What did I ever do to Portugal?

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Jay Miller

Jay Miller
After opening a corked 1991 Ampeau Pommard and a corked 1998 Montevertine Il Sodaccio last night I just opened a corked 2009 Clos Roche Blanche Cabernet tonight.

Will whoever stuck a pin in the cork of the little doll of me holding a wine bottle please pull it out?
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:
What did I ever do to Portugal?After opening a corked 1991 Ampeau Pommard and a corked 1998 Montevertine Il Sodaccio last night I just opened a corked 2009 Clos Roche Blanche Cabernet tonight.

Will whoever stuck a pin in the cork of the little doll of me holding a wine bottle please pull it out?
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The artificial cork makers put a curse on you, they probably figured you as one of the crowd that insisted on real corks.
 
Jay was seen. In the wrong places at all the wrong times. What's worse, he was not as quick to escape Brad the Paparazzi as the people the curse should have been aimed at.
 
That poor Montevertine. First it was dressed up as a Bryant Cabernet, then went to the Portuguese menace.

Sorry to hear about the streak. Corked CRB just sounds so wrong.
 
Condolences, Jay. We've endured a spate of corked bottles recently, too, but nothing so dear as what you describe.

Mark Lipton
 
I'm rather glad Portugal gets routinely blamed by you Americans every time a bottle comes up corked. Portugal only makes about 50% of the world's cork stoppers - and Spain makes 33%...

(That said, TCA taint doesn't automatically come from corks. It rather often comes from other causes, such as wood containers and wood on the walls or roofs of wineries.)
 
originally posted by Salil Benegal:
That poor Montevertine. First it was dressed up as a Bryant Cabernet, then went to the Portuguese menace.

Sorry to hear about the streak. Corked CRB just sounds so wrong.
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and what about the '95 Ca d'Morissio? Corked as well, no?
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:
What did I ever do to Portugal?After opening a corked 1991 Ampeau Pommard and a corked 1998 Montevertine Il Sodaccio last night I just opened a corked 2009 Clos Roche Blanche Cabernet tonight.

Will whoever stuck a pin in the cork of the little doll of me holding a wine bottle please pull it out?
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Sorry, that was supposed to be Coad.
 
originally posted by VLM:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
What did I ever do to Portugal?After opening a corked 1991 Ampeau Pommard and a corked 1998 Montevertine Il Sodaccio last night I just opened a corked 2009 Clos Roche Blanche Cabernet tonight.

Will whoever stuck a pin in the cork of the little doll of me holding a wine bottle please pull it out?
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Sorry, that was supposed to be Coad.
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Well put more hair on the doll!
 
originally posted by VS:
I'm rather glad Portugal gets routinely blamed by you Americans every time a bottle comes up corked. Portugal only makes about 50% of the world's cork stoppers - and Spain makes 33%...
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That's only because the Spanish corks seem like they could have come from anywhere. (ducking for cover - where are those damned smilies?)
 
originally posted by kirk wallace:
originally posted by Salil Benegal:
That poor Montevertine. First it was dressed up as a Bryant Cabernet, then went to the Portuguese menace.

Sorry to hear about the streak. Corked CRB just sounds so wrong.
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and what about the '95 Ca d'Morissio? Corked as well, no?
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Yep.

Here's a photo from the other night. Note the scary costumes Jay dressed a couple of the bottles up in. Unfortunately, three in the group were corked.

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originally posted by Brad Kane:
Note the scary costumes Jay dressed a couple of the bottles up in. Unfortunately, three in the group were corked.
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The younger wines wanted to wear frightening costumes for the holiday. I thought the handlebar moustaches were a nice extra touch.
 
originally posted by David M. Bueker:

That's only because the Spanish corks seem like they could have come from anywhere. (ducking for cover - where are those damned smilies?)
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That's called being cosmopolitan. Very Spanish trait. Take me - the way I sound, I could have come from Yorkville or Yountville, depending on the day... Then, of course, it's usually reflected in the purple goo we make.

(Speaking of which... This spam just in: http://internationalwinechallenge.com/Library-collection2.aspx )
 
How was the '05 Descombes Brouilly VV? On release I'd have sworn this wine would go at least five years in bottle, but my last couple of bottles in '09 and early '10 seemed to be cracking up. The '05 Morgon VV isn't as advanced, but doesn't seem to be far behind either. I've also found a not-insignificant amount of brett in these, particularly the Brouilly.

Bummer about the corked bottles.
 
originally posted by slaton:
How was the '05 Descombes Brouilly VV? On release I'd have sworn this wine would go at least five years in bottle, but my last couple of bottles in '09 and early '10 seemed to be cracking up. The '05 Morgon VV isn't as advanced, but doesn't seem to be far behind either. I've also found a not-insignificant amount of brett in these, particularly the Brouilly.
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I don't think it was well loved. Some found it too bretty, which I didn't have a problem with, and others, like me, found it a little too tough. Not a lot in the wine to really warm up to.
 
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