Chilled it, opened it and poured to decant.......I'll taste initially and then decide how long I want it to decant if at all but with my my initial smell test this time I went ARGHHHH........it smelled like ether.




okay, I'll quit with the emoticons

The producer might be Cave de Tain L'Hermitage? I know their label says Nobles Rives. They're a coop in N. Rhone that put out an assorment of decent, affordable syrahs from a few of all of the regions there.Nobles Rives was the wine producer
Alisondm wrote: but the whole bottle is lined with black stuff on one side.
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Brian K Miller wrote:Sounds bad. Black "mold".
I recently opened a bottle of Italian red (can't even remember, but it was recommended by K&L Wines in San Francisco). My friend took a sip and asked me "is this supposed to have bubbles." Yuck Wonder what caused that? It was not perfectly stored at 58 degrees, but I had had the bottle only a coupole of months. Wierd.
Another thing to consider is the nature of Hermitage, which is certainly not for everyone
Alisondm wrote:DH and I feel high heat most likely..........I doubt the PA state store are really careful is shipping their product and after all it came all the way from France. Chalk it up to live and learn.
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