2007 Meerlust Rubicon
Community Tasting Note
Neecies Does not like this wine:
79 Points
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - I am absolutely at a loss to reconcile Tanzer's 92 pt description against the rotting cabbage/sewage nose on the four identically tainted bottles of Rubicon I bought and poured for a local wine tasting a few weeks ago. Opened early in the day, splash decanted and left to air out over about eight hours, though some fruit developed in that time the stench never did blow away. I'm very familiar with this wine in other vintages and know this not to be typical. But four bottles says it's not a problem with the closures.
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Comment posted by NineteenEightyTwo:
1/29/2014 3:34:00 PM - Did you purchase them from different sources? Sounds like a case that was left out in the sun. I've had three bottles of this in the past month that were all excellent, with nary a sign of the rotten smells you note. Maybe you should press the seller for a refund.
Comment posted by Neecies:
2/1/2014 5:27:00 PM - No, all four from same source, distributor-direct so no retail middleman. I started a discussion about it on wldg.com, and it looks like the issue is mercaptans. The rotting cabbage smell is the classic odor.