As a corollary to the "Great Wine Threads"...
Like everyone who searches for good wine deals on inexpensive bottles, I run accross the occasional stinker.
I'm not talking about a bad bottle (i.e. corked), or a wine that you just don't care about. I'm talking shit wine that never should have left the vineyard.
Had one myself last night -- Reinares, rose, Tempranillo/Grenache.
First off, a very odd almost copper-y color. No noticable nose, the tannins of a red without the fruit or body, further emphasized by absolutely no sweetness. Absolutely no balance.
Reminded me of a delicate red garment that gets thrown in the wash with some whites by mistake. Add some bleach and your shirt ain't red no more. It's also got no body or substance left.
First time in a long time I dumped the contents of a bottle down the sink and reached for something else.