Community Tasting Note
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JLuch1 Likes this wine: 86 points
June 2, 2018 - Opened and left in bottle, poured a glass and recorked. Tasted after about an hour in glass and then consumed more throughout the evening.
Nose was dried cherries, cocoa, tar. Palate is more cherry (mostly red cherries than black), tea leaves, some herbs. Decent finish that is still pretty gripped with tannins.
Day 2 it was a drinking a bit more mellowed, although the secondary flavors of tea/cocoa that I was getting on day 1 had dissipated to more of a primarily fruit and mineral experience.
Received this as part of the GaryVee monthly wine club where it was touted as a $50 wine. I would have been pretty miffed if I had paid 50 bucks for this. $15 dollar wine at best, and judging by the previous vintages of this wine on CT and their average prices, that seems to be what it was retailing for.1 person found this helpful 2,568 views
4 Comments
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ivorytusk01 commented:
6/4/18, 10:13 AM - If I were you I'd get out of that wine club ASAP! Gary has become a shadow of himself since the days of WLTV unfortunately. This is solely designed to generate income for WL. I was a daily watcher and commenter of WLTV. and it saddens me that he has been reduced to being a shill for his family's store.
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JLuch1 commented:
6/4/18, 10:50 AM - Agreed. I had written a couple paragraph rant about my disappointment in the club and the smoke and mirror tactics being employed by Mr. Vaynerchuk on the delivered value of the club that I subsequently removed. It was a bit over the top and I figured people can figure it out for themselves.
While there were some decent wines provided in the wine club, overall I found the club to be too gimmicky and Gary's video's on the wines too exaggerated, even before I had a chance to taste them myself. Then after tasting them, the video seemed even more ridiculous. I prefer a bit more honesty and realistic expectations from a wine club, even if it means I have to pay more. Not every wine under $20 can just "blow you away" every time, it is an expectation that can never be matched with reality.
June will be my last shipment from the club as my CC has already been charged. -
vineaux commented:
6/15/18, 9:06 AM - To be fair though, what is in it for him to only deliver VALUE for you? When he is a merchant after all, with profit in his mind?! He is in it for the profit. Besides, what if it is true that he does like this type of wine?!
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JLuch1 commented:
6/15/18, 10:30 AM - That is the entire point. I am exchanging $60 of monetary value in exchange for some combination of inventory and intangible value from GaryV/Winelibrary. If all he is going to do is send over wine that has the same, if not higher, margins on it compared to other wine stores within driving distance of the Winelibrary, what am I really paying for? If that is the case, then I am expecting value by means of delivering wine that tastes above its pay grade.
That is not happening here. To add insult to injury, he also makes claims that the wine is expensive, when it in fact, is not. That to me, is the opposite of value and ultimately why I cancelled the club.
There are better wine stores in the Northern NJ area that deliver more value and maintain great profit margins without trying to pretend a wine is $100 that we are just happening to sell for $24.99. Garys Wine and Marketplace (WineLibrary's biggest competitor) is a prime example. I would rather walk in there, explain my taste preferences, and get some random wines that I haven't had before. That to me, is adding value.
You are obviously welcome to do whatever you want with your money. If the club works for you and you are happy with what you are getting, then that is great. I am sure it works for a lot of people for a variety of reasons. It just doesn't work for me.