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- willp58 - 12-03-2003
This is a serious question, not being facetious.
Why do the old wines appear to be more desirous?
People will pay big bux for old wine...Is it *really* better??
OR
Is it a "pampered" thing??
- Innkeeper - 12-03-2003
Wines that can age properly are, for the most part, well balanced reds. What happens over time is that they change their structure. First they loose their fruitiness, and enter what some call their "dumb" period. It is actually a negative parabolic curve. Once the curve starts up again, all the elements of the wine have matured into a new entity. It tastes completely different than it did at release. Some people fall in love with mature wines at first taste, others cultivate a taste for them, and others simply don't like them at all.
Some of the people who pay big bucks for fully mature wine are probably pampered. For those of us who buy wines that can mature at release prices, patiently waiting for them to age, even moving from place to place with them while they mature, we earn a rewarding experience.