1995 Martin Ray Saratoga Cuvee California

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in the spring i found 4 more bottles of this at a shop in gainesville that i stop by on some weekends. i took a bottle with me up to MD this weekend to share with my brother and his wife over dinner. my brother's cooking a fantastic meal (beef wellington, roasted garlic potatos and onions, and green beans with spaetzle) and i open the wine an hour before dinner to let it breath. and it's corked. BUMMER! good thing i also took along a bottle of 97 gallo barrelli creek cab. this was only the second corked bottle i've ever come across, and certainly most disappointing. the other was a 92 modavi cab that i ordered at bern's last year, and they gladly replaced it. but this one's gonna cost me $30-plus bucks. ouch.