Cranberry juice

[craigrow]

A while back I purchased a bottle of L'Ecole #41 2000 Merlot. It was extremly tart. I fugured maybe it was too young. Later, I purchased a Duck Pond 2000 Pinot Noir, it was even more sour. It was even more tart, like cranberry juice. I figured it might be too young, but not likely. Recently I opened a bottle of Columbia Winery 1989 Red Willow Cabernet Sauvignon, it too was very tart. I know this bottle is not too yound, it's perhaps too old!

What gives, were these wines made to taste this way? Other Red Willow Cabs I've had do not tast similar. Are these bad bottles?

[Innkeeper]

Hi Craig, and welcome to the Wine Board. Pick up a Reunite Lambrusco. Then pick up a 2002 Beaujolais (not a Nouveau). Then pick up a fresh Washington State Syrah. If you sour out at any point, back up.

[winoweenie]

Hi craigrow and welcome to the board. This sounds like a classic case of "winetasteslikecranberryjuicesyndrome". WW

[craigrow]

Thanks for the comments. However, this is NOT a case of my specific taste preferences. I would not be interested in sweet wines and Beaujlais bores me. I like quite a few Washington State Syrahs. None of them tasted like the Pinot Noir I'm referring to. I'm talking about Ocean Spray cranberry juice here! Also, I have had many different vintages of the Red Willow and none tasted like this particular bottle. I'm convinced there was something wrong with these bottles. I am very curious what that is.