The Benefits and Tolls of Age
There are only three directions a wine can go as it gets older
Posted: Jun 20, 2011 2:30pm ET
I've been tasting lots of older wines the past few weeks and months. It's been reminding me that there are really only three things that can happen to a wine as it ages. It can improve, which is what you hope for. It can remain the same, which, depending on its quality, is usually a good thing, too. Or it can decline, and all wines decline sooner or later.
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