Ken Forrester 2005 Chenin Blanc (Stellenbosch) – Oxidized. Predictable closure failure, alas. (7/12)
oxidized
Charmes-less
Kreydenweiss 2005 Kritt Pinot Blanc “Les Charmes” (Alsace) – Grossly oxidized. (7/12)
Charmes-less
Kreydenweiss 2001 Kritt Gewurztraminer “Les Charmes” (Alsace) – Oxidized. (6/12)
Enea port in a storm
Egia Enea 2008 Bizkaiko Txakolina (Northwest Spain) – A blend of hondarrabi zuri zerratia and hondarrabi zuri. Unfortunately, also quite heavily oxidized. Since I can’t imagine this was the intent, I’m going to chalk it up to either cork or storage failure. (3/12)
Not Dutch cheese
Terras Gauda 2004 Rías Baixas “Abadia de San Campio” Albariño (Northwest Spain) – Fully oxidized and undrinkable. (8/11)
Terras Gauda 2004 Rías Baixas “O Rosal” Albariño (Northwest Spain) – Beyond oxidized and worse than undrinkable. (8/11)
Not Fonné
Meyer-Fonné 1997 Pinot Gris “Réserve Particulière” (Alsace) – Corked, and also oxidized. Mmmm. (1/10)
Muré Amnsterdam
Muré 1997 Pinot Gris Vorbourg Clos St. Landelin (Alsace) – Weedy, oxidized, and downright nasty. (1/10)
Séguret squirrel
Texier 2000 Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages Séguret “Vieilles Vignes” (Rhône) – Dead, with some oxidation. Synthetic cork strikes. (3/09)
Ricky
Texier 2001 Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages St-Gervais (Rhône) – Dead, with minor oxidation. Synthetic cork strikes again. (3/09)
Willow Rosenbourg
Paul Blanck 1998 Riesling Rosenbourg (Alsace) – Oxidized. There’s some steely stuff attempting to cling to life, but it can’t fight the big O. I’d worry more about the scourge of premature oxidation were the cork not a shrunken head of badness. (8/08)
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