I&#x27;ve probably posted this  here before, but I actually found the reviews of audiophile equipment and wine to be almost identical.<p>&lt;anecdote&gt;
A few years ago I sent one of the first bottles of wine I ever made (a Barolo, still quite young) to a friend of mine with a comment to the effect that &quot;it&#x27;s not bad, but it has an aftertaste of asphalt. Probably needs to be aged more.&quot;<p>He replied with a link to a review of an expensive Barolo that indicated &quot;hints of tar.&quot; But my major takeaway from that review was how it sounded exactly like the high-end audio reviews I used to read.&quot; Substitute the word &quot;amplifier&quot; for &quot;wine&quot; and you&#x27;d never know the difference.
&lt;&#x2F;anecdote&gt;<p>BTW: I kept a few bottles of that batch and after five years, it was delicious. Five years was all the willpower I had :-(