Glass two... still not feeling robbed. I wonder about the psychology of wine tasting and how I would have perceived the taste if it came to me with a 2016 Sig label on it and I got all excited, or if I got it in a blind taste or having not read the ups and downs of AFF Dan Murphy deals forum... Situational bias, the imponderables, the joy of it all. Thanks everyone (and booooo to cynics and the haters!)
Could it be corked? In what way is it the worst - lack of body, astringent taste, short unpleasant finish too thin? Ideally would be great to do a Coke vs Pepsi challenge against the labeled bottle blind.
Not jumping to conclusions but the code molded to bottle is same across cleanskin, 15/16 signature and octavius. Of more interest the 5 character code prefix etched AD523 is same on 16 Sig and cleanskin. AD505 on 15 Sig. Date code format differs between sig and cleanskin. Taste test should settle it.
It has been a while since I had it (could not justify paying its asking price till now), perhaps it seemed big then.
Thanks for that, will mix them up. Will try to read up on the differences
Could the numbers etched on the bottle just denote the bottle, not the wine? I admit I'm way out of knowledge on this bit!
Its completely flat and a not nice taste.
Because I had AD523 on both the cleanskin and labelled bottle followed by the other digits (which in my case run about consecutively) I thought that might denote the wine style/vintage followed by lot/bottle number and date. But if AFAFA has AD524 then maybe they are just consecutive numbers unrelated to the wine type. I couldn’t find any long string on the Octavius at all to compare a different style. Penfolds etches the name eg 2004Grange but not that obvious with Yalumba.
They may indeed be lot numbers, which would fit with same wine having consecutive numbering, rather than serial numbers for a vintage of a particular wine... or they could be something else!
This description sounds to me that the wine had been oxidised and is faulty.
How are you all tasting the wine without taking the corks out of the bottles?
Seems like Melbourne still has some catching up to do. A few $100+ wines on clearance with $20 discount which makes them closer to Dan’s every day price, but not much interesting yet.
Regarding the Rose Kentish “bargain”, I’ve been working through them. One good bottle, 6 bad ones so far. Musty, tannic, opening up after an hour but gone the next day. I don’t think they’ll get any better with age and I think I’ll just put it down to winning some but not them all...
Having one tonight. Did anyone else feel it tasted pruney? mmm definitely prune. Not enjoyable at all. Sink juice. Gave it a couple hours decant, didn't get at all in my eyes. First GWD purchase for me, may be the last.
I agree BB, simply a wine bottle of a commercial type purchased by the pallet, irrelevant to contents.
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