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• OG-Wino Does not like this wine:

  August 9, 2020 - I'm going with "I just don't get this wine".
  
  Despite 6 hours of air on day one, and then another 3 hours on day two after the day one experience left me wanting, I never got past the super-acidic, super-lemon-grapefruit stage. Never found the weight that others experiences either. No honey, no stone, no minerality -- just tart yellow/pink citrus.
  
  I am almost always aligned in my notes with the most of the others who commented on this wine, and I'm also a fan of all of the other Vice Versa wines, so this is very confusing to me. Since I had a similar reaction (and dissonance) re: the 2016 VV Platt Chardonnay, I'm left with the sad conclusion that this wine is simply beyond my understanding.

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3 Comments

• pbreton commented:

  8/9/20, 1:53 PM - What was the serving temperature? It sounds like it might have been too cold. We like to serve this at cellar temperature.

• OG-Wino commented:

  8/9/20, 2:39 PM - pbreton -- don't think it was the temp. On day 1, although I did have the decanter in a cooled water bath after removing the bottle from the cellar, I was regularly tasting from a glass that was allowed to warm. And on day two, I re-decanted the bottle and didn't use a bath, and over time re-tasted a number of times with the final tastes approaching room temperature. What's weird is that this one doesn't seem to be a matter of taste, where people just prefer different things -- this one seems more like me simply not tasting what others are tasting. I feel like this is one of those one PTC tests, where some people can taste something and others just don't. Folk that I almost always agree with (plus you, since I love all the other VV's!) think this is great, but so far, I'm not understanding this wine.
  
  That said, I'm also hopeful that more age does it for me -- I still have two more each of both the '16 and '17, so I'll revisit each in a year+ and see how it goes.

• pbreton commented:

  8/9/20, 4:35 PM - Thanks for your input. Much appreciated.
  
  I'm glad you like my cabernets. Please let me know next time in the valley.
  
  Best

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