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Jenise
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James Roscoe
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David M. Bueker
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Dale Williams
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Paul Winalski
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James Roscoe wrote:It is pretty well accepted in the numerous books I have read about wine that smelling the cork at a restaurant does nothing.
Steve Slatcher
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Sat Aug 19, 2006 11:51 am
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Steve Slatcher wrote:I often smell corks immediately after I have pulled them. Mainly because they give me the first hint of the wine inside. Often they just smell vaguely cork-like or neutral, but can give a foretaste of older wines that have soaked into the cork.
Also in my experience, if a wine is corked, that will nearly always be detectable on the cork too (and vice versa), which to me is hardly surprising. It is of course the flavour of the wine that is important, but if the cork smells bad it alerts me to be especially vigilant when testing the wine, where it might not be so obvious.
I had always assumed somms smell corks to check for TCA, and find the research showing that this is pointless rather baffling. Perhaps it depends on the nose of the sniffer? Regardless, I see no excuse for the cork-sniffing to be done theatrically.
As for determining whether a wine is dry or sweet by sniffing the cork, I am sceptical. There are different definitions for sweetness levels anyway, and I wonder exactly what is being claimed to be detected. Or perhaps it is just the smell of corks for particular well-known brands?
Peter May
Pinotage Advocate
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Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:24 am
Snorbens, England
Steve Slatcher wrote:
I had always assumed somms smell corks to check for TCA,
Jenise
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
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Victorwine wrote:Ditto to what was already stated, but I would add do not confuse dryness with lack of fruit.
Drinking a fruity dry red wine one might experience a "cleansing" or "dryness" sensation in the
mouth. Drinking a fruity dry white wine one might experience a "watering" sensation in the mouth.
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Jenise
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
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Steve Slatcher wrote:I often smell corks immediately after I have pulled them. Mainly because they give me the first hint of the wine inside. Often they just smell vaguely cork-like or neutral, but can give a foretaste of older wines that have soaked into the cork.
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