Wine Flaws

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Musty smells are from TCA taint. These wines are generally called "corked." If a bottle is only lightly corked the smell will sometimes blos off over time as you described. This is not a storage issue, but rather an issue with the use of cork as stoppers in wine bottles. Figures vary, but many consider one in ten bottles to have some level of being corked. THis is why many are leaning toward alternative stoppers which I believe is LONG overdue.