Seeking comments on first bottle of wine

[winoweenie]

Hi JagF and welcome to the board. Someone along the way has really mis-informed you regarding the ageability of todays wines. 90% or possibly even more of the wine made today is meant for IMMEDIATE consumption to appease the very impatient consumers. The producers in Chile make their Cabernets, Merlots, Chards etc to be drunk on release. The same is true of most of the wine you see in the supermarkets and wine shops. The wine at 8 years that the poster described would be iffy at best at 8 years even given the unusual event the consumer had good storage. WW