Can I drink it now?

[Innkeeper]

Hi Viking and welcome to the Wine Board. In addition to the extremely small number of wines that need aging, there is a totally different concept called resting. Resting is the time a wine need to regain its composure after shipment. Shipment can mean across the country, or home from the nearest retailer. It would require an overnight in the latter case to ten days in the former case. Don't know if this was in play in this case.

Another concept is called aeratian. Most very young wines, and yours is an example, benefit from exposure to oxygen, the very thing that destroys it in the long run. Pouring the wine briskly into a decanter accomplishes this task.