On Apr 13, 8:53�am, gerald > wrote:
> the gdlt was supposed to be made at a different site, and not
> affected.
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> the tca in the cellar may have made the wine taste like a corked wine,
> but the wine �was not corked since the problem did not come from the
> cork.
>
>
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> >> Can you return if corked? Because BV suffered from systemic TCA in the
> >> winery from basically '97-'00. Lots of discounts, because high
> >> percentage show TCA (and probably many others are "fruit scalped."
> >> The BV GdlT has a very honorable history, but I personally would not
> >> chance this unless the price is incredibly discounted (like under $20).- Hide quoted text -
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Do you have a source for the idea the GdlT was not in the infected
cellar? Because the reports I read at the time said that BV had found
contamination in the cellar where the GdlT, Tapestry, Clone 6 etc were
produced. The wines that weren't effected were the low level reds and
the whites.

http://www.winebusiness.com/Referenc...m?dataId=18679

I've been batting about 40% noticable TCA on BVs from that period.
Some of the others were muted and probably had "fruit scalping." I
have one '98 GdlT left (plus some older ones '60, '88, '94). The '98
will not be a centerpiece of a dinner.

Most of us use the term "corked" for any TCA contamination, although
in cases like BV its likely the problem was the winery (although of
course there's still the 5%!).

Diageo said they would "stand behind" the wines. But the hassle of
returning bottles bought years before limits how much they will have
to. I doubt seriously if that '98 is infected I go to trouble to try
and recoup my losses (I only paid $35).