DiningBuzz! - Help, my cork just disintegrated on my NYE Wine!

Just cracked open a 2001 Sine Qua Non NO. 6 Pinot Noir I had forgotten about in my cellar. It's right on the border of being past its prime. When I went to open it, the cork crumbled into bits!
I put in a strainer and poured it into a decanter, but the bits of cork were too fine! Any suggestions on how to save this??

HELP!!!

Just cracked open a 2001 Sine Qua Non NO. 6 Pinot Noir I had forgotten about in my cellar. It's right on the border of being past its prime. When I went to open it, the cork crumbled into bits!
I put in a strainer and poured it into a decanter, but the bits of cork were too fine! Any suggestions on how to save this??

HELP!!!

If the bits are floating, insert a hose into the bottle and rack it into another container. Drink quickly.

use a coffee filter in the strainer??

Happy New Year!!

If the cork was that dry, is it going to be any good now anyway?

If the cork was that dry, is it going to be any good now anyway?

I used a coffee filter and got most of the cork out.
It is a little high in alcohol content at this point, but hopefully with another hour or so of decanting it will be better. The after background flavors and after taste are good, and will hopefully get better. If not, I've got a lot more I need to dig out anyhow! ;)

Happy New Year everyone and thanks for the help!

Seen that you already solved the problem.

As a reference for a (hopefully non-existent) next time, you could use some pharmaceutical cotton / cotton balls (sterile cotton, basically) and put it into the strainer, making sure all its perforated surface is covered.

All solid particles will be retained by the cotton barrier.

i don't see how particles it could get through a paper coffee filter. if sometning gets through a paper coffee filter, i don't think you'll notice it. your storage may be too dry, or the prior storge was too dry. i buy a lot of distressed mdse that has been in a warehouse that is too dry. i have to pull the '06's with an ahso. since only the last bit of cork is still surviving, so do not buy '05's.

my guess is you used a std form of corkscrew, drilled the center, and destroyed a delicate cork. next time use an ahso.

also, unless you stored this in a cool cellar, chances are it is tired. 10 years is quite old for an oregon pinot. this is a shea vineyard wine. although different blocks, shea once bottled under his own name(he's back at it). it did not sell. he dumped, we bought a pallet, and i got 12 cases of it. was nice wind very big and muscular. should have been long lived. too bad we did it in at an early age.

i would strongly recommend a backup wine. nice big fruity red, like a ridge zin.

i don't see how particles it could get through a paper coffee filter. if sometning gets through a paper coffee filter, i don't think you'll notice it. your storage may be too dry, or the prior storge was too dry. i buy a lot of distressed mdse that has been in a warehouse that is too dry. i have to pull the '06's with an ahso. since only the last bit of cork is still surviving, so do not buy '05's.

my guess is you used a std form of corkscrew, drilled the center, and destroyed a delicate cork. next time use an ahso.
Can I ask what an ahso is?

also, unless you stored this in a cool cellar, chances are it is tired. 10 years is quite old for an oregon pinot. this is a shea vineyard wine. although different blocks, shea once bottled under his own name(he's back at it). it did not sell. he dumped, we bought a pallet, and i got 12 cases of it. was nice wind very big and muscular. should have been long lived. too bad we did it in at an early age.
Yes, it was certainly not at it's best to be sure. But we enjoyed it nonetheless.

i would strongly recommend a backup wine. nice big fruity red, like a ridge zin.
Thanks for the suggestion, but you're too late! ;)

Can I ask what an ahso is?


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Sure!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1z57Q8PXzc

Sure!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1z57Q8PXzc

Cool.
thanks!

Can I ask what an ahso is?

See the Wine Bottle Openers thread, they are twenty seven cents each or four for a dollar at the Christmas Tree Shops.

Disclaimer - just because my local Christmas Tree Shop has something in stock, there's no way to know if your local one does.

Just cracked open a 2001 Sine Qua Non NO. 6 Pinot Noir I had forgotten about in my cellar. It's right on the border of being past its prime. When I went to open it, the cork crumbled into bits!


How was this bottle stored??

According to reports on www.cellartracker.com it's still drinking well.
You should check out www.wineberserkers.com It's a wine BB the way Flyertalk is to travel. ;)

dh

How was this bottle stored??

According to reports on www.cellartracker.com it's still drinking well.
You should check out www.wineberserkers.com It's a wine BB the way Flyertalk is to travel. ;)

dh

Great recommendations on the two sites!

For the first several years it was simply in a cardboard box in the basement. After I finished my cellar it was stored in a temp. controlled rack. It has been through two moves and probably not handled the best.
Live and learn.

Great recommendations on the two sites!

For the first several years it was simply in a cardboard box in the basement. After I finished my cellar it was stored in a temp. controlled rack. It has been through two moves and probably not handled the best.
Live and learn.

there are posts and places(not here)that state that cardboard box storage is very bad for wine. i have not found that to be the case. i have some 10 yo things in cardboard boxes. i cannot attribute any problems to box.

cellar does not have to be as cold as many say. mine is about 66F, and i get very good longivity. temp cycling is bad. the air inside the bottle expands and contracts, and pushes the wine out the cork.