Warthaug
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I am a few weeks away from bottling a red that'll age at least a year before we open any (with the goal of aging the bulk to at least 2 years).
I was wondering how critical it is to hae the cork breath on longer agings. The reason I ask is that we've been topping our fast-aging wines with wax instead of the shrink wrap Toppers. It looks cooler (we've made up a signat to press in a seal), is cheaper & we prefer the look, but obviously stops the cork from breathing.
Thanx
Bryan
I was wondering how critical it is to hae the cork breath on longer agings. The reason I ask is that we've been topping our fast-aging wines with wax instead of the shrink wrap Toppers. It looks cooler (we've made up a signat to press in a seal), is cheaper & we prefer the look, but obviously stops the cork from breathing.
Thanx
Bryan