What I’m Drinking Tonight

Saw this at the Bottle King the other day. Rated a 90 by Parker and only $8.99?

I’m not quite sure how it got that high a score, frankly. Don’t get me wrong, for the price it is an excellent shiraz, but it is a little out of balance for my taste; the tannins and alcohol are too forward, so there’s a combination of slight bite and burn immediately on the palate, followed by good cassis and plum fruit. Like I said, for $8.99 it is quite good, and I’ve bought several more bottles of it, but in an ideal world I don’t make it a 90.
And I’m not sure how they got that picture of Sis for the label.

7 Responses to “What I’m Drinking Tonight”

1. tree hugging sister says:

   August 4, 2008 at 9:46 pm

   I had to branch out when the Old Frothingslosh gig dried up.

2. El Cid says:

   August 4, 2008 at 11:04 pm

   And I’m not sure how they got that picture of Sis for the label.
   God, that’s gonna leave a mark, Bingley. 🙂

3. The_Real_JeffS says:

   August 4, 2008 at 11:15 pm

   “Strong Arms”? More like Bigfoot.

4. Mr. Bingley says:

   August 5, 2008 at 7:44 am

   Hehe, I’ve gotten pretty good at ducking, Cid!

5. tree hugging sister says:

   August 5, 2008 at 11:19 am

   so there’s a combination of slight bite and burn immediately on the palate

   So, when I was posing, they asked me to pretend I was getting ready to tell pretentious wine twits to “kiss my Shirass”. I thought of Bingley immediately and the rest is label history.

6. El Cid says:

   August 5, 2008 at 8:31 pm

   So, when I was posing, they asked me to pretend I was getting ready to tell pretentious wine twits to “kiss my Shirass”. I thought of Bingley immediately and the rest is label history.
   LMAO, THS. Ball in your court, Mr. Bingley…LOL.

7. Mr. Bingley says:

   August 6, 2008 at 6:51 am

   Yeah, well, the only palate she’s familiar with is the one her Boone’s Farm gets delivered on.