Decanting Mature Red Wine with Master Sommelier David Glancy

the cork is an important piece as it shows whether the wine had been treated with care, as for some Sommelier sniffing the cork is to check whether the wine had been tampered with or if the wine had been tainted/heat damage. If the wine comes in contact with the cork long enough the taste tends to change.

I have always wondered why the cork is presented. I have done a few wine courses (mostly Wset) and have always been told the cork in garbage.
you can have a bad cork and a good tine, you can have a good crok and a tanted wine. Also if you smell the cork it will smell like cork regardless.
would someone please explain the logic of leaving the cork, to me it is pointless as it shows nothing, it just takes up space on the table

Yes that is a very young bottle of wine, less than 2 years old.

That's a cheap ass bottle of Lyeth Cab $10.

You can't tell what???

Seriously Omo, you do NOT have a clue because you are one of the dumbest posters I have ever had the misfortune of reading. You don't know crap about wine do you? Moron.