QVENTOID#11's comments are spot-on. This is an angular wine with bitter tannins. There's some fruit there that might be decent, but its screams for attention are just overshadowed by the acidity. This wine belongs on a restuarant wine list for $158. People who know nothing about great wine may be fooled into thinking this is what wine is about. Thankfully I only had 2 of these and they are both gone now.
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More along the orange/green spectrum in color; tropicalrattan on the nose; somewhat canvas; green and tight on the palate with a moderate sweetness that is not overwhelmed by acidity and a ton of coconut/suntan lotion mid palate. A nice sweet finish, but more sweet than anything complex and two dimenionsal. Nice to drink, but not remarkable. "B+"
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Brown murky in color; caramel and muted butterscotch/vanilla nose. Reticent on the front of the palate with a nice brown sugar and cashew midpalate but lacking meaningul depth or expression. Tight and somewhat dry finiish. Bottled 2016. "B" on a good day.
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2/5/2020 4:52:00 PM - Hello lawdro, would you be willing to part with one or two of your bottles of 1974 Mount Eden Cabernet Sauvignon? I have a client searching for it and I'd love to buy it if you are amenable. I am a retailer in Napa. Thanks, Chris
2013 Delectus Cabernet Sauvignon French Wedding
9/25/2023 - lawdro Does not like this wine: 84 Points
QVENTOID#11's comments are spot-on. This is an angular wine with bitter tannins. There's some fruit there that might be decent, but its screams for attention are just overshadowed by the acidity. This wine belongs on a restuarant wine list for $158. People who know nothing about great wine may be fooled into thinking this is what wine is about. Thankfully I only had 2 of these and they are both gone now.
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1996 D'Oliveiras Madeira Malvazia
3/7/2020 - lawdro wrote: 91 Points
More along the orange/green spectrum in color; tropicalrattan on the nose; somewhat canvas; green and tight on the palate with a moderate sweetness that is not overwhelmed by acidity and a ton of coconut/suntan lotion mid palate. A nice sweet finish, but more sweet than anything complex and two dimenionsal. Nice to drink, but not remarkable. "B+"
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1977 D'Oliveiras Madeira Boal
3/7/2020 - lawdro wrote: 88 Points
Brown murky in color; caramel and muted butterscotch/vanilla nose. Reticent on the front of the palate with a nice brown sugar and cashew midpalate but lacking meaningul depth or expression. Tight and somewhat dry finiish. Bottled 2016. "B" on a good day.
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