Most useless tasting note I've ever seen...

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Certainly not the most useless note but maybe the most accurate of the year. Don’t agree with the score though.

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2018 Orin Swift 8 Years in the Desert California Zinfandel Blend, Zinfandel more
Options 92 points
Zin, PS, syrah blend. Super opaque inky color. Smooth medium tannins. Medium minus acid. Lucious blackberry and raspberry.

Minus acid. Nailed it! [cheers.gif]

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And this one. Not sure the wine was even opened.

2013 Next of Kyn Syrah No~7 Cumulus Vineyard
12/25/2021 - xxxxxxxxxx250 LIKES THIS WINE:
Been dying to try this but waiting for a special occasion, I’m thinking Christmas dinner is a good choice.

Perhaps I will add a note for the 1961 Petrus and post, “Would love to try this”. [berserker.gif]

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2016 Ladera Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley (USA, California, Napa Valley)
Tasted by … on 11/1/2017: Really bright tropical fruit, crisp and refreshing, clean cut, quite tasty. A heavy muscat clone, which shows. I kinda am having a Napa Valley moment…

This one has to be top 5!

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I don’t want to make fun of this person if they were having a stroke while dictating, but…
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Sounds expensive.

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Everyone’s experience is different.

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Hey, that was the combination to my high school locker!

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Loved this! 81 points [head-bang.gif]
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From Cellar Tracker:

2019 Tensley Syrah - “Had with beef stroganofff”

Yeah, that tasting note helps a lot!!

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2011 Hunnicutt Cab - “Drank at Hoyt’s for Joan’s bday”

I’m currently looking for a bottle of '11 Hunnicutt and a friend named Joan.

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Just an FYI that theres a real name policy on this forum [cheers.gif]

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Thanks Rich. I was trying to change that but couldn’t find the option/location. I’ll keep searching.

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If you want to change the username itself, you have to reach out to Todd or one of the moderators. Alternatively you can add your last name, in some form or other, to your signature. Just go to User Control Panel → Profile → Edit signature

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2017 Long Shadows Wineries Merlot Pedestal 100 Points and then 99 points. No notes but something really impacted that one point!

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Wow… not flawed, not bad… canceled! That says it all.

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Canceled! I would have liked that ! for the extra statement on the wine!!! [wow.gif]

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Might have a new leader on the leader board. First post $20 Aussie Shiraz. Might be the worst name for an Aussie wine since Yellow Tail!

2017 Adam Barton Shiraz Rabbit & Spaghetti Barossa Valley
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 - Mellow beginning with a bold citrus finish and slightly sweet after taste. Good mouth feel. Enjoying with steak but could also go well with chocolate (not fish). 100 points

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2012 La Rioja Alta Rioja Viña Ardanza Reserva (Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja)
Tasted by J… S… on 1/25/2022 & rated 80 points: Pleasant example, good fruit and clean. Sl disappointed as lacked some complexity

201 tasting notes and then this one. Why do these people even post on Cellar Tracker? Of course the user does not take comments which should tell you everything.

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Always a better one than the last. I always love the users who don’t take comments.


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2018 Elouan Pinot Noir Oregon more
Options1/23/2021 - JWRIFHT010 WROTE: 100 points
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11.5% alcohol; imported by CIV (USA), Sacramento, California; unusual disclaimer on the label denying any connection with Louis Roederer’s Cristal Champaign; standard wire cage with a decorative enameled cap depicting a scene more reminiscent of China’s Great Wall than anything in Spain; light to medium foil, composite cork; weak to moderate pressure with surprisingly few bubbles; the Cava is a deep apple-juice amber with fast to medium legs; the stopper has no aroma but the Cava itself has a deep-welling nose of peach nectar, pear juice, and apple/crabapple juice embedded in a haze of alcohol; > the bottle was opened yesterday to celebrate Mother’s Day (inauspiciously as it turns out; Sharon fell down and fractured her leg early this morning), > preserved in the fridge and with a Mumm stopper, and not really evaluated until 24 hours later, at approximately 20 degrees C; as I first recognized yesterday, this sparkling wine appeals to the middle and back of the tongue, leaving a long finish one doesn’t often find in ‘the traditional method’ (secondary fermentation in the bottle, this bottle, as the label puts it); sweetness is minimized in favor of something far deeper, a kind of fruity bitterness that lingers on the tongue; pair with organ meats like heart, liver, and tongue, or with hard cheeses like Gouda, Emmenthaler, Gruye’re

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