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1991 Marqués de Cáceres Rioja Gran Reserva

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12/2/2013 - robertek wrote: 85 points

A wine that has seen better days. Still not a bad wine.

  • Comment posted by Mandamus:

    3/7/2024 3:05:00 PM - Sounds like your bottle went bad (perhaps a storage issue)? Others, including Tim Atkin's 2023 tasting reported that it's still great and likely to hold at least a bit further.
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NV Taylor (Fladgate) Porto 20 Year Old Tawny

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2/17/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: NR

Same as previous. Current bottle was half-full for over 6 months. Little to no noticeable change having tried it again over the past couple of days. (Rating suppressed—see other reviews; done to prevent my multiple notes on this bottle overly influencing reviews.)

  • Comment posted by Mandamus:

    2/19/2024 4:06:00 PM - My pleasure and appreciate your remarks!
Red

2020 Oyster Bay Pinot Noir

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3/22/2023 - Mandamus wrote: 71 points

Reasonably good, with red meat. Quite bitter and nothing special. Short finish. (With family and an involved meal.)

  • Comment posted by Mandamus:

    6/22/2023 4:53:00 PM - Hi John—appreciate your insights and remarks! I was not aware of that scale being in use here. Are you certain that a vast majority of active CellarTracker users also are aware of and make use of that specific scale? I always felt such a scale was quite unfortunate and limiting, due to its range compression. Since CellarTracker specifically provides clear distinct valence options, I felt I could use more of the scale, more similarly to most normative assessments in other areas.

    Regardless, this is good to know, and I'll have to consider it for my ratings. It does introduce issues, however, as I find there's too little room otherwise, especially in trying to maintain relative linear consistency with Vivino and also relative to my own actual relative views. Would be interested in any other thoughts you or others might have on this!

    P.S. I somehow didn't get any notification until I manually checked my Inbox on the Desktop web client and can't seem to find any way to properly thread a reply to you (or notify you). Hope this works.

  • Comment posted by Mandamus:

    6/23/2023 3:36:00 PM - Appreciate those details—that makes sense, thanks!

    Would be interesting to see some data on CellarTracker reviews analyzing these things. I think I'll probably stick to my current scale for now, but it's nice to hear how others do it.

  • Comment posted by Mandamus:

    2/4/2024 11:02:00 AM - Reconsidered and re-scaled score and valence (to Neutral).
Red

2020 Oyster Bay Pinot Noir

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6/11/2023 - johnrm Likes this wine: 88 points

Pale colour. We gave this a couple of hours to open a little (and warm above fridge temp.). The nose was still recessed but it showed good fruit and good balance with integrated acidity. The tannins softened with time and food but the acidity and tannin were essential with food and this was a good partner with stuffed chicken, wrapped in prosciutto. The wine was not great for ‘sipping in the sunshine’ but was very good given time and food.

  • Comment posted by Mandamus:

    6/22/2023 4:56:00 PM - A very interesting and detailed counter-point to my review, as you duly noted. Perhaps I judged this too quickly or just needed to aerate it much more. Looking at some critic reviews now, it seems most think these are only optimal up to one year after vilification—it seems quite possible that your bottle (and perhaps others') was much better stored than the one I had (out-of-town, in another person's home, without proper cellaring in a seasonal climate).

    Hope to try it (or perhaps a more recent vintage of it) again sometime! (Just replied to your comment on my post, in case you have no other way of being notified of that.)

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