Bring a bottle.... (Tracy's Garden): Immediately upon opening, this wine clearly smelled corked by 4 non-amateur wine drinkers. However, 1+ hours later, it no longer smelled corked. It didn't smell great, it seemed to be a rather tired elderly burg, but it was at least drinkable and not flawed. I believe there are certain volatile compounds that are similar to cork smell but not the same, and they sometimes will blow off the wine, like the funk of an old Bordeaux or CDP will sometimes do. Unfortunatley, when we smell a wine like this, we usually dump it and move along.
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WTDS in the Gardens (Tracy and Jeff's Place, Mpls): There was some serious question about this wine from the start. Seemed corky and very weird on the nose and palate,. Kept checking on it over an hour, and it didn't seem much better - there was no interest in drinking it. Long after that, one of us still had some and it seemed to be ok at that point. I also recall the first bottle took a bit to open up, but I don't recall thinking it was off. It you happen across one if these, it might be worthwhile to decant if there is any indication that the wine is not correct - maybe it will work itself out.
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An Overdue Wednesday Wine Lunch (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Medium plus red colr with a PNP, Drank 1+ glasses over 90 minutes. This starts off with an almost smoky char on the nose, giving way to black cherry and grilled berries with pain grille and after a bit some funky earth and vanillin too. The palate offers the same darker berry and cherry fruits, earth, satiny tannins with some grip, and dried spices. Fun. 91+pts.
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7/23/2018 - galewskj wrote:
Bring a bottle.... (Tracy's Garden): Immediately upon opening, this wine clearly smelled corked by 4 non-amateur wine drinkers. However, 1+ hours later, it no longer smelled corked. It didn't smell great, it seemed to be a rather tired elderly burg, but it was at least drinkable and not flawed. I believe there are certain volatile compounds that are similar to cork smell but not the same, and they sometimes will blow off the wine, like the funk of an old Bordeaux or CDP will sometimes do. Unfortunatley, when we smell a wine like this, we usually dump it and move along.
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7/15/2018 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 85 Points
Not flawed but tired wine. Cinnamon, earth and mint on the finish. Drink yesterday.
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7/14/2018 - rocknroller wrote:
WTDS in the Gardens (Tracy and Jeff's Place, Mpls): There was some serious question about this wine from the start. Seemed corky and very weird on the nose and palate,. Kept checking on it over an hour, and it didn't seem much better - there was no interest in drinking it. Long after that, one of us still had some and it seemed to be ok at that point. I also recall the first bottle took a bit to open up, but I don't recall thinking it was off. It you happen across one if these, it might be worthwhile to decant if there is any indication that the wine is not correct - maybe it will work itself out.
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5/9/2018 - rocknroller wrote: 91 Points
An Overdue Wednesday Wine Lunch (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Medium plus red colr with a PNP, Drank 1+ glasses over 90 minutes. This starts off with an almost smoky char on the nose, giving way to black cherry and grilled berries with pain grille and after a bit some funky earth and vanillin too. The palate offers the same darker berry and cherry fruits, earth, satiny tannins with some grip, and dried spices. Fun. 91+pts.
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4/15/2018 - ctjared Likes this wine:
very good stuff. wish I had more. bright red fruit, earth and funk. medium plus finish.
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