1990 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon
Community Tasting Note
bbq_grandcru Does not like this wine:
50 Points
Friday, November 17, 2023 - The prior negative reviews are accurate! There is something very wrong with this wine. Pure VA. I mistakenly thought I bought the Estate when I recently purchased this at auction. Had I accurately read the reviews I would not have wasted my money!
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Comment posted by oldwines:
11/24/2023 2:01:00 PM - There does seem to be significant bottle variation in these. People, including pro reviewers either love or hate it.
But for the record, Spottswoode only made one Cabernet bottling back in the day… So, this is the same as what today is called “Estate”. I think it has only been since the early 2000’s (2003 was the first with the new label, I think) that they started using that designation and added the Lyndhurst bottling. It is confusing, especially on CT since both show up with the identical databases.
I will have to open one of my 2 bottles very soon and see what I’ve got. I believe my previous bottles were fine but had them before I started taking CT notes consistently.
Cheers!
Comment posted by JoeDwine:
1/22/2024 12:49:00 PM - What do you mean by this wine?
I thought they only made an estate bottling?