La Segreta Planeta 2001

Aug 21, 2004 3 Replies
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Hugh Johnson said this company makes good wine so I gave it a shot.



AAAARGH! what causes wine to taste greasy and rough like rocket fuel? the color was a bit on the darkish side for what is essentially a Chardonnay based wine (if my HJ Pocket guide can be trusted) Is there someting about Sicily or is this just my bad luck (third bad bottle in two weeks all different of course) Or is this the odds evening out (I do not uncover many truly bad wines as a rule)



Anyway what is that awful taste in my mouth?



Thanks for the replies


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There has been a thread on IHV on this. I am definitely unimpressed by these typical italian flat boring white. I detected a nasty bitter aftertaste on the 2002. Planeta makes something called Cometa that did impress me a couple of years back, but it is very inconsistent and the good years seem to happen about as often as visible comets.

Mike

Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France email link

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Hmmm... No help from me, alas. I've had the La Segreta white in previous years and found it to be a boring but inoffensive wine. From your description, it almost sounds as if your bottle was contaminated.

Mark Lipton

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