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DaleW > wrote:

> On Apr 14, 9:36*pm, "Bi!!" > wrote:
> > I was given a couple of 375ml of 2005 Thierry et Pascale Meursault
> > (under screwcap) as samples recently and I opened one tonight as I was
> > solo. *The wine was way off. Very oxidized, over-ripened rotten apple
> > smell. *The flavors were horribly oxidized, bitter and just flat out
> > bad. *I opened the other bottle with the same results...bad wine or
> > bad shipping or bad seal?
>
> I'd vote for bad shipping/storage, that sounds really cooked to me.
>
> I don't remember having the 2005 Meursault, but the Bourgogne was
> quite solid, and I'd be shocked if the Meursault didn't hold up. And 2
> bottles with bad seals under screwcap sound really off the charts
> unlikely, reduction maybe, but oxidation? Sounds to me like these
> wines got hot. Too bad someone is giving them as samples!

I had the 2005 Mersault and it was fine as well and still have a bottle
left of three. Sounds cooked to me.