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Probably not bottle shock. Older wine like that would do well from being stood up for at least 48 hours, if not 96 to let all sediment settle. Then decant really carefully.My friend brought La Muse from oversea 2 months ago, it is cloudy, I think this is the sign of bottle shock. I will expect it will be better. It just tasted a good wine not great.
My got to is a Durand opener. I think it's worth the investment. As for the Basket Press, it does sound like a storage issue, probably heat or maybe oxidation.I brought graveyard, I think it is the star at the night. The delicate, fine, strong tannic go through from tough to nose.
Char is not special, average quality among French wine, good Aussie wine can beat with no doubt.
Lakes folly is young, it doesn’t need to breath. Good wine.
Rockford cork is broken when open, lucky we have ah-so to take the cork out. Personally I prefer needle opener which pump air into bottle to pop the cork out. It’s is so flat, I thought it is storage reason. At the last minute, it finally wake up, leather, but the tannic is not good as graveyard. Usually if the wine wake up that late, I will consider it suffer at least a certain period of bad storage. At least the cork condition provides it.
Yeah, I don't get this wine either and agree with you. I picked up three 2012's at $30 each. Tried one. Was an ok wine. Saving the other two to add a little more age to see what happens.irvine grant merlot, very disappointed. A $100 wine make with the way of $20 wine. Typical low range wine making, strong on nose, taste a bit bitter, favour gone fast on palate.