SANTA CRUX MOUNTAIN VINEYARD 1994 CAB

[Jerry D Mead]

How crazy is it to make massive red wines that need to be aged, give them that needed age and still charge less than most comparable wines command? What kind of deranged person would be just releasing a 1994 red for less than $20 and not calling it "Reserve"?
You can contact the Santa Cruz asylum, er ah winery, at (831) 426-6209 or e-mail: burnap@ibm.net

Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard 1994 "Bates-Santa Cruz" Cabernet Sauvignon ($19) Really big, really bold, and even with six years already on it, will cellar nicely for another 20 years (but you can enjoy it now!). Intense blackberry and cassis fruit, with earthy, woody, tobacco-leaf complexity. A great Cabernet and a very great value. Rating: 96/94

[winoweenie]

Ran across this post from the Late, Great Jerry Mead as I was looking for a post I'd made. Thot It'd make for good reading. WW

[brappy]

His scoring seems backward from your scoring WW. Or maybe i read this wrong?

[winoweenie]

Jerry did indeed scored the value 1st. I changed mine to the quality 1st in the early 2000s' to correllate with the scoring from the mags valueing the quality scale. WW

[winoweenie]

Opened a bottle of this today with BigRedWines and found this hummer keeps on keepin'-on.b Lovely brite ruby, solid fruits both red and black, with an under of cassis, and chocolate eclair. Long finish and great mouthfeel. We were talking about his foray into Hawaii for the week so not really paying loads of attention to the wine outside of its' obvious quality. WW