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In Reply to: RE: Really? posted by jimbill on February 06, 2010 at 20:10:12

...like I said above, I find ageing increases a wine's complexity.
Think of a young wine, even without tannins, and it's tightly wound with hints of the flavors to come.
With a few months to a year of bottle age, it opens up revealing some of its complex flavors.
This process continues over the next few years, although slower.
Some people like a wine, esp. from CA, that's more fruit forward, i.e. the fruit is the main thing they can taste. With a little bottle age the fruit diminishes a little revealing other flavors which come more forward.
Ageing Chart (Open in New Window)

Edits: 02/07/10 02/07/10 02/07/10

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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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