Ditto here. I think as usual the press on this situation was overblown.


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On Apr 14, 10:47 am, DaleW > wrote:
> On Apr 14, 8:02?am, gerald > wrote:
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> > no, i do not, as the conversation was the better part of 10 years ago,
> > and since i don't drink the stuff(i have thought it overpriced) i
> > forgot most of the conversation.
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> > i do recall that my interpetation of the conversation was that gdlt
> > was made by a different wine maker at a different site and using
> > highly selected grapes. ?
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> > is gdlt estate bottled?
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> > On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:28:45 -0700 (PDT), DaleW >
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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
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> Gerald,
> The GdlT is an estate wine, selected grapes from their Rutherford
> vineyards,. Definitely supposed to be produced at same facility as the
> Tapestry, etc. The low -level reds (Signet) I think are mostly non-
> Napa and may be produced elsewhere.
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> Bill,
> since the admitted vintages with problems are '97-'00 (not sure re
> '01), my guess is that the level of contamination grew with each year,
> so '97 likely to be least affected. Maybe Mark could correct me, but I
> think that in most cases the issue is chlorine based cleaners on wood
> in a humid enviroment. It would make sense to me that initial levels
> would be low, and the latter years more heavily affected. I also think
> it was one of the rooms used, so you might have gotten a case that
> didn't pass through that room, I'd still pass on the 2000 at close to
> $40 (and if anyone wants the '98 at the $34 I paid I'll happily sell
> or trade!).
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I was aware of the problem...after I had purchased the wine and was
lucky to have avoided the TCA problem so far. My recollection of the
problem was similar to your the chlorine bleach cleaning issue.
FWIW, so far I haven't found a bottle of Chateau Montelena that's been
corked in recent years dispite Jim Laube's assertions. I think that I
have normal perception levels of TCA and certainly can pick out a wine
that suffering from fruit scalping.