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Jack667 Does not like this wine:

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - I really did not enjoy this wine. I was at Benjamin's Steakhouse in NYC last week for a business dinner with about 20 other folks. The leader of the group ordered a magnum of this and it was worse than the house cab. After I checked the vintage (and I have a prejudice against '11 Cali), I asked the server if they had any other vintages but he replied that they did not. A few others at the table expressed their distaste as well, but the mags kept coming, 4 in all. The second really seemed cooked to my taste. All were bad, but that one was the worst of the lot. It wasn't my place to cause a big stir, so I think we exhausted their supply when we finally got a substitute: 2009 Duckhorn Cab. Wow - that was awesome, in general, but especially in comparison. I would say the wine we had (other than the bottle I perceived as cooked) was a bit green, thin, bitter (but not tannic), and just not good.

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