Well, that went better than expected. 3 cheers for the Durand!
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 11:44 am
I'm currently bidding on a bottle of 1864 Gran Blandy's Cama do Lobos Solera.
I already own 1 bottle and wanted to open & taste it so that I could determine how much I wanted to bid on the other but when I put my bottle up against a bright light it looked cloudy.
I was waffling on whether to open, or let it stand for a long while and bid 'blind', it when I decided to go ahead - I figured that I would get at least a decent 1oz taste, decant and then filter if needed.
So, I cut the foil and ewww...nasty...ran upstairs, grabbed the Durand, cleaned up the mouth/cork as much as I could and was more nervous as the spiral went into the cork with zero resistance. Uh Oh.![[foilhat.gif]](./images/smilies/foilhat.gif "DuckNcover")
Results:
The Durand saved me a nasty cork mess.
The wine wasn't so cloudy - it was sediment inside the bottle which was now basically solidified.
The wine is fine but it has so much bottle stink and VA I won't know if it's GOOD for a few days.
I already own 1 bottle and wanted to open & taste it so that I could determine how much I wanted to bid on the other but when I put my bottle up against a bright light it looked cloudy.
I was waffling on whether to open, or let it stand for a long while and bid 'blind', it when I decided to go ahead - I figured that I would get at least a decent 1oz taste, decant and then filter if needed.
So, I cut the foil and ewww...nasty...ran upstairs, grabbed the Durand, cleaned up the mouth/cork as much as I could and was more nervous as the spiral went into the cork with zero resistance. Uh Oh.
Results:
The Durand saved me a nasty cork mess.
The wine wasn't so cloudy - it was sediment inside the bottle which was now basically solidified.
The wine is fine but it has so much bottle stink and VA I won't know if it's GOOD for a few days.
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