Corked Wines.

[brappy]

I deal with this all the time. I really think the only way to know a bottle is corked is from experience with corked bottles. And even then, some wines slip past that are mildly corked and the wine seems "just not that good" or "just not much to it".

In the past year, I've had 2 situations at home in which I had 2 bottles back to back corked. The first was a couple of chardonnays. Opened the first bottle and WOW.. corked beyond belief. Had another chilling. Opened this one and it wasn't as bad but gone none the less. Another time, I wanted to show some good Grenach. I decided to open one of my last two Clarendon Hills Grenache Hickenbothom(sp). The bottle I opened was mildly corked but enough so that I could tell right off. I had one left. I really wanted to show this wine as I thought it showed unbelievable grenache fruit. Second bottle was so bad I drew my head back as I popped the cork. Talk about being pissed off.......

So, it doesn't happen often, but when it does it simply sucks.

I've had plenty of great bottles of Carendon Hills wines since then but have a major problem buying them still. (Actually, I have several down in the cellar I'd love to open if you're in the area.)

Anyway, corked wines are a pain in the A$$. Especially if you can't return them. Glad you brought this up as I needed to rant.......

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