Opened this tonight after thanksgiving festivities as it was a bottle totally forgotten about in my parents wine fridge. No fruit, no tannins, notes of asphalt and an unpleasant damp basement vibe to it. Was probably a great wine 10 years ago. oh well.
by Repulsive_Ladder_908
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Sad. Happy Thanksgiving anyway;)
Damp basement? TCA?
1998 was a stellar vintage for the right bank, super concentrated and powerful wines. Corbin is a great producer as well. This should have been singing. This sounds like a bad bottle, possibly a combination of TCA and oxidation.
That’s the terrifying part of vintage wine.
Did you have a backup?
sometimes the old dusty bottles you find are like hidden treasures but other times they’re just.. dust 😭 my dad had a similar experience with an old bordeaux last month.