Atypical characteristic of wine caused by the chemical compund trichloroanisole, or TCA, in corks It diminishes the fruit character in wine, while pronouncing mouldy, 'old towel' or 'wet newspaper' like characteristics
{s} of or pertaining to cork (bark of the cork oak tree which is used for making bottle stoppers, etc.)
An "off" characteristic in wines due to imperfect corks Often caused by the chemical compound trichloroanisole or TCA, corkiness is believed to come from fungi that are not detectable on dry corks, or by a cork processed with chlorine TCA diminishes the fruit character of the wine, substituting a character like moldy newspapers or old swimming pool towels