But a younger wine, white or red, with a similar color are likely flawed.)īeyond cork taint-which will make your wine smell like a wet dog just shook his hair out in your musty basement-many “Wines Gone Bad” (a forthcoming show on TruCrime TV) go bad because of an interior chemical conversion (often goosed by oxygen or heat).
(*Aged wines may have a darker hue to them, and that’s fine. Some unfiltered wines may be less transparent to begin with, but a change in opaqueness usually indicates something went weird. Key indicators include a change in color-purple to ruddy brownish, lighter white to golden, e.g.-and/or opaqueness. Get used to looking at wine, and you’ll be better at detecting if it’s gone bad. You know, that thing you do at a wine tasting when you stare intensely at your wine as if you just realized it was blackmailing you? Except you’re appreciating the color, and to some extent getting a preview of maybe some lush blackberry or bright citric flavors to come. Looking at wine is a central part of enjoyment. They’re not too hard to identify, and they’re (generally) conveniently packaged in a few sensory categories. But when a bottle of wine has really gone bad, even the thirstiest among us can’t rationalize another sip.īut how can you tell if a wine’s gone bad? Beyond popping the cork and accidentally releasing ghosts or live bats, there have to be some more obvious visual or sensory clues, right? Fortunately, yes, there absolutely are. If we’re being honest, there’s a solid chance most of us have powered through a glass-or three-of less than perfect wine before admitting to some flaws (personal, or the wine’s).
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