What is a “Corked Wine”?

Corked doesn’t refer to bits of cork floating in your wine glass. Natural corks are made from the bark of cork trees grown in Spain and Portugal; they naturally contain a chemical compound called “trichloranisole” or TCA. This can sometimes interact with the wine and cause “taints” in the wine. This is a musty or rotten sock smell, not nice. It can be just a hint, and people quite often do not know the wine is tainted and still drink the wine when it is like this. It won’t kill you, but the wine will not be up to par. It happens with around 8% to 10% of all wines. This is a good reason to look at buying screw capped wines for wines that are to be drunk young, fresh and fruity.

 

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