hi all i have about 20 bottles of 2005 rieslings.
i just pulled sample from 4 different bottles of 2005 semi sweet Markus Molitor rieslings and 3 of them had the cork push out after cotavin use. seems a little loose.
i can push them back as well.
should i assume cork is loose and oxygen will get in after coravin pull?
wine does not leak when turned upside down
by leedw94
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Why is the foil cut if you used a coravin
E: lol downvoted for asking a simple question, never change that gatekeeping mindset r/wine
It sounds to me like you’re over-pressurizing. Try pumping less argon into the bottle. I pump in just enough that the last bit going into my glass barely dribbles out. That way the pressure inside the bottle matches the outside air pressure. Cork stays where it should.
That cork has failed. Just finish the darn bottle.
Coravin already overstates how long bottles preserve with their system with a good cork. I wouldn’t hold on to this bottle for any period of time.
Are the corks wet/damp? While simultaneously extremely dried out? If so could be cork failure and the added pressure combined
Are you pulling out the needle before the wine has finished dripping out? That’s the only way I could see pressure building up enough to push out corks. Ie You’re injecting the gas introducing pressure and not giving it enough time to equalise before removing the needle.
Nope, just bad coravin use.
That’s a wet cork and a wet cork is a failed cork.
Yes, maybe the Coravin delivered too much pressure but, considering the staining on the side of the cork, that’s the more likely culprit here.