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Do plastic corks contaminate wine?
I sent the following letter to Robert Mondavi wine company. Do you agree with it?
Robert Mondavi wines have been ruined by the plastic cork.
Yesterday I bought a Robert Mondavi Private Selection Merlot 2009 and after my first sip I could taste the leakage from the pastic cork in the entire bottle. I could not drink the rest of the wine and put it down the drain.
All wines that have plastic corks have this distinctive plastic taste.
To confirm, take a new wine bottle, put water in it, then put a plastic cork in it and let it stay there for a couple of weeks. After a while, uncork the water and taste it. You will be shocked at the plastic taste. That's what you're doing to your wines.
If you don't want to use cork, use screw-on caps instead. They don't contaminate the wine like plastic corks do to every bottle.
The next time I buy a wine from you and discover that it has a plastic cork, and therefore ruined wine, I'm going to return it for a refund.
5 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Generally wines with plastic corks are wines that wouldn't improve by aging anyway so its not a big deal. You also have to understand that at this point the wine market is so big that there isn't enough cork in the world for a large percentage to get cork tops and even if they could the price is prohibitive and would be transferred on to you the consumer if they could. Chances are your wine was left sitting in a warehouse somewhere or in the back of the store for far too long.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I have never noticed a problem with plastic "corks". I have, however, noticed problems with ones using natural cork, usually from poor storage. To be fair, I've had a lot more wines stoppered with cork than with plastic.
One difference is that corked bottles should be stored horizontally to keep the cork from drying out; plastic-stoppered bottles should be stored vertically., which should obviate any chance of the wine getting a "plastic" taste.
Try a blind study. Have someone pour samples of the same type of wine from bottles with both types of stopper. See whether you can detect a difference without knowing which is which.
- MakaLv 71 decade ago
some years ago I bought a wine from Mondavi that had a leaking natural Cork. It tasted bad . There was no plastic involved. I think Mondavi is not stupid and they know how to make a good wine. If the plastic Would have a detrimental effect on their wine - they would be aware of it.
- Anonymous7 years ago
I prefer red wine
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