Two more back of the cabinet discoveries… I looked these up and they are cheap wine. Don’t ask why they’re still around.
1994 Jose Maria Da Fonseca Periquita Red Wine - Portugal
The cork broke on the way up, which I suspected it would. Color has very browned. Dirty dishwater and some unidentifiable plastic on the nose. I did not want to taste this and strongly considered “killing some weeds” with it. In any case, it tastes less bad than it smells: vinegared dirty dishwater, but I spit it out quickly, so there are likely other abhorrent notes one could detect. 
Label Fell Off Red Wine - Glue imprint identifies this as Foppiano
Vintage cannot be determined, but most likely part of the mid-90’s “husband collection”. Cork looks surprisingly intact, with less than .5 cm of ring. Very browned and more dense than the portuguese one above. The odor wafting from the glass… UGH. It’s like stewed red fruit and one of those medicated body lotions (like amlactin). Tastes like a rotten plum, worse than it smells. I spit it out so fast that it got in my hair 
Further old cheap plonk discovered from now on is going straight to the toilet.
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Your expression betrays the deep joy you’re experiencing with these “hidden treasures”, Astrid! 
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@Andrew_Demaree Looking this wine up on the PLCB website leads to a winemaker’s note: “Chardonnay and riesling intermingle in this sweet wine mulled with a proprietary spice blend. Amazing when served warmed or chilled. Try adding rum to make an easy hot toddy.”
Even the winemaker’s wants you to mix this with something and not drink it straight like you did, Andrew!
On the other hand, it retails for $17 so I don’t know if your sister-in-law meant to mock you or not. For non-WB people, $17 is a solid price for a bottle of wine. This make me glad my sisters-in-law have never given me wine!
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Well, at least you got your upper body workout done
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Great TN for a bottle that never expected it. Bravo.
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Astrid at the end of this week’s tastings…
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2009 Luiano Chianti Classico from a 375
Figured I’d start by selecting my lowest point score bottle on CT
This has 3 scores but no reviews for an avg score of 82.7 so hard to tell if one 50 pt review skewed this down
Crumbly cork at first so had to break out the Durand. Bottom part of the cork was intact. Wine was sound
Very nice and vibrant. Ripe cherry fruit dominates and acidity supports the fruit through the finish. Solid middle of the road offering with not much secondary or tertiary flavors. Worth the $7 I paid
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Decisions decisions, I’m certainly leaning towards the ‘New Mexico table wine with chocolate flavor added’
Check out the fill on that 03 Shaw Cali Shiraz-perfectly cellared
96 Mazeau is three strikes and you’re out on cellartracker
I’m pulling for the Black Beauty. How bad could it be?
Says right there on the back that it ‘pairs well with cheesecake brownies’-imma run out and fetch some just in case, I certainly want the full experience…what would I give to share a glass with Astrid
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I like your spirit. Hope it lives up to the moment.
Burning Tree Cellars
2020 The Dragon Red Wine
Colibri Vineyard
Cochise County, AZ
Brother-in-law brought this to late Thanksgiving dinner at my in-laws.
Smells kind of like a GSM. Light-med bodied, not horrible. Red fruit. Mourvèdre coming through. Gritty, but weak tannin. Not awful, but I was hoping for a bit more from The Dragon.
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It has been a disappointing week for Cochise county…maybe try the cheesecake brownie phenomena that’s sweeping the southwest
Have to admit that I opened this bottle with some trepidation - which I guess makes some sense given the theme Chris chose 
I have sitting in my glass the NV Willow Creek Winery Wilde Cock Premium Red Table Wine. Surprisingly enough, there are actually bottles of this on CellarTracker. No clue who gave this to me or how long it has been sitting in the cellar, but it hails from that world famous wine region, Cape May, New Jersey.
Unfortunately for me, this is not like Andrew’s wine because it has a lengthy finish that is still torturing my palate - I’m going to have to open something else just to see if I can get this taste out of of mouth! Vaguely unpleasant on the nose, but not noxious by any means, so it does tempt you to take a drink. I couldn’t begin to guess what the grape composition might be here, and the label indicates 13.5% alcohol, but it was a challenge getting down an entire glass. There is a “foxiness” to the taste that leads me to believe that they might have some Chambourcin included in the blend. I will say that this is not the worst thing I’ve ever consumed, so bonus points in that regard.
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I think I’m even more scared of tasting this bottle - Harvest Ridge Blue Hen Blue - a mix of Concord grape and Blueberry 
Well, hell, this isn’t bad. It’s a sweet wine (11.8% alcohol, 8.5% residual sugar), but it’s not cloying. Another wine that I have no idea who gave it to me or how long I’ve had it, but I actually could drink this after dinner (and may do so while watching tube tonight).
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A Delaware wine - home of the fighting blue hens!
I spent my internship year there almost a quarter century ago. Sad to say I never dipped my toe into the local wine scene. In fact, I had no idea there was one!
All I drank last night was water and tea, yet I woke up with a splitting headache… Must be exposure to the foul aromas and whatever noxious crap in those bottles 
. Who knew that badly & excessively “aged” cheap wines could be so different in their horribleness, though I could have lived happily without that knowledge.
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The wilde cock. We are really getting into the intended territory of this thread now.
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I guess this is why I don’t write tasting notes. I have no idea what to make of this wine. I actually drank a few glasses and should this prove to be the worst in my cellar I’ll be pleased. On the other hand, pours dull brown, not quite dishwater but not at all a pleasing aspect (said in my best Monty Python accent). The nose comes and goes, but when present at all it is primarily alcohol (but not hot). After all that, it isn’t unpleasant to drink. Tart and not much fruit but that’s kinda how I like my Pinot; more Loire than Volnay but that’s how I drink.
Maybe I’ll pop a bad wine tomorrow.
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