The reason why I say to drink it sooner than later is that because the cork is protruding and the seal has been broken, more oxygen will get into the bottle causing it to oxidize much quicker.
Unless the bottles were exposed to extreme heat for several hours I doubt the actual heat damage will hurt the wine.
Because of the RS in riesling I have unfortunately noticed it does not take much warmth to have a cork push up. And it seems to happen most frequently with mags, I am guessing because they are manually filled.
Iâm on the west coast but they came from Piedmont wine on the east coast. Iâve received stuff from them in the past and didnât have any issues. It mightâve been heat damaged with the same batch as yours
Ah, Iâm sorry to hear that. I hope that Piedmont Wine Imports can compensate you for the mags.
At Hofgut Falkenstein, a new cellar strictly for bottle storage was built. We request that the wines be shipped in reefers, but we canât control how the wines are handled at every step once they leave the winery.
I was lucky enough to taste Egon Mullerâs 2021s from the Scharzhof bottling up through Spatlese last week, and it is a wow vintage for Scharzhofberger. Kabinett has a lightning bolt running through it, so much crazy young energy there, and Spätlese is pretty insanely flavorful but beautifully integrated and textural.
I drank through the 2020âs last week with someone from the winery and he unprompted told me that the acid in the '21 kabinett would take the enamel off your teeth and most people wouldnât enjoy it until it came out the other side.
