On Apr 13, 10:12�am, "Richard Neidich" > wrote:
> I had a full case of 1997 and NO PROBLEM. �Truely outstanding wine..
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> When I contacted the winery when I heard the news they were great...if there
> was a problem they would take back and return for another bottle or refund..
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> If I did not have a receipt they would work on that also with exchange for a
> differeing vintage.
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> In short, they were GREAT!"DaleW" > wrote in message
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> On Apr 13, 8:53?am, gerald > wrote:
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> > 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
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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.
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> http://www.winebusiness.com/Referenc...m?dataId=18679
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> 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.
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> 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%!).
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> 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
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I had the the same experience Dick. A full case of GdlT showed no TCA
and I have 7 bottles left of a second case and so far no TCA. In
fact, the first "corked" wine I've had in months I just had last night
and it was an Usseglio CdP Deux Freres 2005 and it was whoppingly
corked. I just received the wine from Zachys so I'll see what kind of
response I get to my email.