Community Tasting Note
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Griffeyfan04 wrote:
June 7, 2017 - Have to admit this was kind of disappointing. Hoping it was just an off bottle because the others I have had are great like they usually are. Might be through a little phase maybe. Gonna give the others 6 months maybe....
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Frank Murray III commented:
6/7/17, 4:05 PM - Thanks for the note. So, I am curious about it. If you were disappointed, what caused this for you? Why was it off? Sincere question, as your TN doesn't provide an answer.
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Griffeyfan04 commented:
6/7/17, 4:24 PM - Yeah didn't do any real notes because of the difference compared to my first two bottles. Didn't want to skew the numbers either if the bottle was just a tad off. The first bottle had energy with orange zest, cranberry and some underbrush even if I recall. This bottle just had some major spice at the beginning that blew off after a while and tasted just flat? If that makes sense, no real tannins, no acid, and the fruit seemed very minimal. If I were to guess blind I would say a $10 grocery store brand that is watered down a bit. Doesn't sound like Rivers Marie quality right?
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RGCM Gananda commented:
6/7/17, 9:31 PM - When you describe a spice dominant wine that tasted "flat" and showed minimal to no fruit, acidity or tannins, that strongly sounds like a corked bottle to me. At the very least, a bottle that was compromised in some fashion, especially given your prior experiences.