Proper Aging of Reds

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If you buy a wine buying guide (Hugh Johnson puts out an annual one, I think "Food and Wine" magazine does also), they have readiness charts included. Of course they are only current for a year, so you have to estimate if the buying guide is a year old or more. For example, if the 2003 buying guide says most '95 burgundies you can drink or hold but '96 you should hold, then perhaps in 2004 or 2005 you could open the '96 burgundies.