Abadia Retuerta '96

[Thomas]

Nancy, for what it is worth: when I worked for a distributor we represented a wine from the Ribera del Duero, Spain. It was a good wine, both Reserva and Crianza styles, but prone to corkiness. The percentage of corky wines we encountered was way out of line.

Also, over the years I have noticed that corks in Spanish wines seem far too problematic when compared to any other European wine region.