The Auswine Forum

conformistpete wrote:3/3 for the Italians!

mychurch wrote:I’m pretty insensitive to cork and friends often have to tell me to stop drinking as it’s corked. Shows now bad the taint was then on 2016 Hochkirch Riesling I had a few weeks ago. Don’t see many Auz rieslings with cork, and this show why. Won’t be trying that house again

Silver Oak has purchased a significant number of individually screened corks for bottling this year, and Schleussner said those corks came from Cork Supply, Amorim, Portocork and Scott Labs. She said the winery already expects few problems because ever since that badly tainted imperial, Silver Oak has reduced its rate of corked bottles to less than 0.5%.
She said she's no longer worried about the "real stinkers," but is still concerned about the corks on the threshold of perception or others contaminated by different compounds that may not register as TCA. A career working with analytical equipment has also taught her that machines can fail to perform as expected.

De Jesus said Amorim's efforts have been rewarded by not one, but two, global insurance companies willing to back the company's guarantee behind every cork certified through the NDtech process

crusty2 wrote:Somebody taking the sellers of ndtech corks to court for TCA failures

https://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArt ... aid=202305

Wine critic James Suckling rated the RGP 2015 Pinot Noir a 79 after he sampled a corked bottle, according to the lawsuit. Suckling had rated the 2014 vintage a 92. The subsequent vintage 2016 received a 90-plus rating.

Waiters Friend wrote:I was at the Coonawarra Roadshow in Perth yesterday, and myself and an industry professional were surprised to find one producer offering a 20 year old wine from magnum - and it was corked. Certainly in my experience behind the tasting table, you tasted every bottle you uncorked before serving. Perhaps this is something that has been forgotten given the prevalence of screwcaps.

TiggerK wrote:

Waiters Friend wrote:I was at the Coonawarra Roadshow in Perth yesterday, and myself and an industry professional were surprised to find one producer offering a 20 year old wine from magnum - and it was corked. Certainly in my experience behind the tasting table, you tasted every bottle you uncorked before serving. Perhaps this is something that has been forgotten given the prevalence of screwcaps.

I'm sure many of us have similar stories of producers pouring corked wines at tastings or cellar doors, I know I do.

One of these three reasons no doubt..

1) Whoever tested the wine is insensitive to TCA.
2) No one tested the wine, pop and start pouring.
3) 'Oh, just pour it anyway, most people won't even notice'.

TiggerK wrote:

Waiters Friend wrote:I was at the Coonawarra Roadshow in Perth yesterday, and myself and an industry professional were surprised to find one producer offering a 20 year old wine from magnum - and it was corked. Certainly in my experience behind the tasting table, you tasted every bottle you uncorked before serving. Perhaps this is something that has been forgotten given the prevalence of screwcaps.

I'm sure many of us have similar stories of producers pouring corked wines at tastings or cellar doors, I know I do.

One of these three reasons no doubt..

1) Whoever tested the wine is insensitive to TCA.
2) No one tested the wine, pop and start pouring.
3) 'Oh, just pour it anyway, most people won't even notice'.

TiggerK wrote:

crusty2 wrote:Somebody taking the sellers of ndtech corks to court for TCA failures

https://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArt ... aid=202305

Wine critic James Suckling rated the RGP 2015 Pinot Noir a 79 after he sampled a corked bottle, according to the lawsuit. Suckling had rated the 2014 vintage a 92. The subsequent vintage 2016 received a 90-plus rating.

That's stunningly appalling that a critic would rate a wine low because it was corked. Surely you'd just say the wine was corked, and therefore not scored at all until you taste a non-faulty bottle???


(Mind you a part of me says good on him, rate it how you find it, teach em not to risk using corks!)

Waiters Friend wrote:I was at the Coonawarra Roadshow in Perth yesterday, and myself and an industry professional were surprised to find one producer offering a 20 year old wine from magnum - and it was corked. Certainly in my experience behind the tasting table, you tasted every bottle you uncorked before serving. Perhaps this is something that has been forgotten given the prevalence of screwcaps.

George Krashos wrote:I had a corked 2000 Mt Mary Quintet the other month. Contacted the winery who asked me to send it back for Sam Middleton to have a look at, which I eventually got around to. They sent me a new vintage replacement - all good - but I was wondering whether he actually did check it or whether they just want evidence of a 3/4 drunk return before they provide a replacement ...

-- George Krashos

Gavin Trott wrote:.
Upfront .. I HATE Corked wine! Beyond logic, beyond rationed thinking, it REALLY annoys me!

So just this week

Fattorie Parri Chianti Montespertoli Riserva 2015 .... badly Corked

then a second

Fattorie Parri Chianti Montespertoli Riserva 2015 mildly corked, 'scalped'.

Both down the drain!

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Rossco wrote:

Gavin Trott wrote:.
Upfront .. I HATE Corked wine! Beyond logic, beyond rationed thinking, it REALLY annoys me!

So just this week

Fattorie Parri Chianti Montespertoli Riserva 2015 .... badly Corked

then a second

Fattorie Parri Chianti Montespertoli Riserva 2015 mildly corked, 'scalped'.

Both down the drain!

.

Diam, but definitely faulty. The first two I had were both excellent, easily 94 points, great wines.

The next three, all corked, to varying degrees.

Damn tree bark!

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I had one of these last night and if i recall the closure was a diam. However i did wonder at the time if
there was some mild TCA present as the fruit seemed 'stripped' and a little dull. I thought how on earth did
this get 94 points. Good mid-week quaffing, but simple and (upon reflection) a little rustic. Not disappointing
mind you, great with some pasta/pizza/bbq..... but no where near a 94. So judging by your experience above
Gavin, maybe mine was a little faulty as well.

Mike Hawkins wrote:A badly corked 1990 Yalumba Oaktavius. Perhaps the most overt TCA I have come across in a few years

Rossco wrote:
I had one of these last night and if i recall the closure was a diam. However i did wonder at the time if
there was some mild TCA present as the fruit seemed 'stripped' and a little dull. I thought how on earth did
this get 94 points. Good mid-week quaffing, but simple and (upon reflection) a little rustic. Not disappointing
mind you, great with some pasta/pizza/bbq..... but no where near a 94. So judging by your experience above
Gavin, maybe mine was a little faulty as well.