On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:18:38 -0700, Ronin
wrote:

Do any of you cognescenti out there know why there may be drastic
variations in bottles of the same case? For instance I have been
drinking out of a case of Klick Zinfandel which has been made in a
light "elegant" style like some Bordeaux. Last night Bam! I was hit
with a bottle as SWIMBO said, tasted like a Port! What's up with that?
It was delicious, but certainly not like any of the other bottles in
the case. No "taint" of any sort, just more ripe and definitely more
sweet.

I've read the various suggestions and the only one I find even vaguely
possible is a rogue bottle. VA can't make a normally dry subtle wine
taste like port, no way, José. Neither can TCA.

As for any reasonably likely barrel variation, surely, any winemaker
worth his salt will transfer all his barrels of a particular wine
into a blending vat to eliminate individual barrel variations.
Certainly that's standard practice in the great majority of wineries,
where they often use different oaks and barrel makers and toasts to
give a more complex final blend.

I think you got a rogue bottle, though goodness knows how.
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