Bottle smell

[gmjh]

Hi there. I bulk store my 23 litre kit wines in a 20 litre vinotainer and have only a few litres kept over stored in 3 or 4 bottles. Something I've noticed about the bottles though. When I open a stored (screw cap) bottle to check aroma prior to fridge cooling it smells lovely. After a few hours in the fridge however I smell it again and it smells a bit sulfurous and unpleasant. I know that this will probably dissipate but it's annoying especially if a dinner guest opens it to smell it (one person refused to drink it because of the smell). If I pour a glass or two direct from the vinotainer and refrigerate for 1/2 an hour there is no sulfur smell and it's delicious. I think from now on I'll drink the first few litres from the Vinotainer and fill it back up with the 3 or 4 left over bottles. Has anyone else noticed this happening? It seems to be the rapid cooling in a bottle which causes this and even if left overnight the smell is still there (current batch I'm talking about is a KR Classic Chardonnay aged about 2 months btw....oh and it's lovely too

[Cellar_Rat]

Thought#1
I am thinking this do with the chilled temperature suppressing the natural aroma, which would (when warmer) mask the sulphite smell.

Thought#2
Are you sure you don't have too much sulphite in it?


Thought#3 (this could go on all night)
Are you using sodium or potassium metabisulphate. I gave up on SM years ago because of odd flavours and pongs? And you never see commercial wino's using it.


Thats it - i'm done.....

[koomber]

When you say sulfurous do you mean eggy or sulfite-y?

[bigwings]

When you say sulfurous do you mean eggy or sulfite-y?

Shame we cant have smelly-vision on line