Community Tasting Note
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PlanoWino wrote: flawed
December 26, 2018 - This is the second aged wine that I bought at the winery when I was in Uruguay. Like the previous one, this one was also badly flawed, just in a different way. I decided to use an ah so to open the wine. I wedged it in deeply and began to twist. The cork crumbled. I was finally able to remove the remainder of the cork with a corkscrew.
The neck of the bottle was full of little pieces of crumbled cork "glued" to the sides. The wine smelled off but I decanted it through a funnel with strainer to catch the cork and sediment. The taste and smell confirmed that the wine was badly oxidized. I gave it time not expecting it to improve but out of blind hope. It didn't and down the drain it went.
I have learned my lesson about H. Stagnari. Never buy a wine with more than 5 years age on it. The younger wines are fresh, full of fruit, and well-balanced.559 views