Ten percent off all wines are corked. That’s right, one in every 10 is ‘off’. I must say that my percentage is a lot less, perhaps less than 1%. When it happens, it’s annoying and I feel cheated. My last wine was a 2001 Spanish Rioja that I had spent a pretty penny on a few weeks ago. I opened it last night with great fanfare, only to be embarrassed by it’s poor health. I bought it in Hong Kong at a local wine merchant, no doubt they won’t be able to help. Of note, I took a bottle of Domaine Serene Evenstad back to my local wine merchant and was immediately given another. I have purchased form online retailers and only had two bottles go bad, a credit was issued to my credit card. It’s merchants like these that earn my business. So, this one will just be chalked up to bad luck. I hope your averages are as good as mine. Salut….
Corked wines
26 Thursday Dec 2013
Posted Wine
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Corked bottle is always sad… I have a question, though – did you try this bottle the next day? I recently had an experience with 1998 La Rioja Alta 904, where initially it tasted practically corked – but it opened up the next day and it was just fine. Just curious…
I promptly poured it down the sink the following morning as I could smell the wine a few feet away. It was horrible. The first wine I ever thought was a corked bottle was an ’89 Murrietta YGay Gran Reserva. I nearly flushed it, but let it aerate for an hour- perhaps one of the finest wines I have ever had.
yeah, I hear you – should be perfectly clear by the morning, or else … : )