jcarys
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A thoroughly boring Olema Chardonnay
Color looks great for its age!
Wow, from that Wikipedia entry:Didn't he "invent" Brunello?
ok, here we go:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunello_di_Montalcino#:~:text=One of the first records,above all others in Tuscany.
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Last night was a fun night with a couple of friends, duck, burgundy and lots of music...
That's a high dollar evening!
That made me laugh out loud, I've never taken Parker seriously, at least not for 20+ years. The '05s were my favourites, but the '93 Echezaux was indeed excellent, as was the '88 when the stink had blown off it. The '15 was still a big tannic monster in its youth.I see you fit a '93 in there. My favorite Burgundy vintage of recent years, and proof that no Burgundy drinker should ever take Robert Parker seriously.
Where are the used up DRC bottles?
Wow, from that Wikipedia entry:
"By the end of World War II, Brunello di Montalcino had developed a reputation as one of Italy's rarest wines. The only commercial producer recorded in government documents was the Biondi-Santi firm, which had declared only four vintages up to that point—1888, 1891, 1925, and 1945."
The good old days - four declared vintages in the span of 57 years!
That's a high dollar evening!
I see you fit a '93 in there. My favorite Burgundy vintage of recent years, and proof that no Burgundy drinker should ever take Robert Parker seriously.
That was a '93 La Tache IIRC with the buckets of pasta. Didn't Parker give the 1970 Biondi Santi 70 points (his lowest possible), a stunning wine?
OTOH, he did a lot for the consumer
I would not agree with that. I think he's been a net negative, but people can do what they want to do.
I agree Parker damaged the market for many medium bodied or somewhat eccentric wines in preference to his idea of "hedonism". What do $700 Shiraz or $1000 Shrieking Eagle do for the consumer?
You could say he relieved a lot of customers purchase anxiety by introducing a point system. Just buy 90+ and you'll be okay. Even if you like that idea though (I don't, really) the side effects of the system were awful, as you say re: medium and eccentric wines. Net negative.
Except I found many Parker 95+ point wines undrinkable to my taste. How many 15% ABV reds can you take?
Except I found many Parker 95+ point wines undrinkable to my taste. How many 15% ABV reds can you take?
embrace of several wines that I personally knew to have been artificially manipulated (I'm thinking of a 100 point Chateauneuf du Pape which had been heavily spiked with Grenadine).