Anders,
When someone uses "dull" that's often my first reaction (a TCA taint
below perception threshold), but I don't think this is the case here. I
just retasted this tonight, and what I think:
1) this is a good wine for it's $8 pricetag, but was too
heavy/ponderous for the meal.
2) more importantly, I was tired yesterday. '82 Mouton ( a wine I love)
would have probably gotten a A- ("really nice, but not thrilling").
While my disclaimer notes that I make no claims of consistency, most of
us view tasting notes (from anyone, professional or amateur) as real
snaphots of wines at a particular moment. When in fact they are
snapshots of wines at a particular moment as seen through a flawed lens
(in this case, me). I've noted before that maybe one should take
exuberant reviews of wines I had on a special night with Betsy (or
first night I saw her after she got back from a tour) with a grain of
salt, but how is the reader to know everytime I've had a bad day? No
biggie with me, but one can extrapolate to other reviewers. Taste IS
subjective.