2001 Roar, Santa Lucia Highlands

[Bucko]

ANY wine out of balance when it goes into the bottle will come out the same way, give it 5, 10, or 15 years. Don't believe it? Pull the cork on a Dunn. The tannins overwhelmed in its youth and it overwhelms 20 years later. The longer that I drink wine, the more I am unimpressed with the latest sideshow wine of the month. Heavily oaked, heavily extracted wines are a Pamela Anderson to me -- not attractive at all. I want the elegance and spirit of Grace Kelly. But I AM NOT judging other people. Their tastes are their own. Just don't tell me that the latest "abomination in a bottle" will age gracefully, shed its cocoon, and come out a butterfly -- it ain't gonna happen.