Community Tasting Note

• m.lupus wrote: 98 points

  September 26, 2017 - Disclaimer: I had never tasted the 1990 vintage before; perhaps the particular bottle we enjoyed had aged particular well.
  
  I have tasted (even) more expensive wines, such as Pingus, but never a better one. This is a truly majestic wine, awesome and stunning! How such a wine has a rating below 93 whereas a boring fruit bomb like Caymus Special Selection (aka "Liquid Marmelade") typically rates above 94 is an utter mystery to me.
  
  Then again, to paraphrase Mark Twain, let us be thankful for the fools who prefer fruit bombs. But for them, the rest of us could afford Vega Sicilia, and similar wines, even less.

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• jdtonic commented:

  10/7/18, 2:44 PM - The reason garbage vints like silver oak and caymus get high scores is lack of crossover. Ergo: people who drink that swill are unlikely to drink Haut Brion or Vega, and run up the scores at complete unawares that entire bigger universes even right up the road at Phelps even exist.

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