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2004 Vintage Craziness
Looks like the US wine market has gone crazy for the 04 Spanish Vintage. Jay Miller's scores in WA169 seem to have sparked something of a panic with US wine retailers. Of the wines available in Australia, big nods given to Pingus and Termanthia. Clos Erasmus, Benjamin Romeo Contador, Artadi El Pison also got a perfect score. Loads of other wines got record scores. I don't read WA, but I might have to see if I can't get a copy of this issue. Of course, this merely confirms the reports from the Spanish wine media, who have been awarding the highest ever scores to wines from this vintage.
I get the odd unsolicited email from US wine retailers, today I got 30. Strangely, most of the emails still credit Robert Parker with these scores and tasting notes. Its interesting to note that there seems to be something like disbelief from many of the posters on the eRobertParker BB. I wonder if Scott Wasley will swap my old Fender Jazz Bass for a bottle of Pingus….
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My god Shaggy,
don’t think this is a good thing
I’ll swap a bottle of old Hunter shiraz for your Fender? Seems fair.
GW
Only if its got 100pts from Dr. Jay!
I’ve got some of the second wines from some of these guys on the way, should be an interesting few days…
The disbelief ended and the Spanish wine market went into hyperdrive when Parker posted this comment on the BB:
“I tend to think the smart money is on Jay’s Spanish wine reviews…some of you may not know, but Jay has more experience tasting wine than I do(having tasted with him for 20+years, he is usually a tougher grader than I am….I think his reviews are very much on target…a truly profound Spanish vintage intersecting with a young generation of men and women who have been pushing the qualitative envelop for nearly a decade…moreover, they are exploiting some of the finest terroirs in the world….the fact that only Victor is the sole poster to ACTUALLY have tasted the wines(I have had four of the 100 point wines and don’t quibble a nano-second with Jay’s notes) is an embarrassment to this board and to the usual civilized discourse and commentary that makes this board so special…..Spain is producing many of the world’s most exciting wines….if you are unable to accept that… too bad(for you)….but the wine world has never been so exciting
Thanks for the update Paul. That whole thread is an interesting read.
I’m having a look at the Numanthia tonight, so I’ll see what all the fuss is about then.