Yard Sale find - help for a novice?

[Thomas]

You did a good job at description -- that "sour" you refer to is probably the fact that the wine is bone dry. Sour is not a term used to describe a drinkable wine -- at least not in front of a winemaker.

Nancy,

Re: Peterson, perhaps, but if a wine freezes, which it can in sub-zero temperatures, the first problem is that it will push the cork, which of course leads to all other problems.

I suppose light has more to do with spoilage than temperature, especially ultra-violet light.