Community Tasting Note

JJL wrote:

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - Brought 2 bottles with me just in case and sure enough this one was oxidized. Gave both bottles to the wine steward and he opened this one first. Gave me a glass to try first and when I looked at it I assumed either something was wrong with it or I mistakenly brought a '55 Krug with me. Color was almost honey yellow, nothing on nose and palate was bitter. I asked the wine steward if he had tried it and he said no, which meant that he would not know the difference anyways. I was fighting a cold and the wine was a little warm, so I asked him to ice it and I would try it again when cold enough to serve. When I tried it again, I still thought it was off and while I was debating whether it was my cold or the wine, he served the bottle to everyone else and no one picked up on any problems and some complemented me on the wine. I told the steward to open the next bottle and sure enough the second bottle was about 2 shades lighter in color and drinking like '95 Krug. BTW - both bottles were from the same 6-pack.

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