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[Nicklasss]

1990 Lagrange, slightly corked but not perfect tonight. Wet cork and mushroom. Sad.

2012 Malartic Lagraviere, dark and smoky, with that strong wet black currant, blackberry, mineral nose. Not the strongest mouth, but with enough stoff to keep you happy. Strong dark berry flavors, long, deep, no elegance, light syrupy cherry, minerals, bay leef, fresh. Tn: 90-91. Hold.

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[stefan]

Too bad about the corked Lagrange. The 1990 is sooo good.

[jckba]

That stinks and is really annoying especially since it costed the same as a sound bottle and rarely do you have any recourse.

[JimHow]

Agreed but what can a retailer do?
If somebody buys a $2,500 Petrus and the buyer says it's corked 10 years later, I don't see too many realistic options.
Especially when sometimes there is not always consensus whether a wine is corked, "cooked," etc.

Which leads me to a poll question....

[stefan]

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Agreed but what can a retailer do?
>>

The winery should make good corked wines for a reasonable period after release; say, 30 years for Bordeaux, down to 6 days for white Zinfandel.

[jckba]

I agree and think that the wineries should do more as why should we as consumers of their wines carry the burden of faulty bottles, it really does not make any sense.

[JimHow]

Yes but how do you prove that a wine was corked?
Do you bring the 95% full bottle back to the retailer?
Sometimes at BWE events there is not always a consensus whether a wine is corked.
I’ve seen BWE dinners where a whole table was convinced that a wine from 3L was corked but the other three tables in the room thought the wine was fine.
What if it is not clear? Is the customer always right?

[stefan]

Return the 95% of the bottle to the retailer or winery if the winery demands that. Or just the cork if the TCA is obvious on the cork. Or the winery could trust the judgment of the customer or retailer.

[dstgolf]

In Ontario the LCBO has been very good for off bottle returns. Some stores the manager gives some grief but most just offer up a refund. I've taken back $750 Gaja, Margaux and Mouton. They sometimes look at you with suspicion and one problem is the wine specialists keep changing stores/quitting etc. When I knew the specialty sales guys well there was no issue on returns because they new that I had purchased on futures in quantity.Receipt not required for tainted/off wine. Occasionally I get grief from someone that doesn't know me but if so I'll usually head to another store.