The place for all things wine, focused on serious wine discussions.

WTN: Vent-ing

Moderators: Jenise, Robin Garr, David M. Bueker

no avatar
User

David M. Bueker

Rank

Riesling Guru

Posts

34254

Joined

Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:52 am

Location

Connecticut

WTN: Vent-ing

by David M. Bueker » Thu Jul 13, 2017 9:36 pm

2005 Domaine des Terres Dorées (Jean-Paul Brun) Moulin-à-Vent - France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Moulin-à-Vent (7/13/2017)
Hope this was cork failure, as it was some what brown at the edge, and showed stewed, over-mature aromas of leaf decay and pruned fruit. My other bottles of the same wine (from the same source, consumed from 2008-2016) have always been very good, so maybe a one off. My last one, so no issues for me, but...
Decisions are made by those who show up
no avatar
User

Dale Williams

Rank

Compassionate Connoisseur

Posts

11125

Joined

Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:32 pm

Location

Dobbs Ferry, NY (NYC metro)

Re: WTN: Vent-img

by Dale Williams » Fri Jul 14, 2017 8:49 am

I was just thinking I need to check in our some '05 cru beaujolais, and think this is one.
I've had good luck with Bruns under natural cork (tried to drink up the Anciens, as some had plastic)

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: AhrefsBot, ClaudeBot, Google [Bot] and 7 guests

Powered by phpBB ® | phpBB3 Style by KomiDesign