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choosing a good red wine and corked wine Q please?

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AJ21 asked:


I have recently started enjoying red wine :)
I went to a restaurant the other day (a very nice one) with my GF and ordered a relatively expensive red. £30

The taste could only be descried as terrible, I couldn’t drink it, it was so strong (acidic) tasting but tasted of nothing at the same time. I asked the waiter to taste it as my GF found it fine to drink??? He said it was ok????

But im sure that wasn’t right? Was it corked or am I sensitive to strong tasting red wine? Ive looked up the different ways of telling corked wine but cant put my finger on them or compare it to that taste.

I’ve never tasted any other red like it until I was giving a rack of wine that had been sitting in a house. started with a 99 Merlot which was delightful then another a couple of days later roughly the same age (cant remember what it was) and it was awful tasted just like the wine in the restaurant.

Can anyone advise a soft, smooth but flavour sum wine for me to enjoy.

Thanks

Lloyd

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    No Responses to “choosing a good red wine and corked wine Q please?”

    1. FTG! on July 10th, 2010 5:47 pm

      I love the following reds:

      Italian Marchesi di Barolo Barbaresco
      Italian Castello Banfi Rosso di Montalcino
      Napa, USA - Opus One Cabernet Sauvignon
      Napa, USA - Honig Cabernet Sauvignon

      Just a few of my favorites.

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    3. BYB's ♥ Michael Vick on July 16th, 2010 11:11 pm

      For you can mellow and possibly slightly past peak theres nothing wrong with that merlots may be great entry level wine drinker.

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