I've never been formally introduced to a corked wine as clearly
identified by folks who know those kind of things. Well, last week I
opened a cheapie -- Penfolds Rawson's Retreat Merlot, '03. By most
accounts it's supposed to be an innocuous, juicy thing, but this had all
tannin, almost no fruit and utterly no nose that I could find. I
sniffed and swirled but nothing came out. The cup was an eerie
olfactory black hole.

I know that TCA is said to produce unpleasant musty smells. So what
could explain this?

TIA,

-- kov