Community Tasting Note

• justburg wrote: 83 points

  January 31, 2015 - 3 Burgs and a Barolo at W's. Mildly corked. Bright to medium red. Beyond the cork taint, there was some cherry cola, raspberries and floral notes. Palate seemed fairly unaffected by the taint, but was very simplistic. Some faint fruits ad sweetness. Where was the terroir? Although we were drinking a 1999, it seemed almost like a Bourgougne from say 2007. Drinkable but hardly inspiring. And this is a Grand Cru. From 1999.

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3 Comments

• Puteljen! commented:

  2/4/15, 3:05 AM - Had this wine on several occations and really liked it. If it was corked and you noticed it, shouldn't you mark it as flawed instead of giving it a score, even if it was drinkable?

• justburg commented:

  2/4/15, 3:32 AM - I've had a few maderized / corked bottles over the years and if you had run through my notes, you would not have found a single rating on these, reason being I find it would be unfair to grade a bottle that was at least 50% undrinkable. For the Jadot 99, I mentioned it was mildly corked and the palate was fairly unaffected. I could also detect the wine's profile and character well enough. In my opinion, that would have warranted a tasting note. But appreciate your comment.

• Puteljen! commented:

  2/4/15, 4:23 AM - Ok! Everyone to one's own, but personally I find it hard enough to be objective on a subjective field, without trying to judge how much to a faint cork taint or other fault detracts from a score and then try to compensate for that. I might add a tasting note, but I refrain from scoring.

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