A terrible French wine- Chateau Haut Perthus Bergerac

Last night I flew home from visiting relatives on the east coast of the United States. This time, I did not make the same mistake I made a week before. Unlike last week, this week I did not order wine on the plane. Instead I opted to sleep for the entire 4 hour flight.

When I got home, I was totally motivated to unpack, go through my mail, and tidy up a little bit. I think the nap on the plane gave me a big burst of energy. As I started unpacking, I felt that something was missing. What was missing? A big glass of wine of course.

To reconcile the situation, I opened a bottle of wine I bought a few weeks ago at the BevMo 5 cent sale. The wine was a Chateau Haut Perthus Bergerac.
It was absolutely terrible. Now I'm not exageratting here. It reminded me of a really bad wine you'd get at a crappy Irish pub. It was bitter and tasted vinegary- and I'm positive it hadn't turned yet. It was bad enought that I did what is usually unthinkable for me- I dumped it. I figured if I kept drinking it, I would not only be annoyed by how bad it was, but I'd also be assured a massive hangover in the morning. Definitely avoid this one!

Recommendation: Don't buy it

Comments

[Pascal]

Thanks for the tip but usually those wines selected for the 5 cents Bevmo sale are just good for vinegar ;-) if I remember well this deal is on the second bottle, right? so you have another bottle to deal with! A nice gift for someone you don't like ;-)
Looks like the 1998 vintage got a bronze medal in a wine contest (Macon 99). It's a long trip for wine to get on US market...some travel in better conditions than others, some don't support the move and get bad...pretty unpredictable. It would be interesting to taste the same one close to its production site.