2017 Michael-David Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Freakshow

Community Tasting Notes (19) Median Score: 88 points

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  5/8/2021 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 70 Points

  Day 1: Got this in my Santa sack and let me tell you I must have really been bad in 2020! Easter egg dye, water, some spice and diluted red currants. To say this has a short finish would be an understatement. This wine is totally made for the consumer that slams their wine and looks for fun labels. 65 points
  Day 2: Sweeter. Now we are talking. Spice and sweet fruits. Cardboard after taste. Big improvement as it is now! 68 points
  Day 4: Wow is this sweet now! Candied fruits in the house. Acidity almost non existent. Had to drink a cup of coffee to kill the taste. 67 points
  Day 5: A little better. Fruit not as canided and some nice smoke notes. Never give up on a wine. 70 points
  Recommendation: If you are a label shopper go for it. If you want something about the same price range that is good then buy Substance Cabernet from Washington.

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  3/26/2021 - Rokitma Likes this wine: 91 Points

  This is such a great wine to hang out with friends and sip. I originally bought it because I liked the label (my son is a wrestler and has gone to a national tournament called Freakshow) and it was at Costco, so glad I did. It is one of my go-to wines. Beautiful deep purple, notes of blackberry and light pepper, holds up really well with multiple day drinking (using my vacuum sealer).

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  3/13/2021 - Samaul wrote: 83 Points

  Röd, halvtät, sikt djup
  
  Ek, vanilj, svart vinbär, gröna toner
  
  Fylligt, svart vinbär, sötsliskigt

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  3/13/2021 - Micke356 wrote: 85 Points

  Fyllig cab med mycket fatkaraktär, ok vin men inte så mycket mer.

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  11/5/2020 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Retail $17. I am not entirely sure, but I think once that Michael David sold off the 7 Deadly Zins brand, this brand became their flagship and main focus. I'll have to give David Phillips a call and pry it out of him. Not surprisingly, this is a fruity, fruity wine. And big, really big. It's also fun, boisterous, and jammy--kind of the antithesis of Lodi, as a matter of fact. The palate is equally big and jammy as one might expect from a wine called "Freakshow." This is not the wine, perhaps for a candlelit dinner at home with the newly identified love of your life, but when the crew comes over to watch the game? Or for homemade sloppy joes slathered in coleslaw? Oh yeah. Gimme some o that. thedrunkencyclist.com

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