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- MikeE - 05-06-1999
I loved this upon release and tried a bottle last night. It has lost nearly all the "Rutherford dust" edge it had and is now fairly light in flavor. I'm not sure if I have an off bottle or not, but I would have thought that this would have held onto its fruit a bit better than it showed last night.
If they're all like this, better pop 'em soon because they won't last too much longer.
- Bucko - 05-06-1999
When a young wine like this seems to have lost a lot of fruit, it often indicates that the wine is mildly corked, below most people's taste threshold. I'd try another bottle before writing it off, FWIW.
Bucko
- MikeE - 05-06-1999
Hey Bucko, thanks for the tip. I have a few more bottles in the cellar, so I'll give it a go.
ME
- Van The Man - 05-07-1999
Mike -
My wife and I had one of these from a 375 mL on Saturday night (5/1/99). It was really nice and still had loads of character. In fact, we were shocked how big, juicy and sweet it still is.
I bought a case of 750s and a dozen 375s and this was the first I had out of that batch so I hope it's not drying up already and tend to believe it's probably not.
As Bucko suggests, give the wine another try.....