Community Tasting Note
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Geaux Tigers wrote: 75 points
November 26, 2020 - Summary: this bottle sucked.
Based on prior notes I decided 3.5 hr decant would do the trick. Early nose had rhubarb, soy, musty earth, mushrooms faint red fruit. I was optimistic.
First sips at 3 hrs. Wet cardboard and mold. WTF? Maybe needs more air. Optimism still there.
4 hrs. Poured wine and had a Bloody Mary come out, complete with alcohol, tomato juice and the veggies. Now I’m just pissed. We’ll see if Benchmark honors its guaranteeds. Thankfully there’s a 2012 Pott Incubo to keep me company.
Will try again later and report back if a miracle occurs. I expect not to
At 5.5 hrs, no miracle. Poured it down the drain, the drain choked!
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5 Comments
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bullmrkt commented:
11/26/20, 2:25 PM - It's absolutely a flawed bottle, which sucks (sorry), but it's not really fair to give the wine an 82 for that. There's a "Flawed" button you can select here instead.
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O'Meara commented:
11/27/20, 5:16 PM - Wet cardboard says your bottle was corked. Sorry for the bad news experience. It’s every connoisseur’s nightmare.
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Geaux Tigers commented:
11/27/20, 5:30 PM - @O’Meara yep you got that right! A nightmare and a bad dream
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VINNICK commented:
4/22/21, 10:09 PM - How did it go with Benchmark?
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Geaux Tigers commented:
4/23/21, 3:59 PM - Unfortunately they will stand behind bottles for only six months, I was outside that window