97 St. Supery (Napa)

[RAD]

I'm gonna be the black sheep on this one.

I've posted on this wine before as a side note in the zin thread; bought a case of it from LA wine merchants at $14.99 per.

My notes: nice garnet color, nose of cassis and plum, with a touch of cocoa; oak evident on the palate, with firming tannins, a touch of tobacco on the finish, with moderate length. Decent everyday-type drinker. Went really well with a bacon cheddar cheeseburger.

FWIW, WS just ranked this a Spectator Selection and gave it a 91 (I bought the wine BEFORE the rating, thank you). [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

But Blue, I had another bottle lying around that I'd bought individually, before I purchased the case. My notes indicated that I opened it about 2 weeks ago, after I'd purchased the case (I'd tried the wine previously, and liked it pretty well), and found it overwhelmingly bitter. I dumped the whole bottle out. Perhaps there is some bottle variation.

RAD