On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, pp said about:
Aging Corks Fail ??


> On Nov 13, 2:19 pm, (Doug Bashford) wrote:

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> > Is this a common bug? How to prevent?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > --Doug
>
> Corks deteriorate over time, so what you see if pretty natural,
> especially if you used regular quality corks. All red wines will turn
> garent at some point if allowed to age that long and tannins will
> mellow - again, that's just a natural progression. If the wine in the
> bottles with corks that look ok tastes significantly better, you might
> want to consider recorking those bottles - assuming all the corks came
> from the same batchm the "good ones" won't probably last much longer.
>
> Pp

Thanks!

I wonder if in the future I waxed the corks or
went to synthetic, or...?

Sometimes I hear of 100+ year-old fine wines.
What's up with that? I thought that was typical?

--Doug