I think that the results were as expected but it’s nice to know this based on your testing. You make an interesting observation that you think this would work better on cabs than on pinots , but I am guessing this would only be apparent over a longer period vs a shorter period of a few weeks or months.
doublewides: probably you are right. But I think it does work as you can see by my testing only you have to watch for the fills and the health of the cork as it all depends on the cork expanding back to cover the hole created. Cheers!
Great video and I'm glad you picked it back up! Two quick questions: 1- did you store the bottles on their side or upright? 2- do you find that you use Coravin frequently in your day to day life?
noahcap: 1. bottles were stored on their side back in my wine cellar; 2. no, i don't use it as much as I probably should. I think it is useful for restaurants or for daily drinkers. I tend to not drink at home but drink when I am out with others. Cheers!
I've corvined a bottle of 2013 Troplong Mondont on August 10, corvined it again few days ago, flavor and smell evidently decreased after a month and maybe even a little bit oxidized?Maybe I was using it incorrectly? I purged the needle before use, but maybe I was putting the bottle horizontally as suppose to keeping up vertically, as I have read in some posts. Im planning to wrap the cork with parafilm and then adding a silicon cap ontop. Maybe this will help?
I believe that one thing that really helps is using the vintage needle, the only drawback is that serving is slower but the « hole » in the cork is really smaller.
golfman: I stored the bottle horizontally as well. I think the fill is very important. If you have about half a bottle left, I don't think it works as well as if you have 3/4 left. You also have to leave the bottle upright for about 30-60 minutes to make sure the cork seals. Finally, check the cork condition. On 2013, cork should have been totally dry except for the end the touches the wines. If there was any leakage, probably that is the problem. Cheers!
I have faced the same same issue with my Model6.. more than once, with last one being just yesterday. Less than 2 months ago I had pured myself a 5cl glass (1.7 ounces) of Torcolato di Breganze (fairly complex dessert wine from north east Italy) and it is now all caramel and odd pickled olives aromatics. Barely drinkable anymore. I guess I'll follow other people's opinions and see whether the vintage needle performs any better. Edit: I must add, all the bottles I had coravined were showing quality cork, whether Diam or just whole piece. They were not old, nor were they showing any deterioration. I have also waited one night before storing them back into my wine fridge on their side.
@@Jimmypolemica huh..not sure what the problem is....not sure if it works with Diam corks as although they are natural, they do go through some type of process. I know it doesn't work for synthetic corks. Cheers!
This is a super interesting experiment! Thanks for doing this!
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I think that the results were as expected but it’s nice to know this based on your testing. You make an interesting observation that you think this would work better on cabs than on pinots , but I am guessing this would only be apparent over a longer period vs a shorter period of a few weeks or months.
doublewides: probably you are right. But I think it does work as you can see by my testing only you have to watch for the fills and the health of the cork as it all depends on the cork expanding back to cover the hole created. Cheers!
Very interesting!
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Nice test! I am thinking about trying this with some of my Tuscans 2010-2015. Maybe I am too excited to give them a taste. Haha
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Great video and I'm glad you picked it back up! Two quick questions: 1- did you store the bottles on their side or upright? 2- do you find that you use Coravin frequently in your day to day life?
noahcap: 1. bottles were stored on their side back in my wine cellar; 2. no, i don't use it as much as I probably should. I think it is useful for restaurants or for daily drinkers. I tend to not drink at home but drink when I am out with others. Cheers!
I've corvined a bottle of 2013 Troplong Mondont on August 10, corvined it again few days ago, flavor and smell evidently decreased after a month and maybe even a little bit oxidized?Maybe I was using it incorrectly? I purged the needle before use, but maybe I was putting the bottle horizontally as suppose to keeping up vertically, as I have read in some posts. Im planning to wrap the cork with parafilm and then adding a silicon cap ontop. Maybe this will help?
I believe that one thing that really helps is using the vintage needle, the only drawback is that serving is slower but the « hole » in the cork is really smaller.
golfman: I stored the bottle horizontally as well. I think the fill is very important. If you have about half a bottle left, I don't think it works as well as if you have 3/4 left. You also have to leave the bottle upright for about 30-60 minutes to make sure the cork seals. Finally, check the cork condition. On 2013, cork should have been totally dry except for the end the touches the wines. If there was any leakage, probably that is the problem. Cheers!
I have faced the same same issue with my Model6.. more than once, with last one being just yesterday.
Less than 2 months ago I had pured myself a 5cl glass (1.7 ounces) of Torcolato di Breganze (fairly complex dessert wine from north east Italy) and it is now all caramel and odd pickled olives aromatics. Barely drinkable anymore.
I guess I'll follow other people's opinions and see whether the vintage needle performs any better.
Edit: I must add, all the bottles I had coravined were showing quality cork, whether Diam or just whole piece. They were not old, nor were they showing any deterioration.
I have also waited one night before storing them back into my wine fridge on their side.
@@TrophyWineHunter thats probably it, I put the bottle back in the fridge after couple mintues. And yes theres leakage on the cork.
@@Jimmypolemica huh..not sure what the problem is....not sure if it works with Diam corks as although they are natural, they do go through some type of process. I know it doesn't work for synthetic corks. Cheers!