Community Tasting Note

• TastesGoodToMe Likes this wine: 97 points

  April 14, 2024 - Spectacular wine. The multiple 100 ratings from the wine pros on this wine are justified. Solid on all levels. If you like big Napa new world fruit bombs that are not only big but also nuanced and balanced, this is you wine.

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• Yack Man commented:

  4/19/24, 12:31 PM - Nice note on a vintage that can be difficult to gauge currently. A number of 2019's are in flux right now. Multiple ratings, who can you trust these days? I miss Robert Parker, his plate preference was more in line with what I like and though he can sometimes be a bit of a head scratcher sometime, JD is probably my choice. 100 point scores aren't what they use to be in my opinion, they seem to come too easy.

• TastesGoodToMe commented:

  4/20/24, 6:51 AM - YackMan - I agree completely. I see too may 100 point ratings. I do pay attention though if multiple sources are rating that highly and many times they have access early when I am making decisions as to what I want to purchase. I do like the fact that WS is the only that tastes blind and I feel like they are a little more conservative with their scores as a result. At the end of the day, the ratings on CT is what I pay the most attention to. I flag folks with similar likes and takes on wines as me (you being one) and give a lot more credence to these reviews than I do the critics. Lastly, I agree on the '19 vintage. It came out of the gates quickly and now I find a lot of variation by producer as to which are shut down and those that are still open for business.

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