Am expression meaning the wine has gone bad Implies an unpleasant, musty, moldy smell imparted by a flawed cork Cork can contain bacteria that will cause "off" flavors in the wine Quality cork manufacturers bleach and process corks to minimize the chance of a bottle being "corked" Unfortunately, almost one out of twelve bottles will have some off, corky flavors It is for this reason that alternative wine bottle closures have been tested in recent years, but the use of non-cork closures has been resisted by traditionalists Any closure that seals the bottle airtight is a perfect one for wine Contrary to popular belief, cork does not - or should not - let air into a wine bottle over time It is intended to create an airtight seal
Wine has unpleasant taste/smell Reason is thought to be chemical changes in the wine due to insufficiently sterilized cork stopper inserted at bottling source
(of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin; "a corked port" sealed with a cork
A moldy odor and flavor from fungus-infected cork attributed to small amounts of tyrene in the wine
qualifies a wine that tastes of the cork Serious disease of the wine due to water remaining inside the bark of the cork-tree so that the cork gets rotten The taste of cork may also be due to micro-organisms infecting the cork, then the wine in contact with it
Describes a wine having the off-putting, musty, moldy-newspaper flavor and aroma and dry aftertaste caused by a tainted cork
Wine has unpleasant "wet cardboard" taste/smell Reason is thought to be chemical changes in the wine caused by inadequately sterilized cork stopper inserted at bottling source
corked wine tastes bad because a fault in the cork has allowed air into the bottle