1997 cabs

[winoweenie]

Took a dozen 97s' to vegas.This is a continum of the under 50 buck group. Will list them as before with the Q/P score without tasting notes as we Did a major number in two nites for the 3 of us.

Kenwood " Jack London 39.......89/89
Lengs & Cooter (Aus)...31......90/93
Lewelling "Wight vineyard" 49...91/90
Liparita " Napa " 48...........91/91
Livingston " Stanleys"...25.....86/90
Markham " Napa"...21............90/95
Merryvale " Reserve"...40.......88/88
Mondavi " NAPA".....27..........89/90
Ch Montelena "Calistoga "...25...88/90
Mt Eden " Old Vines"...48.......91/91
Mt Veeder " Napa "...33.........92/95
Murphy-Goode " Sarahs "....38...90/90

This vintage is all it's cracked up to be. Lots of benchmark wines from both new and old wineries. I'll continue this as the occassion be risin'.

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[RAD]

Couldn't agree with you more about the Mt Veeder, WW. For some reason Jim Laube doesn't think so highly of MV--I think he rates the winery 3 out of 5 in his book on CA wines--which is better for those of us who like buying and drinking it.

RAD

[winoweenie]

'Jes go to show Rad Ole' Bean how subjective the taste-buds be. Laube derned sure 'haint the last word. As a matter of fact I've never even considered him the first word. WW

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[Innkeeper]

J.L. is hawking something called Carter, Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Coliseum Block 1998 as a Hot Pick for 6/1/01 over on the Wine Press. Could this be one of those monsters going nowhere that Dan Berger has been bitching about?

[winoweenie]

Probably IK. I'll add this to my " Do Not Buy " list. WW

[Jorge Rodriguez]

Any thoughts on the 97' Wild Horse Cab from Paso Robles. How much should I pay for it?
Alberto

[winoweenie]

Jorge, welcome to the board. The Wild Horse is a solid producer that offers good P/Q ratio. The wine should be in the 13-16 dollar range. A Nice wine. WW