Is your wine corked? Oxidized? Plain over-the-hill? Learn the signs of common wine faults (and the characteristics mistaken for them) and find out whether to dump or drink.
Is your wine flawless, or flawed? Is what you taste an intentional style, or an accident of storage? The degree to which wine faults are considered problematic often lies in the nose (or palate) of the beholder, and it’s often hard to tell the difference.
Here’s a guide to seven common wine faults, plus two situations you can happily ignore.
Corked Wine
Warning Signs
Sniff for dusty aromas of wet newspaper and damp basement, and dull, muted fruit.
Cause
TCA stands for 2,4,6-trichloroanisole, and it’s the chemical culprit behind “corked” wine. It frequently derives from natural cork closures. TCA develops when the plant phenols from cork tree bark are exposed to chlorine, a common sterilizer. Tasters may mistake mustiness for the forest-floor and mushroom notes called sous bois by the French, or confuse it for oxidation or other out-of-condition problems. The rate of cork taint hovers around 3 percent globally, but many wine industry professionals argue it gets blamed far more frequently.
Fault Line: Critical
While cork taint isn’t physically harmful to drinkers, it can easily render a wine undrinkable.
Over-the-Hill Warning Signs
Look for faded color, loss of personality, structure and freshness.
Cause
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