A new record for tight fistededness.
A customer comes into my winery yesterday and complains that a cleanskin from 1992 bottled under a composite cork is corky.
Well Duh! It is 12 years after it was bottled.
Perhaps he should have drank it a bit sooner!
I replaced it without question, but now I'm thinking about it.
When does the warranty on a cleankin run out. Even Mistibuishi only give 10 years and thats on a $38000 motor car not a $60 case of cleanskin....the replacement was $120.
What was your anticipated life expentancy for the wine? If it is "corky" (which could mean anything) due to being over the hill, it's the consumers problem. If the wine should still be OK after 12 years and is suffering from TCA, then replace it.
WouldnÂ’t it be correct to replace a cleanskin with a cleanskin? I thought there was no actual guarantee of maker for a cleanskin. Is that incorrect? Seems to me that the only reason for replacing a wine that old would be PR value, so maybe you should keep a few fairly reliable cleanskins on hand, even if they are not yours, for such occasions?
Cheers,
Bob
The best opinions, like the best wines, are well balanced.
It was a nice wine, but I would have thought 2 years on a cleanskin is a reasonable time to stand behind your product.
If it is TCA taint then this is a fault unrelated to the quality of the wine. TCA tainted is TCA tainted. Where the composite corks Altec?
smithy wrote:8) I would also suggest that some red cleanskins aged under screwcap will be decidely reduced and flat after 5 years.
Only the badly made ones, and they would also be reductive under good corks as well. The worst cases of rduction I've seen over the last 12 months have been from wines sealed in cork, and I taste a lot of wine in screwcap (including NZ Gewurztraminers).
