Does "ALL" Wine get better with age ?!
Does "ALL" Wine get better with age ?
Answers: Typically there's no purpose in keeping any white wine longer than two years as quality does not improve beyond this point. Lighter white wines (like rieslings) are meant to be consumed shortly after purchase.
Some chardonnays will mellow or improve a bit with a year or so on the rack, but not by much.
Most red wines will age nicely for maybe 7 years (if stored properly), but the winemaker can tell you at what point the wine is best consumed. Also someone like Andrea Immer Robinson has recommendations of how long to cellar specific wines so you can consume them at their peak of flavor and depth. No. The cheap fruity wines (around $7/bottle) usually atart to taste really bad after a while. Some wines are definitely made to drink immediately. Check out the vineyard's website for all information pertaining to the wine and how long it can (and should) be aged for. NO !!!!
some are made to be drunk within months of production
price is not a good guide to which ones will keep and which will not , some new white wines sell for a fortune , but should be drunk straight away
best check with the label on the bottle and contact the vineyard , most have a website on there bottles now
all the best
Ian Not all the cheap wines they say drinkable within no more then 3 to 5 years. NO white wines are not meant to age, some reds will age well and price is ussaly a good indication of ageablity. cheap wines should be drank within a few months No. Virtualy all wines are at their best when released and they are ready for drinking. I agree with PONTAC to a point and he should know better. MOST wines are meant to be consumed very soon after purchased. There are some reds that will age very well but it's important to have a knowlage of what wines they are. Find and expert and talk to them.
Some whites will age well. Semillion is a white that can age very well, espceailly when it has botrytis "The Noble Rot". The(desert) wines produced from those grapes are some of the best in the world and can age very well. In fact they get better with age. The only thing is that type of wine is very rare. No, that's a common misconception. Many of the better red wines do get better with age (as the sharp-tasting tannin they contain gradually softens over time) and might last up to 10 years if kept in a cool and dark enough area, while the cheaper wines will not improve no matter how long you store them and will not keep longer than 1 year, at most. And eventually, all wines will start to go downhill after a long enough period of time. whites shouldn't be aged for more than a couple years. they don't have enough tannins to benefit from the aging.
most reds also won't benefit from more than a couple years. pinot noir is probably the least likely to benefit, it's pretty drinkable 2-3 years after harvesting. it's the tannic ones that can benefit from aging. carbernet sauvignon is the classic example, big tannic flavor when young. sorta mellows out later. even so, the mid-priced bottles don't benefit from too much aging, probably 5 - 7 years max. expensive, high quality cabernets can benefit from longer-term aging.