Wine Review- How long do I have to wait?

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Wine Review- How long do I have to wait?
Its accepted today that most wine reviewdrinkers
do not have the money, the storage space or
the patience to wait years as their bottles age
to maturity. Consumers expect wines to be ready,
or at least enjoyable, immediately after they
buy them.
Thats a marked departure from the old days, when
it might never have occurred to our
wine reviewloving forefathers to pull the cork
on, say, decent Bordeaux before it was 12 or 15
years old. As a result, many producers around
the world have altered their methods in an effort
to make wines that are more accessible when
young.
Plenty are still out there. Even though people
say Barolos are more approachable these days. In
fact, if you do have the money, the storage and
the patience, many wines from all over the world
will still benefit greatly from prolonged aging.
Although, most people today dont want to take
the trouble themselves, and while some
restaurants will bear the burden of aging wine
review, they usually charge forbidding prices for
their efforts.
Surely this state of affairs must leave more than
a few wine lovers frustrated. Who among us would
not like the opportunity to drink aged wines
without paying a fortune or waiting for them?
Wines are not necessarily well aged before they
are sold. A wine reviews reserve if it is aged
for a minimum of three years before it is
released. You can find a lot of reserves in
stores right now from the minimally aged mostly.
Yet whats exciting is that some the producers
are not bound by the aging standards for
reserves. They go above and beyond what is
required. This means that in stores its not
hard to find a reserve that is more than 10
years old. These are current releases, and in the
great scheme of things, they really dont cost
much at all.
Recently, we tasted reserves from a range of
vintages that are available in stores. We found
that the best wines by far were already well aged
by the time we bought.
Yet even when released, they generally need years
of additional aging before they are really
enjoyable.
The old tradition was for producers to age the
wine club reviews until they were ready to drink,
well beyond the minimal requirements. Only a few
wineries still offer this service. But judging
from our tasting, the difference is clear. Our
top four bottles were all well aged reserves from
producers who continue to perform this
traditional practice.
You can still find those very modern wines,
though you might be hard pressed to identify
them... But even the top modern wine club reviews
in our tasting bore the characteristic flavors
and textures of the region. Its fair to say that
now you have a diversity of styles clearly
identifiable.
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