A certain percentage of bottles (I have read as many as one bottle per case) may be impacted to some degree - but the amount of TCA may be low enough as not to be perceptible. Nothing to fear, other that making the wine smell bad, TCA presents no danger to consume. The most recent "corked" bottle I encountered was an everyday Spanish Rioja that we drink all the time, and have for years in the US and in Spain. I have never had any issues with a bottle of this wine, and suddenly one night - pure wet cardboard.
If you are trying a wine for the first time and are disappointed by musty aromas - it may be cork taint, and a different bottle may be wonderful...give that wine another chance!
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