A bad experience
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- Fred - 06-17-1999 I purchased a 1996 Louis Jadot Morgon recently and it tasted horrible - Was this likely due to storage problems or was this wine simply meant to be drank younger? - Thomas - 06-18-1999 "Tasted horrible" is not much of a description, and could very well be a subjective judgment. Can you describe what the wine tasted like, or what it was that you did not like about it? A good Morgon certainly can last more than three years from vintage. - Fred - 06-18-1999 It tasted much like dirty vinegar - not the slightest hint of fruit, an acid bath for the taste buds I should also mention that under the foil seal there was a greenish film over the surface of the cork, although the unexposed part of it seemed moist and intact. (I don't know the significance of this observation) I guess my question (which seems to be answered by foodie) had been whether I simply purchased a bad bottle of a quality wine or made an error in choosing a wine past its drinkable age. I do believe that there was something not right with my particular bottle, since it was so vastly different from similar wines I have tasted in the past. - Thomas - 06-21-1999 Your description sounds like the wine turned, possibly because the cork was faulty and let too much oxygen into the bottle. Sometimes, minor holes in corks, or perhaps a messed up cork during bottling, could cause air in and leakage out -- the green stuff -- and then the wine turns to acetic acid. You should have brought it back to the retailer. Give the same wine another chance. - Fred - 06-21-1999 Thanks |