Community Tasting Note

• TJolley Does not like this wine: 80 points

  March 27, 2010 - ***IMPORTANT NOTICE***PLEASE READ***
  The first shipment of the Stump jump that I received was exceptional, you can see in my previous notes. I just received another shipment, the bottle now has a 90 point WS sticker on it.
  
  I hate to be the one to call out this wine, but it is in no way the same wine that received the 90 WS rating.
  
  The first shipment needed nearly 3 hours to open up, the new shipment is pop and pour and lacks in complexity.
  We tried the first shipment side by side with the new, and it is in NO WAY the same wine what so ever. I still do not understand how something like this could be legal.
  
  Here are my tasting notes on the juice that is currently bottled with a\the 2008 stump jump label with the 90 point sticker on it on it.
  
  Upon opening:
  Aromas of herbs asparagus, and raspberry fruit. Rich and mouth filling, the essence of fruit. very flavorless on the palate. No minerality is experianced on the finish with this one what so ever.
  Where WS brags about this wines Minerality
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  Here is my brief tasting note I posted when this vintage first came in: Without the 90PT WS sticker on it.
  Upon opening this bottle smells like a vitamin and mineral jar. I cannot stress enough that this wine must sit open in a decanter for at least 2.5 hours before the vitamin aromas, and flavor masking, chalky tannins dissipate.
  At around 3 hours after opening, this Shiraz drinks like a $30+ shiraz.
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  I couldn't figure out how this wine was getting such poor ratings on CT, and now I know why, and feel sorry for those who purchased this expecting something great and never had the opportunity to try the original Stump Jump which received the actual 90 Point rating.
  
  I have tried 7 bottles of the first shipment, and now 5 of the new in the last 8 weeks
  This discovery will be a tremendous outrage to the wine community.
  
  ---->I have also confirmed from one of my resources that my discovery IS a fact.<----
  Here is what you will see in the future:
  Soon you will see the 2008 Stump Jump with White screw caps rather than the red screw caps originally on it, at this point this will be the 3rd different wine bottled under the 2008 Stump Jump Label.

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5 Comments

• woahink commented:

  3/28/10, 6:23 PM - Thanks for the "heads-up." Luckily, I still have the older version in my cellar and am enjoying a bottle tonight. Cheers.

• dave smigielski commented:

  4/9/10, 12:52 PM - First of all Whoa... As an ITBer, I do not condone this practice, even if the practice may be prolific throughout the industry.
  
  I think we should break these wines out her on GS so that the notes are separate and those with the real goods can tell from each other.

• TJolley commented:

  4/12/10, 11:51 AM - Agree with Dave, since there are 3 separate versions of this wine, maybe we should some how create 3 different places to review.
  
  As I stated in my original notes, I have just seen the white screw cap version of the Stump Jump go into circulation. I will grab a bottle shortly and write a 3rd review on the 3rd bottling under this label. From what I have been told, the 3rd bottling of the Stump Jump (with white screw cap) is what was supposed to be the 2008 Footbolt.
  
  This is disturbing to me, I deal with wine on a daily basis and am always trying to further my wine knowledge and education to gain higher levels of expertise. If this starts through many producers when are they going to start using false vintages as well. Which raises another question, is the 2nd bottling even McLaren Vale fruit. If one day, I’m going for Master Sommelier these obstacles will interfere with my learning process. I guess at least I’ve already started jumping over these obstacles.

• MindMuse commented:

  4/12/10, 8:33 PM - Here is another way CT/GS can be invaluable to the community, and perhaps keep somebody honest. I hope you let the WS forum and editors know as well.

• markandsusanw commented:

  6/12/10, 7:23 PM - See my tasting note for details but this reviewer is right on. The white cap 2008 Stump Jump Shiraz is a whole different animal than the 2008 red cap Stump Jump Shiraz. The two don't even resemble each other.

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