short term storage conditions

[Bucko]

Why do you ssy we're disagreeing, Foodie. He said a few weeks. There's no way a few weeks at 80 will hurt a wine unless you want long term storage.

There is a rule-of-thumb physics/liquid equation that shows that for every 10 degrees above 55 degrees, the aging doubles for each 10 degree increase.

So, from 55 to 65, one year of aging equals two years. From 55 to 75 it equals four years. From 55 to 85 it equals eight years.

So if you take a young wine and lay it down at 85 degrees for a year, it will theoretically be the same as aging for eight years (there's more to it, but we're being general here).

Aging your wines at 75-80 degrees for a few weeks before consumption will NOT cause them harm, period. You CAN cause them harm in a very short time with extreme heat.