please estimate if you are fairly sure?
2006-10-04 15:36:41 · 4 answers · asked by need help! 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
This will depend on three main factors:
1) The age of the Champagne.
As the wine ages, the cork will lose moisture and decrease very slightly in weight.
2) The quality of production.
Cork, like any wood product, varies in price according to quality (ie. grain, density, structure, moisture, texture) and so cheap production methods will use cheap corks. Some corks will be more dense (and therefore heavier) than others.
3) The brand of Champagne.
Not all corks are even the same size. The width of the bottle-neck dictates the radius of cork used to seal a wine (compare a Krug bottle to a Veuve-Cliquot Yellow Label bottle).
For these reasons, a Champagne cork can vary from around 10 grams (Krug, Gosset, Dom P, Veuve Grande Dame etc.) to around 25 grams (Moet Brut Imp., Veuve Yellow Label, Bollinger etc.).
Hope this helps!
Edward Mainwaring-Burton
2006-10-04 21:34:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
28
2006-10-04 23:31:52 · answer #2 · answered by shlomogon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
13 grams
2006-10-04 22:39:16 · answer #3 · answered by nacho 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
14gms with wire still attached and 8gms without .
2006-10-05 04:00:55 · answer #4 · answered by yeolde_bridgeinn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