for immediate consumption?

[Innkeeper]

Welcome to the Wine Board Sonny. Most consumers want a wine they can drink soon after bringing it home. Well over 90% of the wine made in the world meets this criteria.

However, when a winemaker puts a statement just as you quote, I usually take it to mean, "You can drink it right away if tha't what you want, but it will be really ready in two or three years." If you don't have a cool, humid place to store wine, you can cut the recommend hold time in half or more.