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"...I found the vintage's wines tasted subdued and restrained ratherthan opulent, powerful or flamboyant." (James Laube in Wine Spectator [2007])

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"...I found the vintage's wines tasted subdued and restrained ratherthan opulent, powerful or flamboyant." (James Laube in Wine Spectator [2007])

Aesthetically speaking, isn't subdued and restrained preferable?

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