Just want the number, not the text of the review.
If you have thoughts on the wine, that would also be welcome.
Edit for back story (I may make a more comprehensive post on this later) - There’s a restaurant that I’ve been going to for years that also has a retail license. They sell ALOT of current release wine, and their prices are usually 30%-ish lower than retail. We get offers several times per week, an you reply to the email saying how much you want. I usually swing by the restaurant 2 or 3 times a year, and pick up 4-6 cases of wine.
Last week, i picked up seven cases of wine. One of the wines was supposed to be a 2019 Hourglass HGIII. we opened the first bottle, and I was surprised to see that they had given me the 2021 HGIII instead. It was good, so I wasn’t very upset. But when I emailed the guy about it, he said that the distributor must’ve shipped the wrong wine, but I was “lucky” because the 2019 only got 91 points, but the 2021 got 94 points.
I thought that was a little odd and went back to the original offer which reported the 2019 getting 94 points. I looked them both up, and BOTH vintages got 94 points. So I replied to the guy and told him that, and he replied, almost immediately “Yeah. Sorry - they both got 94 points.”
My initial reaction was “Is he lying to me” but then moved on to other things. Today (a week later) I got this offer for 2020 Crossbarn PN, telling me that it got 94 points. I checked and couldn’t find a rating that high, but I don’t a Wine Advocate subscription anymore. When I asked who gave it 94 points, he said it was the Wine Advocate.
I’m starting to think this guy might be fudging his numbers because most of his clients are point-chasers.