So Wednesday night when I double-decanted my last bottle of '90 Haut-Corbin I realized it was horribly corked. I went and opened an '83 L-Barton and set it aside. But someone (Jim or Betsy?) remembered I had talked about the plastic wrap as a possible TCA absorbent method mentioned on the web (was it Jamie Goode?). So I stuck a wad of plastic wrap in the neck and set aside.
I had tried this once before to no avail, but had not given it the suggested 48 hours. This time I did, and after 49 hours just tried the '90 Haut-Corbin. I'm not getting any TCA. I'm also not getting any "plasticky" odors that another tester noted. On the downside, the nose is actually fairly neutral -just some warm (almost hot) fruit. On the palate this is a decent if unexciting and very mature wine. I went through several bottles of this QPR St. Emilion, and this is my least favorite. Fruit seems more tired. Of course, that is probably to be expected from a 15 year old wine from a lesser chateau that has been opened something like 51 hours.
More evidence is required, but I'll certainly try this method again. A younger more robust wine might handle the 48 hours a bit better. '
Just a data point.