Vintage Wine,I have a question about the aging of wines. For example, sources might say a given type of wine should be aged between 2-5 yrs.
Do these recommended aging times run from when you pick the bottle off of the merchant’s shelf, or from the year of the vintage?
Napa Valley Girl // Apr 22, 2011 at 10:16 pm
Wine, my favorite subject!
The timing should be based on the vintage year.
Remember that these recommendations are an educated guess as to when a particular wine will be in perfect balance — when the fruit, acidity, tannins- are all in sync.
If you are going to make the effort to hold onto a bottle for some time make sure you store it properly to avoid being disappointed after the long wait.
Wines mature fairly quickly in a typical household (68-72°F, frequent changes in sunlight and humidity), and shouldn’t really be kept more than five or six months in these conditions. Wines that require aging need to be kept in a place that is constantly cool (50-60°F), dark, damp. If you do not have a basement or something of that sort, a interior linen closet is almost always the best place, as the temperature stays the most consistent here.
Cheers!
cuakatrina // Apr 22, 2011 at 10:16 pm
i count the time i buy it and ours is already 20 years old and it is sooo yummy