Coravin Challenge Part 3 - Wines after 6 months
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- Опубликовано: 27 дек 2024
- This is Part 3 in my Coravin Challenge. The 2 wines I originally started with: Butterfield 2011 Pommard and Chateau Larroque 2015 have now been Coravined for 6 months. I added a white wine, Mas de Rey 2021 Les Secrets de Cornille Blanc in my last video. I want to see if Coravin really works.
In this video, I give a little more information about the Chateau Larroque 2015, a Bordeaux Superieur wine.
Great test. I use a Coravin a lot and good to know you can keep wine fresh for that long.
dominic: I was surprised also the test has gone so well. Cheers!
Conclusion: a reliable tool.
Yes!
Very interesting and I'm glad you're doing this. It's instructive for all of us. I've had good Coravin luck with whites, Grenache, Syrah, and Bordeaux blends. However, I've had less good luck with Pinot. To my palate, corvin introduces a bit of a musty flavor with Pinot. I've noticed it with Cali Pinot and Burgundy both, but only a few examples of each. I had written off Coravin for these wines, but you're making me reconsider!
noahcap: I think it only works with newer vintages as once the cork gets old, it doesn't expand back into shape when you poke the needle into it. That is why I have not tried really old vintages with Coravin. Cheers!
Sadly, I had a bad experience with my last coravin wine. My 2012 pinot noir oxydized after 4 months, so i would advise people to really check the corks of their wines before thinking of using coravin.
Otherwise, very useful video, thanks Tony !
Luca: I would be careful with older bottles as if the cork does not reseal, it will get oxidized. So far, it has been OK with these bottles but I normally leave them out for a day before putting back in my wine fridge. Cheers!
Since I mainly drink well aged wines, I consider additionally sealing Bottles with a wax capsule after using coravin.
@@Stefan3690 have you ever tried Coravin with older wines? I wasn't sure since the corks would be dry and might not expand back but your suggestion is a good one only how do you get wax capsules that you can actually seal back? Sounds like a lot of work. Cheers!
@@TrophyWineHunteryes, I have coravined a few dozen 20yr+ wines, some even back to the 70s. I just never dared to store them for any longer than a month after using coravin, most of these bottles were even emptied within 14 days.
With an additional wax capsule I hope to be able to store them for a longer period of time.
To create a new wax capsule I would just melt a tiny pot of wax and either pour a little bit on the cork, so the cork is entirely covered (like Heymann Löwenstein did it for decades until they switched to screw caps) or dunk the top centimeter of the bottle into the molten wax.
@@Stefan3690 wow...you are definitely more handy than me. I can barely get the wax off bottles! But I do think that is a great solution for older bottles. Cheers!
Coravin has special needles for vintage wines, i assume they are thinner and whatnot. Never used it though. So i think using vintage needle on premium vintage wines, plus of what some commenters said-using wax, should be a killer setup, up to 6 months easily.
Technically, these used bottles should be stored vertically, as aregon sits on top of wine, and below cork, creating barrier. If you lay it horizontally, then aregon is not in between wine and cork, its in between wine and side of the bottle-glass. On the other hand side, then cork dries out? :)
don: thanks for your info. Never knew they had special needles for older bottles so will have to check that out. So far, storing horizontally has worked out for me. Cheers!
There is another chateau laroque from saint emilion, and its a grand cru. I wonder if you ever tried that one ? Note that this wine has only one 'r' in the name.
rick: no I don't believe I have tried it or if I have, I don't remember it.
The French..so good at confusing you. Cheers!