Wine Asylum

The Wine Asylum, the leading Internet destination devoted to the enjoyment of wine.

Use this form to submit comments directly to the Asylum moderators for this forum. We're particularly interested in truly outstanding posts that might be added to our FAQs.
You may also use this form to provide feedback or to call attention to messages that may be in violation of our content rules.

You must login to use this feature.

Inmate Login

By default, logging in will set a session cookie that disappears when you close your browser. Clicking on the 'Remember my Moniker & Password' below will cause a permanent 'Login Cookie' to be set.

Moniker/Username: The Name that you picked or by default, your email. Forgot Moniker?	Examples "Rapper", "Bob W", "joe@aol.com".
Password:	Forgot Password?
	Remember my Moniker & Password ( What's this?)

If you don't have an Asylum Account, you can create one by clicking Here.

Our privacy policy can be reviewed by clicking Here.

Inmate Comments

From:
Your Email:
Subject:

Message Comments

Original Message

Cabernet tasting results...

Posted by mkuller on May 24, 2018 at 18:42:17:

..this was supposed to be $25 to $50 cabernets but a couple of them were a little more expensive and apparently purchased with coupons or discounts.

Six of us rated them from 1 to 6 for best to worst and low points wins.

This was one of our more difficult tastings because even though most of the wines were decanted for an hour beforehand, they still changed a lot during the hour or so tasting, so the scores were all over the place.

6. 2013 Groth Oakville $45 - 31pts - 3 lasts - this was a surprise because this is a pretty popular wine. It had kind of a skunky smell that didn't go away - perhaps a bad bottle.

5. 2013 Davis Estates Napa $35 ($60) 22pts - 1 first, 2 lasts - this one was rich with a distinctive flavor, different than the others, with a little fruit and a slightly gritty texture at first.

4. 2013 Heitz Napa $45 - 1 first and 5 fourths - 21pts - it was ok but without much fruit or distinction.

3. 2015 Torial Napa $50 ($60) - 20pts - 2 firsts, 1 last - this is Chuck Wagner's (of Caymus) latest. It was my favorite at first with some depth, complexity and fruit. Later it just seemed a little sweeter than the others (the Meoimi of cabs?).

1/2. 2013 Burgess Estate Napa $35 - 16pts - no firsts, no lasts, 4 thirds - this was pretty good with some nice fruit but without a lot of complexity or depth.

1/2. 2015 Silver Stag $28 (Costco) - 16pts - 2 firsts - I thought it was nothing special (my 5th choice).

For me personally, I wouldn't run out and buy any of these. If I were to get one, I would probably try another bottle of the Groth or go for the Burgess.