/western VT up for a split?
@Thumperchick I’m near Albany, and I’d be interested!
@DJZachAttack cool! I’m hoping for 3 way split.
@Thumperchick @propvin is the only other person in the Albany area that I am aware of, so @'ing them here will hopefully get their attention
@DJZachAttack @propvin
I know @sohmageek is also in the area-ish once in a while.
@DJZachAttack I’m in whether it’s a 2 or 3 way split. Let me know if you want to go in and I’ll pull the trigger.
@Thumperchick in!
@DJZachAttack done! With a slightly accusatory order number:
/giphy alcoholic-mournful-sausage
@DJZachAttack @Thumperchick Ha, ha! That’s what we all say - but substitute Australian with American, Texan, Californian, Vermonters, etc…
Will split a case in Houston, TX
@modfalk this isn’t maybe in our alley so not in this time, but you might post over in the Katy/west Houston post if you are in that area. We have had quite a bit of splits there.
@raccoon81 Thanks will do
@modfalk I bought a case and am willing to split 6:6 and am located in Midtown if you aren’t in West Houston. Let me know if still interested.
@rugger1345 That would have been great but now I commited with some other folks.
I was a wooter back in the day, and have seen discussions about the legendary Spaniard. Though my wife and I love Tempranillo (and my wife adores granache) we are on a very limited budget, and never quite were able to pull the trigger. I was so sad to pass on that deal a couple months ago. Now, I see this.
The price has to be a mistake. I have seen in the past that ‘these people’ make good on their mistakes. I thought, this was my chance. Will I ever see this again at this price? So I pulled the trigger, even though I’ve been ‘saving up’ my wine budget for a coming weekend get-away that takes us near a fantastic wine store (Café and Shoppes, Woodstock VA) and some great local wineries.
Sorry Casemates, to take advantage of your pricing mistake before you fix it. But I’m poor and desperate and my wife loves Rioja. You got my money. No take-backs! Thank you Jefe! Finally, the Spaniard is mine. Muahahahaha!
Just checking in… For anyone wondering about the pricing, it’s partly “bidness” and partly a thank you to everyone in Casemates-land. With the 2014 in the bottle ready to release it was time to get the 2013 out of the way and into people’s glasses, and we decided to make it happen here. Let me know if I can answer anything and thanks for all the support! - el jefe
@eljefetwisted
Happy miser
@eljefetwisted Well thank you sir!
@eljefetwisted Thanks so much for this offer. Always love the *%#&@! wine too.
@eljefetwisted Dood, you know the wifely one and I are in. We’ve always loved your house style. Care to share what your new wine maker brings to the table on your future offerings?
@eljefetwisted Gracias Jefe! Saludos a su vino!!!
@javadrinker Ryan has his own brand - like almost all winemakers seem to - and I was already a fan. It was a happy coincidence that he was ready to move on from his previous day job just when our previous winemaker was ready to slow down and retire. I think the future looks pretty good!
@eljefetwisted Thanks for the supa’fine deal, Jefe!
@eljefetwisted You got a new winemaker? I didn’t see anything about that in the (sparse) emails I get!
Thanks for offering this end-of-vintage deal here. We are all appreciative.
This is seriously good wine at a steal of a price. But most of you already know that.
/giphy movable-abandoned-birthday
What say you NEOH, I need some of this. Who wants to join a split? @chipgreen @mrn1 @xena67 @scott0210 @mehnyblooms @croutonollie @north316 @Boatman72 @docjavadude @pjmartin @KCountry @CroutonOllie @HopHeadB
@pjmartin I was getting ready to go on a hike in Sedona this morning and saw this and grabbed a case thinking maybe someone else might want a few. If not…more for me!!! Anyone in?
@mrn1 I’d gladly take a trio.
@mrn1 @pjmartin I’d love two bottles. Thanks for the offer.
@pjmartin they’re yours!
@mehnyblooms Two for you!
@pjmartin @mrn1
I would gladly take 3 if available.
@chipgreen @mrn1 @pjmartin
Anything left of this? And what ever happened to Clark’s juice?
@chipgreen Three are yours. Another successful split!
@mrn1 @pjmartin @shrimp74 It was @thinksno16 who pulled the trigger on the WineSmith Cab Franc. Looking back at the product thread, people are receiving their deliveries about now. Hopefully he (or she) will resurface soon to work out the splits.
In the meantime, I just picked up the Stillman Brown case yesterday for those who were in on that deal.
@chipgreen Let me know when you want to arrange a meet to hand off our holdings. The 2 Tercero are $21 each, how much do I owe you over that for the Stillman trio?
@mrn1 @pjmartin any of this still up for grabs? Would be in for 2.
@chipgreen @pjmartin @shrimp74 @thinksno16 I owe you for three of those.
I’ll have to check my spreadsheet back at home to see what else we need to settle up on, but then again we could always rely on your spreadsheet in the meantime
@pjmartin @thinksno16 Sorry for taking so much time to respond…been in locales with little to no internet connection.
