Community Tasting Note
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55degrees Does not like this wine: 85 points
May 12, 2014 - thin in color with good legs. reddish brown. nose of some fruit but mainly cigar box with a vegetable character.
Very one dimensional with no real fruit to speak of maybe just a trace but overwhelmed by alcohol.
not necessarily past its prime (didnt have it younger) this is just showing poorly from a poor vintage IMHO.3,458 views
7 Comments
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jdtonic commented:
10/29/17, 1:31 PM - Almost certainly a cooked or corked bottle, IMEO.
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55degrees commented:
11/11/17, 2:05 PM - not cooked or corked IMEO
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jdtonic commented:
11/11/17, 6:08 PM - Actually thought we were commenting on the altitude cuvee, but will stand by my (entirely speculatively if) educated assessment in light of a stream of very fine (and older) neighboring napa cabs consumed in the last month which have been both better than delicious, and fresher than fresh!
Tonight’s 1987 Volcanic Hill has sweet tannin polished past a positively greasy feel in the mouth of her perfumed ruby-purple juice... -
jdtonic commented:
11/11/17, 6:17 PM - Yeah, I know: Diamonds and David Arthurs are in comparing like as apples and o’s, but for the record, my date on the D.Art (Bas) vines stands at 2002, and taking suspect provenance personally is kinda like internalizing contempt for the outfits worn by your parents on (or before) the night you were conceived.. rite?
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55degrees commented:
11/11/17, 9:06 PM - ?
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jdtonic commented:
11/12/17, 6:38 AM - So sorry you had a bad bottle. I’ve been fortunate with David Arthur 1147 and “Bas” Cuvées...
Good Luck in Every Good Thing, Bud. -
55degrees commented:
11/13/17, 6:45 PM - When I taste one of the other DA cabs from this vintage I will re-evaluate carefully and post
I also have an 1147 from this vintage so ditto
Cheers!