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My personal preferences...

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In Reply to: RE: When should you lay down wine? posted by jimbill on February 04, 2010 at 19:35:31

...even without big tannins, I find many California wines tend to gain complexity with bottle ageing.

Cabernet - 5 years

Zinfandel - 3 years - except the very fruit forward ones

Pinot Noir and Chardonnay - 1-2 years
Here's another opinion. (Open in New Window)

Follow Ups:

Really? - jimbill 20:10:12 02/06/10 (4)
- Trying to achieve? - mkuller 10:36:13 02/07/10 (3)
  - Please read my first post. - jimbill 20:36:55 02/08/10 (2)
    - And don't drink it too early... - mkuller 21:18:27 02/08/10 (1)
      - I think we're close to saying the same thing... - jimbill 15:56:48 02/09/10 (0)

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