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JimmyV

Central Connecticut

Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5024

07/22/2003 2:28 PM
Wine Library is the only place I know of that sells this wine, and a search on Wine Searcher backs this up. The back of the bottle says: Produced and Bottled by Santa Maunela Winery-Arroyo Grande. Is this some sort of outfit that buys up leftover bulk grapes/juice, or is it an actual winery. I bought 2 bottles of the '01 Edna Valley Reserve Chardonnay ($16.99) to round out a mixed case, and would love to know what I've got in my basement. Anyone have any insights? I could find nothing about this winery on the web. By the way, I had one last night, and while not distasteful, I found it waaaay too sweet. Like 5% residual sugar kind of sweet. My second bottle will be used to try to "flip" a White Zin drinker over to the good side.

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JonesWineNo1 User is Offline

Sommelier
Posts:8568

07/22/2003 2:32 PM
I don't about the winery but I am not a fan of the name - talk about tempting fate.

Budman

Master of Wine
Posts:11841

07/22/2003 3:18 PM
I suspect Wine Library has an exclusive type of deal with whoever Sharpshooter is. My guess is that they buy a ton of it cheap, and try to market it as if it were the second coming of Kistler. If it works, everybody in the food chain makes money. I tried it last year. Columbia Crest and Meridian were twice as good at less than half the price. This may be the same type of thing (for those of you who are familiar) that the Total Wine chain does with Golden State Vintners stable of wines. When you go into a Total Wine store, every Golden State brand (Edgewood/Summerfield etc) is on EVERY aisle in the store. Every time you turn a corner, there's more of it. Most of it is not worth buying! Sorry for the rant. I lost it there for a moment.

Daniel Posner User is Offline

Grape Fermenter
Posts:586

07/23/2003 12:20 AM
Just a retailer that has opted to buy the whole allotment of something, make up their own prices and charge whatever they want and then let Gary V. rate it 89-91 so Bud will buy some. Zachys does it with Wilson Daniels chardonnay. They say it is a $30 chard for $20. I can tell you that some of the juice comes from Silverado. I know nothing of the Sharpshooter. I do know that my offering on 2000 Tignanello tomorrow will be cheaper than the "lowest price in the United States" if all goes as planned.

Bradley Molzen User is Offline

Bayonne, NJ

Wine Lover
Posts:4974

07/23/2003 12:29 AM
I have two years of the Sharpshooter Chard, and honestly, they are fairly decent. I think the price isn't too high for the quality. I bought about four each year.. They are both very thick Chards, very buttery, lots of extraction... Worth a try IMHO. I forget what I rated them, but definitely high 80's.

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GATC

Barrel Sampler
Posts:2420

07/23/2003 1:53 AM
You mean they would be better calling it Phylloxera Vineyards?

JonesWineNo1 User is Offline

Sommelier
Posts:8568

07/23/2003 2:03 AM
At least we have a fix for that problem.

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