2001 Ch. Leoville-Barton

[Bucko]

A Parker lemming I'm not... I don't care for gobs of hedonistic fruit (read - had the $hit extracted out of it), sweetness (read - 15% alcohol), and new French oak (read - a beaver would gag on this).

I went to a Harlan vertical put on by a cult-chasing friend. The wines generated super high scores by Parker, including a couple of 100 pointers. The tactful answer is that I would be VERY pi$$ed if I had paid big bucks for these wines.

Parker's palate and mine are about 180 degrees out -- that's okay -- there is a wine out there sure to please someone at some point in time.