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elratoncolorao Does not like this wine:

Thursday, July 18, 2013 - Shocked by reviews on here. I'm a huge Dunham fan from the past and belong to their wine club, but was tasted on this today and would've never guessed this was a Dunham. My tasting note would read something like this:

"Disgusting - notes of "licking the side of a tree after cutting through the bark, getting a piece of wood, toasting it, then toasting it some more. Could not finish 2 oz. taste I was given." I'm sure fruit was involved in making this wine, but could not get past the overwhelming amounts of "fresh off the press" oak. Had to open 3 other syrahs from disparate producers just to make sure it was wine and I wasn't crazy.

Ready to cancel wine club membership, but hoping this vintage was end of Parker-era winemaking and that newer vintages more restrained (I have a 2010 that was just delivered). Maybe I need to open some of my more recent club deliveries to see this is how his winemaking is now (as opposed to mid-200's when I enjoyed the wines), but this does not inspire to do so.

Also hoping for the old adage of "There are no great wines, just great bottles."

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