2019 Caterwaul Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
Community Tasting Note
joseph120 Does not like this wine:
Saturday, March 26, 2022 - Very little nose. Round flabby blue fruit-forward mid-palate. Finished with a whimper at best. If a bottle costs more than $50, it's gotta have some sort of structure and backbone in my book, and this bottle was sorely lacking in these departments. One-dimensional. Why this wine gets so many positive reviews is beyond me.
(Ok, what do I like that has some of the characteristics that were missing here? (I find it helpful when reviewers do this - gives me a sense of their palate, so I shall do that here.) I've had a couple of 2018 Le Pich Cabs lately - they were good. Price was around $54 with ten percent off 6 bottle discount at AJ's.)
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Comment posted by TastesGoodToMe:
3/28/2022 5:50:00 AM - Bottle variation perhaps??
Comment posted by Double blind taster:
4/9/2022 12:58:00 PM - Hi I like a man with an opinion Had this wine and my impression was I did mind at the price a couple more bottles in the cellar I completely agree tell me what you like to see if we are on the same page Feel free to suggest any wine that has wowed u I currently in the marketplace Cheers Tobert
Comment posted by joseph120:
4/11/2022 8:02:00 AM - To: Tastes Good to Me: You might be right about bottle variation, but I doubt it. I did unfortunately buy two of the bottles, so I'll naturally repost my further impressions when I drink the second bottle.
To: Double blind taster: After purveying the WS 2022 Top 100 for reasonably priced wine, I noticed that the 2018 Wild Thing Zinfandel by Carol Shelton was on the list, so I've had 3 of those so far, and after the third - that tasted great with no bottle variation! - I went to AJ's to buy all 6 that they had on the shelf. This wine is a great example of a fruit forward wine which for me is still not a fruit bomb, and has a wonderfully balanced acidic and tannic finish, giving the the taster a layered experience, as opposed to the monotony of the Caterwaul. (Price was under $20.)