I have 4 left from my case, and would part ways with 1 or 2.
@mrn1 popped one tonight on the back porch opposite the heating sun. My first Spaniard. Like it a bunch. Thanks for the split!
@pjmartin @Winedavid49 Winedavid should know this split stuff is working well for a bunch of winos in NE OH!
@mrn1 @pjmartin that’s so cool!! thanks for sharing.
DFW? @MSUmike @johnnelson7333 @lseewoester 4-way split?
@vrvallejo I’m out. Wife enjoyed it but at my limit.
@vrvallejo Sure, I’ll go in for 3. 4 if we have to.
Thanks for the exclusion. lulz
@vrvallejo I want 6…
#greedy
But I’ll settle for 3-4
@kapok6 Sorry about that, losing track of all the DFW crew handles, next time
@maroontigre @Kraxberger @jwhetzel @lindelof Raleigh-Durham, NC - Anyone in RDU area want to split a case? This is too good to pass up but I have no room for a full case in the cellar or the budget.
@billmort Raleigh/HS area here. I’d be interested.
@billmort sounds interesting, but I’ll have to pass - this time!
@billmort I’m in southern Wake and would be interested in 4
@billmort I’m in for 3-4!
I am chock full of reds right now, but I know how good El Jefe’s wine are so am looking at pulling this trigger (also, that price). Any thoughts on how long this can or should sit around? Thanks!
@melrod333 It is not a mistake to drink this now. It’s had a similar barrel and bottle aging to a Gran Reserva. That said the 2005 vintage is still going strong.
@melrod333 I mean, right now it is delicious. But if you’re full of reds, you can store this for a while in my opinion. I drank a 2007 about a year ago and it was still very good. And eljefe still likes the 05. Go for it, have a big party and serve up those lesser reds you’ve stocked up on so you can get to the good stuff like this haha.
Anybody in DC area wish to split a case? 6/6 or 4/4/4
I’m buying a case and willing to sell off up to 8
@kray05 I’m over in Alexandria. Put me in for 4.
@kray05 I’m over in Manassas, but can make the drive to meet up wherever needed. Put me in for 4. At $17.50/bottle, can’t pass up one of our favorite wines.
@kray05 All 8 available have been claimed.
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@kaolis Yup.
I’ve got a few I’d like to get from the east to the west, but they don’t ship in a reefer truck at no additional cost to cross that wall of heat death like @winedavid49 does. Even so, there are still the semi-local issues to contend with.
Summer is difficult, no matter how you ship it.
@kaolis @rjquillin @Winedavid49
I know that many were not happy with summer shipping the last few years of WW, but all my purchases were shipped 2 day air in styro and usually delivered in <36 hours frm CA to FL. That worked for me.
@Winedavid49 can you confirm that summer shipping to FL will be the same here?
@pseudogourmet98 @rjquillin @Winedavid49 For me in Chicago area past practice has been reefer to St Louis then standard shipping north. Not a good recipe. Correct, summer is difficult. Best practice is to avoid it.
@kaolis @pseudogourmet98 @rjquillin i disagree.
@kaolis @pseudogourmet98 @rjquillin @Winedavid49 The Chicago group has two different cases coming in the next two weeks, so we’ll be able to see how it goes.
@pseudogourmet98 @rjquillin @Winedavid49 @jmdavidson1
Well we certainly know you disagree
Interested to hear how the Chicago shipments go please.
@kaolis @pseudogourmet98 @rjquillin @Winedavid49 No disagreement until the shipments arrive.
Not deliverable to South Dakota, so I’ll have to smuggle it across the border. Any of the Minnesota gang want to split?
@coynedj Heck with you Minnesota people. I ordered and had it shipped to a friend who may or may not demand a bottle in payment for accepting delivery.
https://casemates.com/orders/elaborate-godlike-side
Any NYC up for a split?
@rkalantari I would go in for 2 bottles
@mstew @InVinoVeritas any interest?
@rkalantari I’m in Lower Manhattan and would go for 2
Ordered a case, could part with a few more if any others wanted to get in on it.
/giphy jagged-offbeat-cook
Two things: 1. No shipping to CT? I see Twisted Oak in local wine shops occasionally 2.
Why am I getting email alerts about this deal a day after it launched?
@winer
It makes no sense to me. It should be able to send to each account at the same time at midnight EST. When I get the email I delete it as I’ve already gone to check out the selection. Since the offer lasts 2 days minimum I’m not sure why they don’t just alert us all early and at the right time…
@winer Same here- I’m getting an email about this at 10 p.m. the day after it launched!
@johnnelson7333 @winer
As has been mentioned before, the notice is delayed so there can be come discussion, and, hopefully, rats have reported in…
We’ve not, yet, had a sell-out in those first 24 hours. If/when that starts happening that delayed notice will become an issue for those with disposable cash and available storage volume that can’t remember when rollover is.
