2012 Mission Hill Quatrain
Community Tasting Note
Francois Le Mouel Does not like this wine:
82 Points
Friday, December 29, 2017 - Ouf, this was…bad…if I’m really nice, I’ll give it 82 pts. It’s almost as if the wine was past its prime. Tannins are super soft, very thin on the palate…and the nose was almost repulsive (my mother said garbage can!). It’s probably a bad bottle, but I’m just unable to identify the problem.
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Comment posted by darrenv:
12/29/2017 5:04:00 PM - Must have been corked.
Comment posted by Francois Le Mouel:
12/30/2017 5:19:00 AM - I don't think it was corked; the structure of the wine was also an issue...it was thin and had no "presence" on the palate...still drinkable, but in the low 80s for me...I'll drink my 2014 sooner than later.
Comment posted by darrenv:
12/30/2017 12:49:00 PM - I don't buy the Mission Hill higher end stuff since they jacked the prices up. Compendium was my preference, but it's hard to believe they'd bottle poor wine and expect $70! Ouf, as you like to say!
Comment posted by Young Raisin:
4/4/2020 5:45:00 PM - Opened one today.
Spot on with your assessment. Unfortunate.
Comment posted by Francois Le Mouel:
4/4/2020 6:52:00 PM - Sad to read that it was not only my bottle that was off...I stopped buying Quatrain after this experience. Still love most of what Mission Hill produces...had a bottle of Oculus 2014 yesterday and it was excellent (softer and more evolved than what I was expecting, but excellent).