Vintage wine adventure

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krogerfoot

·Nov 4, 2023

In the sleepy seaside town where we’re spending the weekend, I ran across this 30-year old Saint-Estèphe cru bourgeois and figured it was worth the circa US$6.63 to see whether it had turned to vinegar on the shelf.

Sadly the cork completely disintegrated and I didn’t have my fancy old-cork remover with me. Nor any strainers or coffee filters, but I remembered that there was some window screen material left over from a repair.

Worked pretty well! Might have salvaged a nice old bottle of wine, but let’s let it breathe for a while and then give it a whirl!

Update: Tastes like shit!

 

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gbesq

·Nov 4, 2023

But a noble effort, sir!

 

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krogerfoot

·Nov 4, 2023

I opened another bottle to try to gauge exactly how bad this one is, but confusingly it tastes pretty much the same. I may have permanently messed up my wine palate. The wife, not normally an adventurous wine drinker, insists the murky corked bottle we got today tastes fine. I think we’re hallucinating.

 

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Faz

·Nov 4, 2023

The tint of the wine signals that this wine died a long time ago. 1993 was a very average vintage on the left bank of Bordeaux.

 

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Fallout Boy

·Nov 4, 2023

A relabeled.

Château Capelle Château Migraine - Domaine Scharlatan 😁

 

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krogerfoot

·Nov 4, 2023

Faz

The tint of the wine signals that this wine died a long time ago. 1993 was a very average vintage on the left bank of Bordeaux.

Six bucks, down the drain.

 

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Watch my Whisky

·Nov 4, 2023

Dude you could have bought 30 quartz Seikos.

 

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p4ul

·Nov 5, 2023

Hang on to the bottle, there may come a time when that classic label may get your money back.😉

 

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Larry S

·Nov 5, 2023·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

Sometimes you get lucky. Sometimes you do not. Tried that last year with some Bordeaux from the 80s/90s from an estate that my buddy got his hands on for free. Was not well stored. Out of 5 bottles, two were drinkable and they changed quickly, total life from opening to blech was 30 minutes. 15 minute mark was incredible.