The wine has some pretty good reviews so I suspect it was faulty. Could be a number of reasons, cork taint is only one.
As a consumer you have a right to a refund from where you bought it. If it has been too long to recall that, then contact the winery, especially for that level of premium wine. I can almost gurantee they will replace it. They may ask you to describe the aspects that made it unattractive, and may ask for you to send the remainder back to them, usually they will pay for this.
I would agree that the best value wine in Australia is between $15-$30. If you know where to look you can find some excellent wines for well under $10. Generally these would not benefit from cellaring.
I opened a bottle of 2001 Yalumba Octavious on the weekend. A similar pricepoint to this wine.
This to me was a fantastic wine. Was it worth the price? Well for me yes because it was a gift and definately a treat. However in a blind tasting most people would pick a good $10 wine over an expensive aged one. Not because they won't like the aged one, but usually because they will like the fruit driven younger wine better.
Unfortunately there is a lot of unadulterated crap out there too - at all pricepoints.
Next time your sitting in front of a fire with a glass of red, suck on a chocolate cube while swig'n your red. Very tasty!
haha all good mate, was just a friendly dig
I noticed a Series III Land Rover in your avatar so I already like you 
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I'm certainly not much of a wine buff as it all taste the same to me to be honest. Helps me get to sleep though as I suffer terribly from insomnia.
The local RSL club is selling Chatau Tanunda 2006 Shiraz for $16.50. It's a very pleasant wine to drink.
As I post this I am drinking a glass of red that was $11.78 (for six bottles) thats less than $2 a bottle and still very drinkable.
Last saturday I shared a double magnum (3Lt) of 1988 Petaluma Coonawarra (cabernet blend) with a few....ahh many friends.
It was superb. Sharing it - priceless
As of this post I have had 3 glasses of Mexican Cervasa, brewed and kegged by me , and it cost $23 for 19 litrs, when I get through that in about 2 weeks I then have another 19 ltrs of a Dark Newcastle Ale , $28 worth 
You can have your wine 
