One hell of a lunch tasting.....

[Randy Caparoso]

One final word: This is not to say that petrol-like qualities don't develop in Rieslings as a result of bottle age. As Bucko originally cited, if it starts off as a subtlety in a Riesling, it emerges with more strength after five, ten, even twenty-plus years. Of course, if it is a quite noticeable in a young Riesling, it starts to predominate with age.

My previous discussion touched upon the originating likelihood of the characteristic.