How long can a wine last? Wine Fan Mark Lagan finds out!

Who here hasn't used the phrase: "ah, I'd better finish the bottle, don't want it going to waste and it certainly won't last...". Myth? Or Busted!

Mark Lagan undertook to take one for the team. Put his body and liver on the line to test out just how long a wine would last. Check out Mark's Real Time Wine profile here.

The wine? MMX Blackwater Noir. An SMG blend (shiraz, that mouvedre stuff and grenache).

Mark says:

My methodology was as follows.

Day 1 open wine. Pour about 80 mls through wine shower into glass. Gave it a shake with my hand over the top of the glass.  Repeat process 3 times to ensure maximum aeration. The wine shower/filter is in the pic below. I then tasted the wine and recorded my thoughts and comments as per the tweets.

I then stored the wine in the fridge. Day 2 I took wine out fridge. Poured into glass, gave it a good shake and then aerated as per day 1. Tasted and commented. Returned remainder of bottle to fridge.

Day 3 as per day 2 and so on.

And here are the tweets!

Day 1 of wine experiment with red from @terroirvino to see if it will last a week after opening and still taste good. @realtimewine
— Mark Lagan (@TokaiMark) October 22, 2012

Red/noir from @terroirvino Syrah Grenache.Soft spice & white pepper w something fynbossy perhaps.Slight tannic feel.Till2moro @realtimewine
— Mark Lagan (@TokaiMark) October 22, 2012

Day 2. Wine has opened up beautifully. White pepper with a bit of a smokey leather thing. Enjoyed every sip. @realtimewine @terroirvino
— Mark Lagan (@TokaiMark) October 23, 2012

Day3. I'm very impressed.Wine has opened up beautifully.Same tasting comments as day 2 but softer. @terroirvino @realtimewine
— Mark Lagan (@TokaiMark) October 24, 2012

Wife says she gets some blackcurrant. Never had wine last 3 days before. @terroirvino @realtimewine
— Mark Lagan (@TokaiMark) October 24, 2012

Day 4.The good times are still rolling. 4 days on & this wine is still fresh. More enjoyable than day1. @terroirvino @realtimewine #winning
— Mark Lagan (@TokaiMark) October 25, 2012

Crazy days. Go Mark! We kind of lost track of him at this point. Haze of drip strategy wine tasting? But rumour is he got close to 7 days.

Anyone else want to try some wine experiments and win fame and fortune? And maybe some free liver tablets? :)