How long should you age your wine?
Mr. Franklin Yost of Bocca Del Vista Florida writes: "Hey wine guy I'm 82 years old, have been holding on to several bottles of wine for several years but I'm thinking if I don't hurry up and drink 'em they will outlive me. How long should I wait?" . Thanks for your question Franklin. How long to age wine is one of the most frequent questions us wine guys get. Given your age I will try and answer quickly. Most people think that the older a wine gets the better it gets. That is not always the case and, unlike you Franklin, even wines that improve with age at some point start to decline. The main reason for that change is that over time the tiny amount of oxygen that the cork allows into the bottle causes the tannin in the wine (what makes your mouth pucker up when you drink some wines bite into a tea bag and you will understand) to soften making the wine smoother. As the tannin becomes less pronounced the fruit and other flavors become more not
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