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August 04, 2008
What I'm Drinking Tonight
Saw this at the Bottle King the other day. Rated a 90 by Parker and only $8.99?
I'm not quite sure how it got that high a score, frankly. Don't get me wrong, for the price it is an excellent shiraz, but it is a little out of balance for my taste; the tannins and alcohol are too forward, so there's a combination of slight bite and burn immediately on the palate, followed by good cassis and plum fruit. Like I said, for $8.99 it is quite good, and I've bought several more bottles of it, but in an ideal world I don't make it a 90.
And I'm not sure how they got that picture of Sis for the label.
Posted by Mr. Bingley at August 4, 2008 08:45 PM
Comments
I had to branch out when the Old Frothingslosh gig dried up.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at August 4, 2008 09:46 PM
And I'm not sure how they got that picture of Sis for the label.
God, that's gonna leave a mark, Bingley. :)
Posted by: El Cid at August 4, 2008 11:04 PM
"Strong Arms"? More like Bigfoot.
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at August 4, 2008 11:15 PM
Hehe, I've gotten pretty good at ducking, Cid!
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at August 5, 2008 07:44 AM
so there's a combination of slight bite and burn immediately on the palate
So, when I was posing, they asked me to pretend I was getting ready to tell pretentious wine twits to "kiss my Shirass". I thought of Bingley immediately and the rest is label history.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at August 5, 2008 11:19 AM
So, when I was posing, they asked me to pretend I was getting ready to tell pretentious wine twits to "kiss my Shirass". I thought of Bingley immediately and the rest is label history.
LMAO, THS. Ball in your court, Mr. Bingley...LOL.
Posted by: El Cid at August 5, 2008 08:31 PM
Yeah, well, the only palate she's familiar with is the one her Boone's Farm gets delivered on.
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at August 6, 2008 06:51 AM