Community Tasting Note
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gteran76 Does not like this wine: 87 points
April 29, 2022 - Opened for about one hour and then did the mollyshake and start consuming at the restaurant about one hour later.
This wine is lighter than most Shiraz, in particular they upper level Carnival of Love. At this point it’s tannic, lacking fruit and body, too much acid and nothing memorable about it. I have away half of the bottle.
I’m giving it 87+ to be generous with the Mollydooker family. It should get better in a year or two because worse is not possible…1,019 views
2 Comments
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alohashirt commented:
5/6/22, 9:46 PM - There's a weird thing with the Mollydooker wines - they come in four tiers, and sometimes the second tier Blue Eyed Boy and Gigglepot don't always seem better than the same year's Boxer and Maitre'D. That's my subjective impression. I enjoyed the 2018 Blue Eyed Boy, havent had a 2019 yet (I think).
There was a year in my life, when first dating my fiancee that Blue Eyed Boy was our regular "smuggle into the movie theater " wine, and I must have drunk a dozen bottles in this fashion. They were wonderful, but perhaps that says as much about new romance as it does about that wine?
I have drunk more Mollydooker wines than any other producer. I stopped writing reviews because I was feeling like a shill. One challenge I have had is understanding whether I see changes over time or whether my palate is changing. I have been drinking Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc for almost 30 years. I still enjoy it, but it's never as pungent as the 1994, 1995 bottles that I remember. Is it the wine that's changed or is it the effect of me aging?
I really need acidity to enjoy wine. Some 2005 Mollydookers taste blousy and tired - and then others taste sublime. -
gteran76 commented:
5/7/22, 8:54 AM - Acidity & Romance!!!