Hi All,
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? We've had many bottles of
Santa Cristina, but never one that tasted like this.

TIA,
Dick R.

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

--
Steve Slatcher
http://pobox.com/~steve.slatcher

"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.

pavane

>> Barnyard and wet dog flavours normally indicate other faults: brett
>> and a volatile sulphur fault respectively.
>>

Chuckle ... careful now .... for the great musty baryard .. even old
sweat socks smell is part of my passion for great Burgundy !!!


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Definitely corked.

And you might find that now that you have "gotten the nose" for this
scent from a very corked bottle, bottles that are less corked will
bother you as well.

e.

In ,
Dick R. > typed:

> 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?


Yes. Wet cardboard and wet dog are both common descriptions of
the smell.

--
Ken Blake
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Actually, you got a great bottle of that shit.
"Dick R." > wrote in message ...
> Hi All,
> 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? We've had many bottles of
> Santa Cristina, but never one that tasted like this.
>
> TIA,
> Dick R.
>
>

Actually, you got a great bottle of that shit.
"Dick R." > wrote in message ...
> Hi All,
> 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? We've had many bottles of
> Santa Cristina, but never one that tasted like this.
>
> TIA,
> Dick R.
>
>