Dictionary of Wine Tasting
- + Ageing Premature
- + Aromas Unpleasent
- + Breathing wines
- + Brett
- + Bottle Shock
- + Buying Cellared Wines
- + Capsules
- + Clarity Brilliance
- + Colour Hue
- + Cork Borers
- + Corked Wines
- + Corked Wines Return Of
- + Decanting
- + Half Bottles
- + Lead Residues
- + Leakers
- + Loss Of Or Unsual Flavours
- + Oxidation
- + Sediment Deposits
+ Seeping Corks
- + Temperature Of Serving
- + Travel Shock
- + Ullage
- + Wine Crystals
SEEPING CORKS
If the top of the cork is damp, the wine should be drunk soon - even if there is no obvious increase in ullage. Seepage is an indication that air has had at least some access to the wine, and although such bottles are unlikely to be spoiled, this low-level oxidation will progressively dull the fruit as time goes on. If you are getting a significant number of these, check the temperatures and temperature fluctuations in your cellar - it may need to be improved.
