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100 Point Rating Guide | ||
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| 96-100 | Extraordinary | A wine of finesse, complexity, and expression. True to variety and region. Perfect balance of flavors with a long finish. |
| 90-95 | Excellent | True to variety and region, with terrific complexity and balance. While not a wine for the ages, a superior example. |
| 85-89 | Good | Meets your expectations, with sound flavors and balance. Might have limited complexity or be short on the palate. A sound wine. |
| 80-84 | Average | Drinkable, might not have as much varietal character. Simple flavors, no flaws, but nothing special. |
| 75-79 | Below Average | Might contain one flaw, simple straight-forward flavors, off-balance, unpleasant. |
| 60-74 | Undrinkable, Flawed | Contains significant flaws. Unpleasant, not commercially acceptable. |
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2 User Reviews
Jul 01, 2007
this is pretty serious. when you can get an acceptable bottle of cabernet for $1.99...why pay $4.99?
as far as extremely affordable wines goes, charles shaw is really onto something [as long as you let him breath for a bit and don't expect your world to change]
May 04, 2007
I tasted this immediately after opening it and I wanted to throw it out the window. It was incredibly tart, thin, and just downright degrading to Cabernets everywhere.
I then let it sit our for about 2 hours, and tried again. Well slap my purple teeth right out ma mouth -- even Charles Shaw can benefit from breathing a little.
OK it's still not great, but a huge improvement from the degrading treatment that it initially heaped on me. A light nose of licorice and berry, flat/sweet and coating on the tongue, but a generally acceptable spicy finish.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record ... it's not bad for 2 dolllars. Real rocket science.
