Jasmin 1996 Côte-Rôtie (Rhône) – Very tight and strappy. Hard. Thyme (maybe?), but muted. Corked? The last bottle was. We check back on it later, and the matter’s still undecided, so who knows? This is the opposite of fun. (3/09)
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corked
Just a Secca
Brovia 2006 Langhe Freisa “La Villerina Secca” (Piedmont) – Corked. (2/09)
Princess
Jasmin 1996 Côte-Rôtie (Rhône) – Corked. (2/09)
Nerthe-do-well
Château la Nerthe 1996 Châteauneuf-du-Pape (Rhône) – Corked. (2/09)
Axton
Aubert “Chateau Hoyt” 2005 Côtes de Castillon “Cuvée Prestige” (Bordeaux) – Corked. (1/09)
Not so buena
Montebuena 2006 Rioja (Center-North) – Corked. (1/09)
Come to Pipa
Castellani “Collezione Ca’ del Pipa” 2004 Valpolicella Classico “Superiore” San Michele “Ripasso” (Veneto) – Corked. (1/09)
Tell me no secrets, I’ll tell you Noëllat
Michel Noëllat & Fils 2006 Bourgogne (Burgundy) – Corked. (1/09)
Wiebelsberg, wobbled
Kreydenweiss 1997 Riesling Wiebelsberg “Vendanges Tardives” (Alsace) – Hand-carried from the domaine, carefully cellared, and…corked. Ugh. (12/08)
Failure to Plan
Costières & Soleil “Sélectionné par Laurence Féraud” 2005 “Plan Pégau” Vin de Table (Rhône) – Corked. (1/09)