why a capsule cork on some expensive Ports?

[Paul_B]

Hi all,

considering the price of 30 and 40 year old tawny... and some colheitas, please tell me there that a full cork isn't too much to ask? I know these wines are meant to drink on arrival and not for storage but please, at least some of us have to save to buy these and we hold them for the special event and these plastic capsules corks are just too risky.

sorry for complaining but i think some shippers/producers read this forum

thanks
paul

[Derek T.]

Paul,

I entirely agree. The T-cork should be reserved for the lowest quality port and I would actually go so far as to say that it should be bannished totally.

I am convinced that the T-cork is actually more expensive to produce than a standard long cork, otherwise more wine varieties would have adopted the T-cork style. I say ban them completely, then the consumer can choose whether or not to drink the bottle immediately or keep it for 100 yrs - regardless of which style of port it is.

Derek

[Tom Archer]

Agree..

Give the basic ports a screwcap and the rest a driven cork..

..leave T caps to the Whisky fraternity!

Tom