Comments on: Philip Laffer of Jacob’s Creek on Riesling, petrol, and screwcaps

By: Oxidative wines - vin jaune - Domaine Berthet-Bondet, Jura | Dr Vino's wine blog

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:47:36 +0000

[...] the distinctive tasting experience. Since we’ve been talking about reductive wines and screw caps recently, the other side of the coin (barrel?) should receive a little love here too. And why not a [...]

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:27:03 +0000

How do you get a wine “scrupulously clean”? Copper fining?

By: savatore mannoni

savatore mannoni — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:06:55 +0000

See the answer I’ve done at “Decanter” internet site regarding the technology (Patented by the US Space Agency NASA ) about TCA and wine closure.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:15:52 +0000

I find the difference in regional taste interpretation interesting. As he mentioned how what we call petrol is probably “flint and minerality.” Depending on the environment and your own life experiences, it can dramatically effect the associations and vocabulary you have for taste. I know that’s not saying anything novel, but it never gets old for me either.

By: German Wine Guy

German Wine Guy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:20:16 +0000

I sell German Wines for a living, and I can say for sure that; Carlos, TCA problems are far from being solved. Nearly every day( I open a lot of wine), I open a bottle that’s corked or tainted…I personally like the screw-cap, and some of the more reputable producers like Toni Jost are even using screw caps in Auslese and Beerenauslese Pradikat wines. At the price level these wines can reach, I would be more than happy to know that the risk of the wine being corked is taken out of the mix.

By: Carlos Rodrigues

Carlos Rodrigues — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:05:38 +0000

I do not understand.
Why using screwcaps if cork stopers improved a lot ther quality and TCA problems are solved.
The company mais responsible for introducing TCA/bad quality cork in Australia just went Bankrupcy.
Suport tradition and help environement. Use cork stoppers.

By: mark swann

mark swann — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:57:36 +0000

Just enjoy them young and fresh!

By: John Casey

John Casey — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:17:26 +0000

Corks provide an effective barrier to atmospheric oxygen, and there is little or no difference in the oxidation state of wines under cork and under screwcaps. The main sensory difference is caused by the gradual adsorption of volatile, polar compounds by the cork. In the earlier use of Stelvin, (1970s, it was the terpene wines, Riesling, Traminer which were most affected by SLO, (sulfide-like odours)

By: Morton Leslie

Morton Leslie — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:01:31 +0000

I’m with Tannic, I like petrol in an aged Riesling. Especially when it has the flowery notes that remind you of WD40. (I’m not joking.)

By: tannic

tannic — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:13:22 +0000

I like the petrol!