L'Aventure 95-Point Estate - 2 Pack

[tytiger58]

Why is everybody bashing Parker…you all should love him, either you love his palate and buy everything he gives high scores to or his high scores are a perfect example of what not to buy.

No matter who is the critic that’s what you will do.

He is not selling the wine so he is not a shill.

[grapenutz]

What about Wilfred Wong?

[wpegden]

An interesting question is whether the best wines around this price point can reliably outperform the best wines at lower price points in blind tests.

Does anyone know of any studies showing this is the case?

[cortot20]

@grapenutz

What about Wilfred Wong?

Wilfred Wong is an interesting character. He is a serious wine reviewer but you have to understand his perspective when he reviews for BEVMO. The reviews he provides to most of the Bevmo wines are based on what he feels the average wine drinker would give the wine not what he personally would score the wine.

He loves French wine and has predominately french wine in his personal collection, yet for Bevmo he rates mostly Cali wines.

I know all this because I was curious about him after seeing his name on most of the Bevmo reviews.

He is also a paid employee of Bevmo but has said he takes no sides in his reviews.

Hope that helps.

[bsevern]

@neilfindswine

N keithnowak7 mentioned that he prefers Woot because of the winemaker participation.

Speaking of which, given their excellent forum participation on the last woot offering, I’m surprised they didn’t chime in this weekend ?

[richardhod]

@gcdyersb

I have tried a Paso Wine or two with crazy low pH, like 3.3, but ABV and ripeness similar to port. I’d throw the numbers out the window since Paso has some very atypical vineyards and growing conditions in the Templeton Gap area. The description and Parker score seems to tell the story IMO.

As for there being a “deal” here or not, well, with high Parker points and small production, there’s not going to be much discount. Opportunity to buy is about all you can ask for if this wine is in your taste and price window. If you want a big, in your face, effusive wine and can handle the ABV level and oaking, I doubt you can do much better than this. The only thing comparable might be new wave Spanish export cuvees from Jumilla or maybe Priorat, but those still run $50+ range.

At this price I’d probably take 07 CdP 8)

Or possibly BALSAMIC!!

[richardhod]

@Siborg

I agree. Especially based on the CT scores this has.
I always check the CT community before buying.

He is getting paid to rate…while we pay to rate.
Who are you going to trust?

healthy scepticism
Mind you, it’s a skill working out the biases and preferences (and general nous) of the particular bunches of CT reviewers!

[kagayaki1]

@mrprickles79

i was really impressed with Caliza in Paso.
btw the lot18 offer was for the 08 cuvee.
not sure how much it would be different than the 09…would be nice to get a rep on here to clarify a few things…hmmhintmmmm

Lot18 sent out an email offer for the 08 Cote. They also offered the cuvée, but no, I was talking about the Cote offer. I usually don’t post competitor stuff on here, but just to prove my point because it’s closed and you can’t see the price anyway. But it was $67 with free shipping. I know because I ordered one.

http://www.lot18.com/product/1262/2008-l-aventure-cote-a-cote-paso-robles-red-blend

[jawlz]

56 woots (and for a good wine) - ouch. The other L’Aventure didn’t set any sales records either (162).

Too bad, since L’Aventure really does make good wines. Though the woot-discount-proposition that we often see with other high-end wines was definitely missing on these offerings, I suppose.