TN: 2003 Loring Wine Company Pinot Noir Brosseau Vineyard DRINK UP NOW!

CFu · July 6, 2009, 12:59am

2003 Loring Wine Company Pinot Noir Brosseau Vineyard - USA, California, Central Coast, Chalone (7/5/2009)
Drink up or forever hold your piece. R.Matsui opened the bottle, kept in his locker since purchase

A heavy nose of nail polish remover with smokey baked bread. A thin midpalate of sweet brown sugar and raspberries with a really long finish of funk and grape juice. I"m not used to having my grape based wine tasting like Welch’s grape juice . This wine has seem far better days, maybe it’s the synthetic cork? or maybe these are just made for earlier consumption. shrug. Over the hill, drink up now!

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Brian_Loring · July 6, 2009, 7:21am

Probably the synthetic cork. I’ll gladly replace it - with a bottle from the current vintage. Could you ask Rick to contact me at Brian@LoringWineCompany.com? I’m not sure I have his current email address.

CFu · July 6, 2009, 4:53pm

sent him an email brian. Customer service at its best! Thanks Brian!!

Daniel_Posner · July 6, 2009, 5:03pm

Just opened up 4 cases mixed of 2004s, all garbage!

Brian, You have my email address?

Humberto_Dorta · July 6, 2009, 5:31pm

Brian_Loring · July 6, 2009, 5:32pm

Actually, if you really did, we wouldn’t hesitate to replace them. No customer should EVER be expected to “eat” a bad bottle - whether it was corked, oxydized by a bad synthetic, etc. Wine costs too much as it is.

Jason_Hagen · July 6, 2009, 5:33pm

Too bad. I am voting cork. Most of the wines (other producers) from 04 or older are undrinkable … and un-smellable.

Glad everyone got rid of them corks.

Jason

Daniel_Posner · July 6, 2009, 5:34pm

In fairness to Brian, he encourages his clients to drink his wines within a few years of release.

Jason_Hagen · July 6, 2009, 5:36pm

Agreed but this was a victim of the cork … not the juice.

J

Brian_Loring · July 6, 2009, 5:54pm

Correct. The sythetics didn’t work as advertised. After switching to Stelvin with the 2004 vintage, we haven’t seen any issues with the wines.

Brian_Loring · July 6, 2009, 5:55pm

Thanks! Rick emailed me and the replacement is on its way.

CFu · July 6, 2009, 5:59pm

si, similar to an alcina i had a lil while back.

rick_m · July 6, 2009, 6:08pm

got quick email from brian…even when i told him he didn’t need to replace it but…he insists on it and its coming tomorrow. wow…what a great customer service!
thanks brian.

Frank_Deis · July 6, 2009, 6:47pm

FWIW the few Loring Llama Pinot Noirs I managed to get my hands on were in fine shape when I opened them. I don’t know when the problem started but it didn’t affect me.

Actually it was an exercise in frustration, I was trying to use them as an object lesson to explain why, say, red Burgundy (or Bordeaux, whatever) was a better wine. It was like giving a kid a choice between chocolate and caviar, you can explain about caviar until you are blue in the face but the kid is going to prefer the chocolate. “Now, I know this wine is enjoyable, but what is WRONG with it is…” “Never mind that, can I have another glass? Can you get more of this stuff??”

rick_m · July 7, 2009, 5:56pm

just want to say “thanks” to brian for sending me a new bottles! he went beyond more than he should of by including bottle of chard!
never tried his chard…now i am looking forward to trying this.

Brian_Loring · July 7, 2009, 6:00pm

You’re very welcome. Sorry again for the bad bottle.

rick_m · July 7, 2009, 9:42pm

really not your fault