"Steve Slatcher" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:09:43 -0600, "Dick R." > wrote:
>
> >I have read in this NG that TCA contaminated (corked)
> >wines can have a barnyard or wet dog flavor. Last night
> >we had a bottle of 2002 Antinori Santa Cristina (an everyday
> >favorite), and even with my inexperienced palate I
> >could easily detect a flavor that reminded me of wet
> >cardboard. Was this wine corked?
>
> Yep. Wet cardborad is a pretty common descriptor for TCA.
>
> Barnyard and wet dog flavours normally indicate other faults: brett
> and a volatile sulphur fault respectively.
>
> You may find this page of interest:
> http://www.wine-pages.com/guests/tom/taste5.htm
>

I had not seen these pages, thanks for the reference.

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