Most Disappointing Wine You Cellared

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No doubt all the $$$$ in white burgs I have poured down the drain. :frowning:

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+1 on 1998 Beaucastel. What a thin, shrill, disappointing bottle. I tasted it over a couple nights, hoping it might show better, but it went down the drain.

63

Many 1996 Red Burgundies 1998 Australia.

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But itā€™s not worse! [wow.gif]

65

2005 K Vintners Syrah Milbrandt Vineyard. Iā€™ve had vinegar that tasted more like wine than this did.

66

2003 Vieux Don Jonā€¦the ultimate example of the worst of '03 CdP.

67

Hopefully the other 11 havenā€™t spoiled.

68

I read this thread with both amusement and sadness.

Agreeā€“my 98 Beaucastels have come around from big, boozy, lean wines into floral, ripping CdPs. Never thought that would happen. Also agree that the 99 Beaucastels, which were lovely and floral early on, have fallen apart. The 99 CdPs donā€™t seem to be making old bones, or I have been drinking the wrong ones.

Gaunoux: hit or miss. Some older Corton Renardes were delicate and expressive, but not powerful wines. Some Beaune village wines were also nice. Underwhelmed with few Meursaults Iā€™ve tried.

Biggest disappointmentā€“a few mags of Bonneau du Martray 95 Corton-Charlemagne. Pox got 'em.

Also, Iā€™ve been disappointed with 2 or 3 1986 Heitz Marthaā€™sā€“always hard and tough. Questionable storage for those however.

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Just come across this threadā€¦and would also like to know WHICH Gaunoux you guys are referring to as I just picked up some 12 Meursault Clos Tavaux from FranƧois Gaunoux??

70

ā€˜82 Margaux. Hideously corked.

71

I went in on plenty of 2003 Bordeaux which has all been pretty terrible so far. Iā€™m mercifully down to one bottle of LLC and a few LBā€™s (which Iā€™m told are the exception that proves the rule- hereā€™s hoping).

Also bought a case of 2009 Cheval Noir which has been fairly poor, but it would be a bit unfair to criticize it given that it cost be $24 for the whole case.

I have to say in general though, the bad surprises tend to be outweighed by the good.

72

2003 LB is very good. LLC not so much.

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Re 03 Duhart Milon - happened to open one on the weekend. Very good indeed. Still adolescent, but certainly smoothing out (2 hour decant). Well balanced (especially for 03) on the richer side. Will keep the other bottle (I bought 03s very sparingly ) three or four years. The sleeper (per RP) awakes!

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One bottle of 1966 Clos Fourtet. I pulled the capsule about 8 years ago and there was no cork underneath! It had not corroded. It was just not there. The capsule managed to be sealed with some dried out wine so there was no obvious seepage. The wine was still there, actually not a horrible fill, but it was completely undrinkable. The other bottles from the same case were just fine.

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This oneā€™s easy. It was my pride of cellar for 25 years or so. A 1988 Chateau Haut-Brion which was my first venture into fine wine, bought for USD $70.00. Opened at WineFest IV andā€¦corked. Great sadness.

76

Possibly. I bought a case of 12 bottles on release in the UK. I drank every single bottle with resounding success. Old vine Gernache herby brilliance.

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2002 Huets. One of my largest ever wine purchases and about 75% of them were premoxed.

That or the equally premoxed 1998 Clos Ste Hune.

78

Every bottle of 66 Lafite Rothschild so far, 5 leftā€¦ The one that made me saddest though was an 88 Dujac Clos St. Denis, a murky fetid mess. The other three were delish, but that was the last one.

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Everything I can think of has been mentioned above;

98 Beaucastel-never developed, and mostly prune syrup since 2008.
98 Donjon
2001 Pape Clement (biggest disappointment)

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+1

I have not had much luck with aged Boroloā€™s either