Finding Wine Flaws
03/16/2017 08:59:55
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Dear Reader
The waiter pours—everyone goes quiet—all eyes on you—a bead of sweat bursts from your forehead … and regardless of what you think you say:
“Yip, all good”
Don’t worry … it is a tough job picking up a flaw in wine, but here is a very quick guide and what to do:
I have put these fantastic Autumn Mixed Cases together for you. Fault Free ;).
Kind regards,
The waiter pours—everyone goes quiet—all eyes on you—a bead of sweat bursts from your forehead … and regardless of what you think you say:
“Yip, all good”
Don’t worry … it is a tough job picking up a flaw in wine, but here is a very quick guide and what to do:
- Corked, smells like wet cardboard, newspaper and wet dog. Dump it.
- Too Tight, no aromas or flavour. Drink it, but perhaps wait a day and hopefully it will “open up”.
- Too Old, smells like wet mushrooms, feels hollow and one dimensional. Dump it.
- Oxidised, whites smell like spoilt butterscotch & reds like a stock cube. Dump it, if it just has a tinge, try it, if you like it drink it.
- Reduced, smells like sulphur, it is the opposite to oxidised, it hasn’t been exposed to enough air during winemaking. Could decant it with a copper coin as copper kills the stinky compound, but otherwise dump it.
- Sulphur Spoil, smells like a bad egg, same treatment as above, but otherwise dump it.
- Brett, smells like a horse stable/band-aid. Not bad in small quantities, but if it is all you pick up dump it.
- Volatile Acidity, smells like nail polish remover. Dump it.
I have put these fantastic Autumn Mixed Cases together for you. Fault Free ;).
Kind regards,