A good example is the Beaujolais nouveau, which is traditionally sold on the third Thursday of November, very soon after it finished turning into wine. There's usually a big advertising campaign to push people to buy it and drink it within a few months, because that wine doesn't age well.One thing I've learnt about wine that is far from obvious if you only have a passing interest in the subject: Just because a wine is older doesn't always mean it's better. Old vintages are usually portrayed as the ultimate thing in wine tasting, and it's easy for a novice to assume that's always the case. But there are limits. Beyond a certain age wine just gets worse over time. And that age is not necessarily very long, either. Some varieties of grapes, such as Sauvignon blanc, produce wines that are at their best within a year or two after being bottled, and then just go downhill after that.
Also, if wine waits too long, it can turn into vinegar through fermentation of alcohol into acetic acid. The etymology of vinegar is French vinaigre, which is literally vin aigre -- sour wine.
Statistics: Posted by Gez — 04 Nov 2024 06:37