help with decant time for 1980 fonseca

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 17:11 Thu 24 Jul 2008

I've seen comments about not one for the cellar.

Should I just pop and serve,
or will it still do good to decanter for 4 + hours?
or even 20+ hours?

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:15 Thu 24 Jul 2008

F80? Four to six hours decanter time should be enough.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 12:57 Fri 25 Jul 2008

Four to six is the sweet spot in my experience also.

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 17:04 Fri 25 Jul 2008

Ty for the advice..

so I'm probably goign to decant this around 4-5pm jdaw1.

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 23:18 Fri 25 Jul 2008

!!!! MY FONSECA GOT DAMAGED IN SHIPMENT!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

no fonseca for the party tomorrow =*(

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:23 Fri 25 Jul 2008

Ouch!

Damaged? Heat damage, or physical broken-bottles damaged?

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 23:26 Fri 25 Jul 2008

broken bottles =*(

Post by **jdaw1** » 03:02 Sat 26 Jul 2008

An entire case of twelve? Wow!

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 03:06 Sat 26 Jul 2008

apparently there was a big spillage, leading to fed ex not delivering.

Post by **jdaw1** » 03:16 Sat 26 Jul 2008

Which means, at least, that you can’t be blamed and therefore won’t be out of pocket. Even if you are disappointed.

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 03:48 Sat 26 Jul 2008

jdaw1 wrote:Which means, at least, that you can’t be blamed and therefore won’t be out of pocket. Even if you are disappointed.

yes very true, i'd be out the 50$ shipping tho I would imagine...
and the lost pleasure of having 15 pounds of pork followed by 2 1980 Fonsecas.

=(

SushiNorth · Post by **SushiNorth** » 19:02 Mon 28 Jul 2008

Very sad. One big mistake made during shipping: The styrofoam packers should be placed in a sealed bag -- such as a clear garbage bag -- so that broken bottles don't leak from the box (glass won't puncture the bag as it's trapped in the styrofoam).

I am a little curious though, what happened to the other bottles?

mosesbotbol · Post by **mosesbotbol** » 19:31 Mon 28 Jul 2008

Wow, I am yet (thankful) to see a broken bottle in a styro-shipper.

Generally, I do not recieve shipments in the summer. Heat is too much of a gamble for me outside of overnight's.

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 00:29 Tue 29 Jul 2008

it was shipped out from chicago at 71 degrees with a pit stop in indianopolis at 73 degrees...

It reached new york at 79 degrees F ...

but shipped back due to breakage at 83 degrees F.

I find out about the other bottles tomorrow.

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 19:51 Tue 29 Jul 2008

auction house just called.

one bottle shattered on the trip into multiple pieces.
5 bottles got heavily stained but in good condition.
6 bottles still in perfect condition.

Post by **DRT** » 00:26 Wed 06 Aug 2008

g-man wrote:auction house just called.

one bottle shattered on the trip into multiple pieces.
5 bottles got heavily stained but in good condition.
6 bottles still in perfect condition.

I do hope you have given them a reduced offer to take these "damaged goods" off their hands

(seriously, it's worth a try)

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 15:24 Wed 06 Aug 2008

DRT wrote:
g-man wrote:auction house just called.

one bottle shattered on the trip into multiple pieces.
5 bottles got heavily stained but in good condition.
6 bottles still in perfect condition.
I do hope you have given them a reduced offer to take these "damaged goods" off their hands (seriously, it's worth a try)

yea they credited me back the broken bottle, upgraded the shipping, refunded my shipping cost and gave me a bigger credit line for the next auction (dunno how that's a benefit but hey i guess it's something)

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