Premature Oxidation in Wine
Premature oxidation – abbreviated to PREMOX in wine jargon – had been more of an academic interest than anything until recently when expensive bottles of white wine were unceremoniously poured down the drain because they were simply not pleasurable to drink.
If there is any irrefutable evidence that life is indeed unfair in the world of wine, add this to the line-up. Almost all the “bad” bottles were blamed on cork taint. This drove the cork people to near insanity at the brink of even buying the story themselves.
In reality, as Yats Wine Cellars join the short but elite list of wine institutions out to bash these ridiculous myths, a majority of these faulty wines was really a product of a thing called Premox which is wine jargon for “Premature Oxidation”.
As you can see from the pictures of the luscious 1998 Meursault from Francoise Parent, the color is noticeably deeper in one than the other. Cork taint – TCT – doesn’t leave that forensic evidence. On the nose, oxidation is clearly the murderer of this fine wine.
Premox was especially bad in the otherwise fabulous 1999 vintage but it is something that worries wine lovers from 1995 to 2002.
For more information about Premox and how to spot it before you spend good money to buy a bottle, contact Yats Wine Cellars at
Clark Wine Center
MA Roxas Ave corner A Bonifacio Ave, Clark Freeport, Pampanga, Philippines 2023
(632) 6375019 0922-870-
Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 Rea or Chay
Email: Wine@Yats-
Website: www.YatsWineCellars.com
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