Corked or Cooked or Just Plain Bad?

[Stealthman]

winoweenie, yes the SS was '97. I bought a couple bottles on October 3rd from a retailer in Sacramento (top, top notch retailer) and decided to sample one a week or so later to determine if I wanted to chase down a few more bottles to lay down. I can't say I've opened a million bottles of wine, but we've opened a few [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img] the last several years and I've never seen a cork with stains like this one.