@winer hi - If we are in CT wine shops I don’t have anything to do with it. There is a jug “Twisted” brand that we are often confused with…
@johnnelson7333 @rjquillin @winer it also gives the “die hards” who dont’ need an email reminder first shot at the offer.
@johnnelson7333 @rjquillin @Winedavid49 @winer I like that! Monday Wednesday Friday. Who needs an email?
/giphy groovy-divergent-harmony
I ordered a case - if anyone in the Denver area wants to buy some of the bottles, let me know. I’d be willing to part with up to 6.
@wineyum I’ll take three (Broomfield)
@bolligra I’m in Conifer, I’m sure we can figure out a meetup place like in Golden. My hubby works in downtown, so that could work too. We’ll connect once it arrives.
I have family downtown. Do you get there? I would take three if that could work for you.
@Kildahl My hubby works in downtown, so that works. Will connect once it arrives.
Seems to be an auto-buy for many…I’m in for a case at that case discount.
/giphy baled-obligated-bobcat
In for a case. CC is getting a little overheated. Anybody close to Hays, Ks. I’d be willing to split. If not, I guess I’ll just be forced to drink it…
@dgbickle got to recruit i tell you! office mates, room mates, team mates, parents, friends, neighbors. just sayin.
I waffled back and forth on this one. I don’t really need a case, but the case price is so damn good, plus it’s the Spaniard and… Well. Ordered a case, canceled the order, then came to my senses and ordered a case again.
In short, if anyone in San Diego wants some (aside from the case @rjquillin already bought), I’m willing to part with a few, but yeah. Had to get some more.
/giphy unfortunate-coarse-machine
@tklivory I am in SD and did not see any prior local thread offering bottles, so I would be in for 3-6 depending on cost and how many you want to pawn off. LMK
@Gunn_showw @tklivory some additional commentary in the SD thread as well.
For all of us, what part of SD do you transit for exchanges? Here or whisper. tnx
@Gunn_showw Some other local peeps have already put in requests to fill up the case, so unfortunately I don’t have any more to allocate. Sorry!
@Gunn_showw @tklivory Do I need to grab an additional case!? How much more additional interest is there. Looks like 3~6 plus 2, so, 8 of 12.
Almost that additional case.
Gunn_showw, do you have free ship?
@Gunn_showw @rjquillin
I’ve got @radiolysis, @SoSmellyAir, and @RedHot covered with my case, but if there’s any more SD interest (and it looks like @Gunn_showw was a part of the Kickstarter, so they should have free ship right?), a third case might actually be warranted, if they’re willing.
@tklivory Thanks! Please ignore my message in the San Diego forum; I did not realize that SSA was abbreviation for my username.
@rjquillin @tklivory I’m in 92110 bay park (south of clairemont). If someone else can add another case or half, I would go in for 3-6. But we are selling our house so don’t have time or room to receive shipping and store a case waiting to parcel out. LMK guys… would love to grab a couple of these!!
How is this not sold out yet?
@billmort thanks. i’m quite proud of this case offering. El Jeffe is one tough hombre to negotiate with.
@Winedavid49 Well, he does have the Dread Pirate Roberts fighting on his side, plus the Rubber Chicken defensive backs…so you have to be able to get past those obstacles first.
Bought a case in Milwaukee. I might part with a few bottles.
Hey Seattle Casemate buddies - I bought a case if anyone wants a few… I’ll post on the Seattle community page as well…
/giphy haphazard-partial-lift
I have high hopes for this…
/giphy unified large slug
/giphy bigger-respectable-hole
Resistance is futile.
I may be in the minority here and dont mean to rain on El Jefe’s parade but not feeling the 13 Spaniard hype. Yes, it’s good, but not cult good. I went in on the previous TO offer a few months back and popped open the 13 Spaniard last night, recorked, and polishing off the bottle now.
I had the '12 a year or two ago and loved the dark fruit, body, and gripping tannins. The '13 has almost none existent tannins but what I cannot shake off is the heat I am getting on the finish. Still present tonight. I just feel the alcohol got away and gets in the way of the fruit.
In sum, the $18 per bottle is reasonable and would go in for a few at that price. The $49 winery price is way too high imo.
Just my two cents.
@losthighwayz Thanks for the notes. And there’s nothing wrong with having a well stated and informed opinion.
@klezman @losthighwayz Just opened one here at work, and need to figure a way for an additional case due to the interest.
Pulled the cork for slo-ox hours ago. Nice darker fruits on entry, nice acid to cleanse, with a good balanced finish. Not a ton of tannins, but enough of them to keep it interesting.
@klezman @rjquillin you’re not picking up any heat?
If there are any spare bottles floating around the Milwaukee area, please let me know. Tried to get a case split but I was a little slow organizing it.
If anyone in Atlanta is interested, I bought a case of the previous Twisted Oak offering. Was a mix of Tempranillo and the Spaniard for $260/case.