Please tell me there's hope - improperly stored wine (6 bottles) ~1.5 years later. What can I do?? - The Athan Zafirov Wine Blog

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Please tell me there's hope - improperly stored wine (6 bottles) ~1.5 years later. What can I do??

Hi all, I'll cut to the chase and say that I am attempting to not commit a murder on this fine Memorial Day over this scenario. Looking for:

  • Any insight into what the possible quality of the wine is now (vinegar? undrinkable piss? probably fine?)
  • Anything we can do to remedy what has been done (besides removing it from the attic and into a cooler location; check and check)

Background:

My husband and I have been traveling full-time since 2021, with a passive goal of visiting great wine locations around the world to start building an at-home wine collection. We visited Mendoza in December 2022 and shipped home (southeastern Pennsylvania, USA) 6 bottles of wine:

  1. (2) Corazon Del Sol, Reserve Cab Franc, Uco Valley Single Bock 13
  2. (2) 2019 Corazon Del Sol, Gran Reserva Malbec
  3. (2) Corazon Del Sol, Luminoso RMVG, Uco Valley 2020

My parents have been storing the wine for us in their PA home while we traveled. I recently returned home and discovered that they have been storing the wine (still in original packaging, so lain sideways/horizontally) in an attic room. Unfortunately, this room can get very hot during the summer - think musty old attic vibes, it is not temperature controlled, no A/C or fan. If I had to guess, it probably averages 75F during the spring/summer but likely can become much hotter than that during peak summer season here, possibly 80 or more.

I am currently pregnant and do not feel comfortable opening or trying the wine to discover its current quality. My husband will return home in a few weeks and he'll check then. I'm absolutely furious with my parents - my dad is a wine drinker who should 100% know better and I have no idea why he thought that storage solution was a good idea. My mom has also worked in nice restaurants and when I asked her if it could possibly be up in the attic she gave me a fearful look. We paid (for us) a good deal of money to get this wine home and I'm afraid it's ruined.





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