Originally posted by Stazi:
Concha Y Torro is vile.
I bought a couple of bottles and thought I was drinking sawdust steepings. It's one thing to have an oaky taste, but another to think you were sucking on the armrest of a parkbench. :toungue:
Try a Don Melchor and come back and tell me that! I've had a few young Conchas that were really raw to drink, but for the most part their entire lineup has been good.
Originally posted by Stazi:
And I'm sorry, but Californian wines, aside from a few select Syrah's are DECADES behind the rest of the world.
You've GOT to be kidding me; I can name dozens of Californian cabs and merlots that torpedo just about anything that the French, Italians, Spaniards and Aussies have put forth. That includes the labels that don't typically make it across Pacific or Atlantic...
Originally posted by Stazi:
Any region that creates a vile concoction such as "Zinfandel"  , cannot be taken seriously in my books.....Not after growing up in the Swan Valley and Margaret River Wine regions of Western Australia. I was horrified when I laid my eyes on this swill when I first got to the US. I just looked at it and said "WTF is that crap?"
Alright, CA does do some pansy-wines, but to paint Atlas, Stag's Leap, Frog's Leap, Cakebread, Chalk Hill and other vaunted cellars with the same brush as some of the cheap Zinfandel makers is nuts!!!
To be honest, wine is about the only thing I'll come running to defend CA on; give them another shot.
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