![]() ![]() He won that round, but considering the Washington Cab is a totally unknown wine in the industry that sells for $50, a $500 Parker 100 point Bordeaux had better beat it! 2012 Woodinville Wine Cellars Reserve Cabernet), he pulled out a 2005 La Mission Haut Brion. The guy that brings the Eagle each time is getting a little frustrated about it, so to dominate the Washington wine after the most recent comparison (2009 Screaming Eagle vs. To my mailing list, the Woodinville Reserve Cab is now known as the ‘Eagle Eater’. We have done 4 blind tastings with Screaming Eagle: 1997 with a bunch of 1997 cult wines and it won, then 2007, 20 blind head to head with a lesser known Washington cab, Woodinville Wine Cellars Reserve and the Eagle has been shot down each time. ![]() It quoted a link about Screaming Eagle 10 Things We Don't Know About Screaming Eagle | Wine-Searcher News & Features The sixth comment AFTER the article, from Doug Charles of Compass Wines, said the following: My interest in Woodinville started with an e-mail that a good friend sent me in November of 2015. That’s it! There was actually a lot more but thank you for finding this. It isn’t often that the locomotive gets put back on the rails! A rare case of civility prevailing after a dustup here! We suffer a lot of train wrecks here. And it’s nice that so many people here say they overreacted. I really appreciate that you’ve gone back and can see how those posts might have set off the reaction. When OPs bump their own posts up, it kind of looks like self-promotion. Lots of posts here – particularly tasting notes – drew few responses, or only draw responses after several days. And I could kind of tell I wouldn’t like this wine. I’m one of those who used to find Parker useful but now find most wines that he gives high scores to be over the top. It has been nicknamed ‘the Eagle Eater’ for the third Full of power and muscle, itĪlso does it with layers of dark chocolate, cassis and fine grained Sean Boyd does not make this wine every year, so when heĭoes, one needs to take notice. Is there any more information about this wine being preferred over Screaming Eagle in a blind tasting? They don’t really say much in the description. I did some searching for the Woodinville cabernet, and found this in a February 2016 newsletter from Compass wines. Thanks for pointing out a couple of interesting wines. Now, on New Year’s Eve EST well into my second glass of it, I have a deep appreciation for his taste and talent. Then, over the phone (!), we met the wine maker, Sean. ![]() Their passion for the Woodinville Reserve is what led us to the wine. Yes, it was the newsletter that they had a blind, brown bag tasting comparing Screaming Eagle (not sure which year) to 2012 Woodinville Reserve. I really should have expressed myself differently.ĭavid Cooper, I apologize, I don’t know how to link your quote here. I had not thought about that at all when I originally started this thread but now fully understand that there could be and was a different perspective of what I wrote. Ian’s post was very helpful in allowing me to understand the reaction I received. But I found his comment “good luck finding it” to be obnoxious. However I could see how some would wonder if you had a connection with Stackhouse or a merchant selling it.įWIW I’m glad you enjoy the wine. I do get the impression your posts weren’t spam, just enthusiasm at agreeing with Parker and excitement at getting a jump on a Parker recommendation (back in the day this would not have been an unusual attitude on e-bob). The other aspect that would have got people’s suspicions up, is that an occasional poster starts a thread with 3 unanswered posts strongly praising the merits of a particular wine. I’m not surprised this generated some firm responses. You then took a swipe at the board for not responding inside a day. They’re not going to go out and buy a case just because Parker likes it, though they may have done a decade ago. Your post didn’t generate immediate interest, in part because many have come from the point that they hung on every great score from Parker and they’ve now discovered their own palates.
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