how long before wine goes stale? after you first open it
2006-07-15 05:43:22 · 5 answers · asked by passions 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
As soon as you open a bottle the wine begins to oxidise. For the first hour or so, this actually improves the taste, but it will start to taste less pleasant and will acquire a strange texture after about 6 or 7 hours of being opened. It's still fine to drink, but it won't be as nice. Any tannins will be far more prevalent. This applies to red wines.
Apply the same timescale to white wines, but the effect is different. They won't benefit as much from being left to "breathe" as much as reds, and after 6 or 7 hours of being left open will start to become more vinegary. Again, they are safe to drink, but will taste (in my opinion) worse than an oxidised red.
For any wine, after a couple of days of being open most of the alcohol will have evaporated and it will taste like goats urine. It won't harm you to drink it, but it won't be nice.
2006-07-15 05:52:44 · answer #1 · answered by Entwined 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I accidentally left one of the 'big' bottles of Sutter Home Pinot Noir open overnight a few weeks ago, corked it up in the morning.
I could taste a slight difference the next night, but nothing really wrong. It didn't taste 'bad', just a little different. I wouldn't do it again and expect the same results. If you have a bottle of decent wine that was left out overnight I'd definately give it a taste before thinking about throwing it out.
2006-07-15 12:49:39 · answer #2 · answered by uncle_beer78 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't go "stale" but a lot of the flavor is ruined with too much exposure to oxygen, so it's not as robust or palate-pleasing.
2006-07-15 12:50:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it can, flat
2006-07-15 12:47:56 · answer #4 · answered by boxing_fan_4_wlad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it'll ferment a lot more
2006-07-15 12:48:35 · answer #5 · answered by Everything 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