Great summary. I think many casual wine drinkers may have encountered a corked wine and had no idea. I've been lucky and have encountered corked wine on a couple of occasions only and they were inexpensive wines. I have had aged wine well past its prime and on the downward slide which had mouldy elements but still with deep fruit. Another misconception people might have is to think a wine is corked because the cork has broken or crumbled on extraction. I recently opened a cheap Spanish red that my mother had bought 10 years ago and kept in less than perfect conditions in Andalusia. The cork fell to pieces but after I strained the wine it tasted perfectly alright. I used it to make tinto de verano in the summer heat.
Great summary. I think many casual wine drinkers may have encountered a corked wine and had no idea. I've been lucky and have encountered corked wine on a couple of occasions only and they were inexpensive wines. I have had aged wine well past its prime and on the downward slide which had mouldy elements but still with deep fruit. Another misconception people might have is to think a wine is corked because the cork has broken or crumbled on extraction. I recently opened a cheap Spanish red that my mother had bought 10 years ago and kept in less than perfect conditions in Andalusia. The cork fell to pieces but after I strained the wine it tasted perfectly alright. I used it to make tinto de verano in the summer heat.