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Just wondering if anyone has had this before.

I bought it after it was heavily recommended by the salesperson at a well regarded shop.

Smelt ok, but the back palate - I could not get over the weird taste. It was as though a wet dog had fallen into the vat and left its distinct wet dog taste in spades. $26 of wet dog.

It was so awful (to me anyway) that I couldn't even finish half a glass.

Is it corked? Is wet dog their 'style'? Do you think I could take it back or would it be regarded as 'not faulty'?

Thanks

ooh wet dog is a common descriptor for cork taint. Was it a screwcap?

cheers

Carl

it was one of those wierd kind of not cork but looks like glued together kind of cork shaped cork.

You should take it back to the place of purchase tell them what you said here - a well regarded shop should automatically replace the bottle after hearing descriptions like 'wet dog'.

Composite corks can be just as susceptable to TCA - a client dropped off some bottles of a Spanish import with some of the most crappy looking composite corks I've ever seen. So far I've tried five of the six bottles, and all have been TCA affected.

Cheers,
Ian

Yes, I've had this, although can't remember if it was 05 or 06. I really enjoyed it, quite a savoury, subtle style and have only good memories of it. Tried it at Aria in Sydney and ordered some more for summer drinking a year and a bit ago.
Sounds maybe like a faulty bottle to me. I remember no wet dogs.

Mario bottles his wines with Diam.

There have been instances with corked wines with Diam. I would either send it back for a replacement or contact Mario directly. I can pm you his phone number if you want it.

Definitely corked, I had a corked VM Rose as well.

Regards

Franco

Scanlon wrote:wet dog

It sure sounds like TCA.

Franco wrote:Mario bottles his wines with Diam.

Diam is supposedly the best conglomerate cork available. The producer of Diam is also very (too?) confident in their product (http://www.tcafreecorks.com/). I guess screw cap would be a better alternative......

cheers

Diam is supposedly the best conglomerate cork available. The producer of Diam is also very (too?) confident in their product (http://www.tcafreecorks.com/). I guess screw cap would be a better alternative......

I think every closure has its postitives and negatives. I don't think we have found the perfect closure yet.

Sometimes cork gets blamed for more than it should, TCA can be found in oak, and around the winery.

Sometimes screwcaps get blamed on reduction when most likely it's a winemaking problem.

I would love to use corks again, but the quality of cork in Australia is crap. Fair enough, why would they send them over here when they can service France, Italy and Spain with the best corks first.

Cheers

Franco