Dard & Ribo - plastic peril?

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JFBuchter

Joseph Buchter
I had my first Dard & Ribo hermitage (2010) the other night and was rather surprised when I removed the capsule and found a black synthetic cork. Searching the posts, I see mention of them in the past in a conversation about synthetic enclosures. It was still tasting pretty good with a savory, saline, olive brine sort of thing going on with what seemed like fading fruit. Does any one with more experience with these wines, or more intimate familiarity with the winery, know if this is a practice they still continue or how long they've been using this kind of enclosure? Thoughts on the life span for this bottle?
 
Is it the hard plastic or the spongy stuff? The hard plastic corks, that are really tough to remove, seem prone to failure. The spongy corks have held up better but either way best to drink up.
 
I opened my last bottle of the '06 D&R Hermitage recently. I don't remember the closure, unfortunately, but the wine was in perfect shape.
 
I read on Wine Terroirs (in the Repaire de Cartouche piece in February) that they started using plastic corks in 2004. I had their 2007 St Joseph red last year and that particular bottle hadn't lasted well.
 
Mark,

René Jean admits himself using 10-20ppm at bottling to avoid bacteriological troubles such as "Gout de Souris" the infamous mousy taste that quite a bit of syrah including myself had to face in some vintages.
 
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