corkiness en · NOUN
Etymology
From corky + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being corky.
Once you know how, spotting corked wine is easy – but the fact is that you shouldn't have to. It takes time to learn to distinguish different characters in a wine – and corkiness is one of them
2007, Giles Kime, The laid back wine guide: