This page will feature wines that need Wine Disruption. I am not promoting smoke tainted wines, sweet Napa Cabernets and many more wines around the world not worthy of you spending money on.
2026 Quarter One Wines Disrupted
Well I didn’t count on going until the last day of January to disrupt a wine but we finally got one. Another Caymus crap wine. Guy asks for a wine recommendation at Total Wine and brings this crap and finishes dead last.
I have not enjoyed Mollydooker wines for many years now and this is no exception. What a hot mess this wine is.
- 2020 Mollydooker Shiraz Blue Eyed Boy – Australia, South Australia
Sampled out of a Glasvin universal. Well this wine is get disrupted. What an absolute mess of a wine. I have found recent vintages of good Aussie producers dialing it back on alcohol and in your face styles. This is in your face and a hot mess. First I get the heat and tastes like it was aged in a charred Bourbon barrel. Eucalyptus, WOOD, spices and hard to detect fruit hiding in this mess of a wine. I don’t think 3 days would save this one and I am not willing to buy a bottle to find out. Not even the Mollydooker Shake could save this one. 16.5% alcohol. (75 pts.)
- 2021 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon 1858 Napa Valley – USA, California, Napa Valley
Well a member of the club asked Total Wine for a recommendation and that is never a good thing. My first wine disrupted in 2026 and this is a top 10 worst wine of the year candidate. Artificial sweetener, dirt and smoke. Not much going on here other that it is a very difficult wine to drink. (60 pts.)
Same night 2nd wine disrupted. The scores on this wine are off the charts and I have seen this game before. Tasted this blind and hated it. At first got a smoke taint vibe.
- 2018 Leonetti Cellar Aglianico Serra Pedace Vineyard – USA, Washington, Columbia Valley, Walla Walla Valley
What a strange wine. Again Washington brining these grapes usually are not a good fit and this is one of the more expensive wines I would never buy. Tasted blind and got ash tray, lacks fruit, spice and floral notes. Compared to the other 3 wines at the table it was dead last. Sad part is the guy who brought this could have finished top 3 with a Saviah Funk Syrah but choose not to bring it. (81 pts.)
2025 Quarter Four Wines Disrupted
Wines Disrupted: 2009 Saxum James Berry Vineyard 2023 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 K Vintners Syrah Powerline Vineyard 2020 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2024 Boisset Cellars The Caster 2023 Diatom Chardonnay 2022 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon California
2025 Quarter Three Wines Disrupted
Wines disrupted: Pra Vinera Zinfandel, 2020 Lockwood Pinot Noir, 2021 Carlisle Syrah Papa’s Block, 2022 Simi Cabernet Sauvignon, 2019 Kelly Fleming Wines Big Pour, 2019 Tread Pinot Noir
2025 Quarter Two Wines Disrupted
- 2015 K Vintners Syrah Royal City – USA, Washington (6/21/2025)
Walla Walla 2.0 Event (Tonya’s House Minneapolis, MN): Well one of K’s top wines and no one liked this and got no top 3 votes. Motor City Kitty is much better. Smoke, earth, light fruits, dried flowers and dust. Just nothing exciting here and a boring wine. By far last place. (84 points)
2025 Quarter One Wines Disrupted
Featured: 2022 Double Diamond, 2019 Orin Swift Cabernet Sauvignon Mercury Head, 2019 Lamarque & 2020 Lamargue2019 Acumen Cabernet Sauvignon Mountainside 2020 Bodega Catena Zapata Malbec Nicasia Vineyard.
2020 Weather Eye Syrah & Cabernet Smoke Tainted
