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Wine Scores
Below is a listing of the wine review scores we frequently reference in our notes. While these sources remain an excellent source of information, we always recommend that you trust your own palate. Scores in these publications often represent the personal taste of an individual critic, which may not always coincide with your own. We have a huge team of excellent wine professionals that can match wines you've had in the past with new arrivals that meet your flavor profile.
- Allen Meadows - Burghound
- Connoisseurs Guide
- Gambero Rosso
- James Halliday
- James Suckling
- Malt Advocate
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
- International Wine Cellar
- Wine & Spirits
- Wine Enthusiast
- Wine Spectator
- The Wine News
- Malt Advocate
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Customer Reviews - Gene
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Gene
Collector/drinker since 1979 and K&L customer since 1985. 800-bottle cellar. Prefer to look for and drink outstanding food-friendly values at under $20 per bottle.
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Reviews |
2008 Bodegas Volver Tempranillo La Mancha
(out of stock)
Review Date: 9-22-2010
This wine is a big disappointment compared to the 2007. It's more alcoholic, at 15%, and indeed tannic, raw, and unbalanced, contrary to the "professional" reviews. Not a particularly pleasant drink, and it's hard to see how it could improve to ever go well with a meal.
Price: $12.99
2004 Zarus Barrica Ribera del Duero
(out of stock)
Review Date: 12-1-2009
There is nothing terribly wrong with this wine. It's just faded in fruit and finish from the Parker and Tanzer reviews of 2 - 3 years ago that are posted in this wine's description. If you're going to spend 14.99, whether for a cocktail wine or for accompaniment to a dinner's main course, there are many better and more interesting choices available in the $10 - $14 range. I regret having bought three bottles based on the obsolete posted reviews.
Drink from
2009
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2009
Price: $14.99
2007 Bodegas Volver Tempranillo La Mancha
(out of stock)
Review Date: 11-24-2009
I didn't like the balance or flavors on first opening it, particularly the tannin level (which is understandable for such a young wine). However, after being opened for a day, and after lots of aeration-by-swirling in the glass, it opened up to reveal some nice flavors balanced by adequate acid. The alcohol, at 14.5%, is a little too high to accompany most subtly flavored dishes, but fine for more-aggressive dishes such as bloody-mary skirt steak.
Price: $12.99
