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Tokaji Aszu for the win! Now, most overrated wine?


Let’s go, day 4!

We’re back, you know the rules, and if you don’t here they are:

  1. One box is voted on per day. The current box is bolded
  2. Please don’t be a fool and comment for a different box or future box, will not count
  3. Winner is top comment after 24 hours
  4. We then advance to the next!

Top 2 runner ups will be posted in the next post!

Runner ups:

Most Underrated Wine Region
– Greece
– Loire Valley, France

Most Overrated Wine Region
– Burgundy
– Provence

Most Underrated Wine
– Barbera d’Alba
– Txakoli

by AustraliaWineDude

26 Comments

  4. Exciting_Role_8787

    Cab’ (especially when referred to as such)

  5. Gomblash

    Cabernet Sauvignon. Sure, there are some nice examples, but the way people go after it, it’s like they don’t know ow there are other options.

  8. Deleted_dwarf

    Perhaps unpopular opinion; but with today’s price v pre Covid: Tignanello.

    (~€90 v ~€140)

  10. StevieJoJo

    Any Wines that achieve an undeserved following purely through label appeal, or hip and cool marketing. Swallowed up by the young, naive and ignorant.

  11. Mchangwine

    The easy answer is Caymus and related manipulated wines like Meiomi, the Prisoner, etc.

  14. bimbiix

    Plenty of edgy natural wines which go for hundreds of bucks but are just faulty

  15. jellyphitch

    I missed yesterday’s, I LOVE seeing Barbera d’Alba as runner up – it’s my go-to red, I’m obsessed with it.

    Overrated? Probably a California Cab Sav, IMO

  16. lordhighsteward

    Rombauer Chardonnay.

    Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio is a close second.

    Both are decent examples of what to expect from their respective grape and regions. But they are not deserving of the pricing they get nor the praise, imo. You can find a dozen better Napa/ Sonoma Chardonnays or Valdadige Pinot Grigio for less $ with a blindfold on in a tornado.

  23. mgastl

    Primitivo. And I say this while drinking a Ridge Pagani Ranch Zinfandel, which is a great wine. 

    Especially in Central Europe and among the Vivino crowd, Primitivo is incredibly popular and highly rated, yet, I’ve not come across many outstanding examples of Primitivo (though I’ve had some). Most taste very rich and jammy, with a very high alcohol content and little precision. 

  24. Polygoon_BE

    Natural wine, the one that should taste like a wine fault because that’s how natural wine should taste like

  26. b_Rose0219

    Caymus or any other big overoaked infused with megapurple Napa cab.