I love being an independent critic. It is rewarding not catering to the industry but really my business model is to help educated the wine consumer on the best wines in the world for the money. Last Saturday, one of our club members hosted a $75 plus Cabernet Event. I always tell people don’t wait until the last minute and buy wines at Total Wine prior to the event. Guess what the guests that were late did just that. One of their wines was good and the other one a complete disaster which Jeb Dunnuck managed to give it 95 points. I always take some heat on my reviews where I trash some established producer that the masses love. Reality I don’t care!!! Wine Disruptors coming soon…
Here is my review of this wine which at $80 a bottle sure did not deliver.
- 2022 Double Diamond (Schrader) Cabernet Sauvignon – USA, California, Napa Valley, Oakville (1/25/2025)
$75.00 Cabernet Plus Event (Liz’s House Minneapolis): This wine showcases the terrible wine reviewers in the world. As a pro reviewer and one of the biggest promoters of the tasting process in the world I was able to show 12 others at this tasting what is clearly wrong with this wine. OAK to start but then gets into a molasses on the palate/finish. The fruit is ripe and this wine is a complete disaster. So I was joking that some critic gave this 95 or higher and sure enough Jeb Dunnick did. WOW!!! Almost a slam dunk for top 3 worst wines of the year. The irony of this at the tasting was I always tell people do not go to Total Wine last minute to pick up a wine for an event and sure enough that is what happened. (72 points)