Putting money where mouth is

[Thomas]

Well, the wine was Lawson's Dry Hills, 2001 Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough. Unfortunately, the only thing going for this wine is the screwcap.

The nose identifies Sauvignon Blanc via vegetal/kitty litter, and then it is down hill from there. If there is any SB character in the thin-bodied wine, it is obliterated by the hotness of the stated 13% alcohol (with 1.5% leeway up or down in alcohol reporting, I have to believe this one is on the 1.5% upside).

According to the distributor's price, I would have to retail it at $17 or $18. The wine isn't worth half that to me. If they are not careful, this wine might give the Lawson's screwcap experiment a bad name.

When I pointed all this out to the distributor sales rep he gave me the standard reply: "you must have gotten a bad bottle." Indeed I did.

[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 02-02-2002).]