r/wine • u/BothCondition7963 Wine Pro • 1d ago
What's the oldest bottle you've had bottled under screwcap and how did it age?
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u/Odd_Minute4542 1d ago
Multiple vintages of Pewsey Vale Contours Riesling. Excellent. Esk Terraces 2006. Excellent. Screwcaps is clearly the superior closure.
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u/Illustrious-Divide95 Wine Pro 1d ago
Yeah - this does well under screw cap - I've had a few "older" vintages and totally agree
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u/PossibleClothes1575 1d ago
2005 Bonny Doon Cigare Volant Rouge. Pretty remarkable. Great shape. Rare juxtaposition of freshness & maturity. (Tbh it felt clinical at times). But all in all, it was a real treat
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u/fermenter85 1d ago
Pretty important to distinguish between screwcap liners in a discussion about this. Saranex vs tin have pretty different properties, and multiple other manufacturers use comparable ranges of materials that have similar variations of net effect. There is no “one screwcap” to use for a comparison here.
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u/Illustrious-Divide95 Wine Pro 1d ago
I had a 2015 aussie shiraz from Geoff Merrill the other day and it tasted superb. Fruit was still vibrant and had great power, and the tertiary characteristics were developing in harmony. I think it aged fantastically well so far and can still go another 7 to 10 years IMHO. I have no problem with aging suitable wine under screw cap, I've had so many disappointing wines agree under cork (esp. white Burgundy) that may have been better under Screwcap.
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u/steelybran1 1d ago
I had a 2006 Craggy Range Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand. It was an absolute banger!
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u/CountofAnjou 1d ago
I had a bottle of 2011 Tyrell’s No.1 vat Semillon on Saturday and it was stellar. Pleased I have another bottle to go.
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u/Just-Sign-5394 23h ago
2001 Felton Road Block 5- some of these were with driven cork and some with screwcap. Had it with Nigel’s son; the wine was lovely, maturation was akin to driven cork. But Felton have spent a lot of money to make sure they have screw caps that work.
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u/MaceWinnoob Wine Pro 1d ago
Recently had a 15 year old Villa Wolf Gewurztraminer that popped and had some cloudy gas come off like it was fresh bubbles. Tasted like it was current vintage, zero carbonation. Just perfectly sealed.
I’ve had some 05 Penfolds Riesling that were not meant to age and left upright the whole time. Fill level was perfect but they tasted like aged riesling for sure. Not as a good of an experience as the Villa Wolf.
Screw caps (with dark glass) age better than most other wines in my experience. Someone said in their comment about a juxtaposition of freshness and maturity, I couldn’t agree more. That tends to be my experience. I had a really well made synthetic cork on a magnum of 96 St Francis Merlot recently and it had the exact same quality. Very surprising for a synthetic cork!
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u/carson2210 Wine Pro 1d ago
2014 Macrostie Wildcat Mountain Chard - meh, not my style of chard but it surprisingly held up well
2013 Argyle Riesling - delicious
Have had both this year
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u/toodarntall Wine Pro 23h ago
In 2018 I had a Kumeu Mate's Vineyard Chardonnay. Absolutely stellar at 15 years old, and probably could have aged for another 3-5 years with no issues
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u/GermanWineLover 22h ago
2002 Johner Pinor Noir, Germany. The first wine made with a screwcap here, afaik. If was in good shape, but needed lots of air.
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u/ObviousEconomist 22h ago
I've had tons of Aussie cabernet from the 90s under screwcap and they were all alive.
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u/Brokegie 21h ago
Do you guys find the screw cap wines age slower in general?
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u/tenderloin_coins 16h ago
2016 Leuwin Art Series Chardonnay about two months ago. Perfect secondary development with no oxidation. I wish I had another
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u/Vast_Comfortable4489 Wine Pro 1d ago
2005 dead arm one under screw so one under cork. The difference between the two was incredible. The bottle under cork had developed and was showing more Rhone-like characteristics. The one under screw cap tasted like the day it was bottled, but with a softening of the tannins and additional complexity. Fascinating.