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...group of 7 tasted 7 cabs blind - low score is the favorite.
7. 2013 Cameron Hughes Lot 600 Oakville - $25 - 36pts - one first
6. 2012 Chateau St. Jean Sonoma - $24 - 32pts - one first
5. 2013 Oberon Napa - $22 - 32pts - one first (and one second)
4. 2013 Louis M. Martini Sonoma - $15 - 31pts
3. 2013 Stuhlmuller Alex. Valley - $34 - 26pts - one first
2. 2013 H3 Washington - $10 - 25pts - one first
1. 2013 Earthquake Lodi - $25 - 14pts - two firsts
Interesting since almost every wine was someone's first choice. The Earthquake was by far the favorite, but the H3 (available at Safeway) is the bargain.
A Lodi wine won last month's zin tasting as well so their wines must be getting better.
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I found it too ripe and lacking any complexity. It reminded me of a typical cab from Paso Robles. Both are warm growing climates and the fruit seems to get a softness and almost toasted flavor. I can see why it would appeal to the fruit bomb crowd.
Have you tried Conn Creek cabs? Their 2012 is about $24 and usually available in good supermarkets. Not a great cab but more along the lines of what I like in a cab. Subtle dark fruit, some tannins, and a bit of complexity.
...agreed - same with the H3.
Fruity and drinkable tends to win the tastings but as you can see just about everyone voted a different one #1.
It's similar to ranked choice elections where the #2 candidate tends to win.
I tasted one on T-Day (2012 or 2013 as it tasted young/fresh) and enjoyed it quite a bit.
I brought a few bottles of Dry Creek Zin (the one that has the ugly dark Grey label) and it was also a hit, though I did not care for it @ all (the meaty component reminded me of the scum that rises when you parboil pork ribs).
...I will look for it.
As you see, the Earthquake (which I had never heard of) won our cab tasting.
Thanks.
was theirs per the namesake.
I am going to grab a couple of these because I am so out of touch with the price point. I can't imagine what a 1o dollar Cab tastes like. The H3 comes specifically from the Horse Heaven Hills AVA (at least I assume) where it is very hot and dry. Windier than other spots as its near the Columbia Gorge where wind comes racing thru. As a rule that usually means tougher skins and more tannins.
But it's carrots that made the area an agricultural powerhouse. In the fall I see truck after truck of bright orange carrots being driven from the wash station. There is also garlic, onions, and potatoes grown around the area.
What always strikes me about the place is that are very few people. The "town" where I get my Cab has a sign that says population 34. And thats the big burg!
...if I'm not mistaken WS gave the 2012 H3 92pts and the 2013 91pts.
Unusual for a wine that inexpensive.
What did you think? Worthy of a score over 90 points?
I've heard so many stories about reviewers. I'm not going to say it out loud because I don't want to get sued for slander( most of these are told second hand), but I wouldn't doubt they are true. I've seen reviewers so drunk they made assses out of themselves. I've heard of reviewers sitting next to someone local (a winemaker) being fed info by while they tasted all the wines from the valley. What kind of info? Who knows. I've heard of reviewers begging for someone's wine to review so they could be part of the "IN" crowd.
I read something the other day, a winemaker said a reviewers scale should consist of two options: Yum or Yuck. I kind of like that. I think people get too caught up in the rest.
On another front, I saw a t-shirt that said "If you don't like Riesling, you are a fucking idiot"
Too strong? Its what i want to say about 50 times a day!!
...no I don't think it's that good.
It's fruit forward and drinkable but lacks depth and complexity - for drinking now as it probably won't age well.
A couple of weeks ago I was at Hess Collection in Napa and liked their 2012 cab ($55) - it was more of the classic cab with some fruit in the center surrounded by a little oak and soft tannins.
Reisling? My wife likes it and it goes well with spicy Asian food, but not a wine I would drink often.
Can I ask why you don't like it? Just curious. In my opinion (just mine) its one of the few whites with real complexity.
I taste so many awful white wines. Especially domestic. chard, viognier, pinot gris.
Give me a chenin blanc or gawurtz, or riesling any day.
I think people are afraid of sweetness...they think sweet wines mean they are amateur tasters.Or are unrefined. Granted there are many bottles of Riesling made every year that are out of balance...too sweet with not enough acid. But made with balance...
...my wife drinks whites, usually Chardonnay, maybe viognier or a sauvignon blanc that isn't to dry and acidic.Realize we are drinking most of it without food, say, in the summer out on the patio.
We found a nice chardonnay and dry rose at Cline last weekend.
She buys an occasional different white when she finds something that appeals to her.
I may have a little chardonnay outside (Neyers, Ferrari-Carano and Landmark Outlook are some of her favorites) but I prefer reds.
Zinfandel was the wine in 1982 that really got me going on wine and it is still one of my favorites, although I like pinot noir, blends, cabs syrahs and the occasional Washington merlot or sangiovese.
Maybe I just haven't explored reislings, pinot gris and gewurtztraminers enough to develop a taste for them.
Edits: 02/23/16
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