The remedy for dealing with musty wines, based on the experience of this and the previous bottle of redcurrant, seems to be to leave them in their bottles longer. Whilst I would be lying if I said this had no taste of mothballed fur coats whatsoever, it was not a prominent flavour and the wine rated as 'nearly acceptable'.
I drank much of it on Friday night when Claire was out playing chamber music. I tried watching a film called 'Severance', billed as a 'comedy horror', but had to switch it off after half an hour. My 20-year old self would have enjoyed it, but I have become soft. The prospect of seeing seven people meet a gruesome end was not appealing. And the 'comedy' element was unsubtle and infrequent. This was no 'Shaun of the Dead'.
Instead, I watched an inconsequential yet amusing gameshow ('Pointless' - well named) and then entertained myself by watching reviews of Doctor Who on sfdebris.com.
The bottle was finished tonight after our return from a weekend in York and a day of mostly eating sausages.
My favourite comedy horror Ben is: An American Werewolf in London. Brian Glover was brilliant in his local: The Slaughtered Lamb, complete with the pentacle on the wall.
ReplyDeleteJust read this episode without my glasses on and read: '...musty wines...previous bottle of redundant...'
ReplyDeleteWe are sorry to inform you that, due to a reshuffle of the wine cellar, your position has become redundant.
Poor old wines, hanging morosely around the JobCentre/Odd Bins!
Dave - I loved 'American Werewolf in London'. I often think of 'The Slaughtered Lamb': what a great pub name, and reminiscent of a pub Claire and I went to in the Northumberland Cheviots.
ReplyDeleteAnd Carol - the only way a bottle becomes redundant is once I have emptied it. Even then, the bottle usually gets reused next time I bottle some wine.