I had lunch this week with an old friend and long time Napa vintner who shall remain nameless. I brought along a bottle to share of 1976 BV Georges De Latour Private Reserve Cabernet that was in terrific shape yet badly corked. After a twenty minute lecture on from the vintner on how far natural corks have come since the 70's, I brought forth a bottle of his own winery's top level Cabernet from the 1997 vintage to open and share with him......it was badly corked. Red faced he graciously offered to send me a replacement from his library which I just recieved.
Speaking of cork taint...
Apr 30, 2009
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Corked wines can happen even for the most famous and expensive estate wines. I once had a corked wine from DRC. It was their 1970 Echezeaux, if I remember this event correctly from many years ago. While this was not DRC's best vintage or one of their most expensive wines, it was rather expensive compared with wines from most other estates at the time.
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