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MeSoOeny -> RE: Coravin - Does it Truly Work ? (4/10/2015 7:50:07 PM)
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ORIGINAL: budh
Update - checked five bottles coravined 18 - 20 months ago. Four were fine, but one had also turned to vinegar. I have always purged the needle after each use, didn't previously add more argon after bottle was upright, but when I did that today on the five older bottles, it just seemed to leak out the spout, so I'm not sure that does anything.
At this point I am really bummed, and afraid to use it on expensive wines. Current sample size shows 2 out of 6 bottles have gone bad....
Guess I should contact the company to see their reaction.
Anybody else have any problems?
Have had similar results. For me, the appeal of the device resided in the potential to sample a recent release over a number of years without having to crack multiple bottles. Paid for the thing prior to beta, and it performed well on the first few wines I tested it on. However, I've found that, even with the thinner needles, young cork, and sometimes not so young cork (no real rhyme or reason given my lack of desire to delve into the nuances of enclosures) doesn't re-form post-perforation and can either result in leakage or oxidization. The issue I have is that there is no way to know when an enclosure may stand up to the Coravin or not which, as you say, basically makes it worthless/unreliable for better wines given the risk.
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