Unpleasant moldy earthy smell and taste caused primarily by TCA (2,4,6 Trichloroanisole) in problematic corks. Screwcaps themselves do not give wine cork taint.
Unfortunately, this fault is complicated by differing individual perception thresholds, in addition to varying degrees of cork taint, which makes cork taint hard to detect. As a result, customers might unfairly think a wine is lacklustre when it is actually faulty.
Translated by Sylvia Wu / 吴嘉溦
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Jennifer Docherty MW / 葡萄酒大师张藯萱
Jennifer Docherty is the first ethnically Chinese and Mandarin speaking Master of Wine. She grew up in a traditional Chinese household despite being born in Vancouver, Canada. Docherty was a fashion designer in New...
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