Wine aging: from year of release or vintage?!
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?
Answers: 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?
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!
i count the time i buy it and ours is already 20 years old and it is sooo yummy