Community Tasting Note

• sdr Does not like this wine: 82 points

  July 11, 2021 - Peter’s bottle. Undrinkable to me although he and others liked it. Brutally over extracted, bitter and pruney. This is what happens to what could be a fruity flavor when it tastes like it was simmered on a barbecue grill for many hours. Sour prunes, road tar and coarse tannins complete the ugly picture. Yet if you drink enough to dull your senses you can actually swallow it and even keep it down.

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• oldwines commented:

  7/11/21, 4:20 PM - I share your sentiments on this and most of the “cult Cali’s” that get the stupid high scores. I just don’t get what people like about them…
  
  Cheers!
  
  P.s. Sadly I have 3 of these a friend convinced me to get from his allocation for my daughter’s birth year when released…not sure if they will improve with time or just get worse!

• sdr commented:

  7/12/21, 7:23 AM - Hi ow. Can’t get too much worse so if I had any I would sell it or give it away. But I had a different vintage years ago that was actually much better balanced. Still, I am wondering if this particular bottle may have been heat damaged.

• oldwines commented:

  7/12/21, 9:12 AM - I may have to sacrifice one bottle to see and decide if I should sell the other two…cheers! And Thanks!

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