Wine News: Wine Tastings 9/11

"In an age of instant gratification, most people buy wine to drink tonight. Saving a bottle for a special occasion may mean placing it in a rack where it gathers dust for a month or two. At best, cases might be stored in a cool closet or basement and consumed within a year of purchase.

For those who have had the pleasure of enjoying properly cellared older wines, I don't need to tell you there is nothing like it. One Incline Village wine collector likened the experience to liquid sex. But before this image sends you scurrying to the wine cellar, you need to know that not all wines will benefit from aging.

Determining what to cellar and what to drink now takes experience. As a general rule, the more you pay the more likely you are to have a wine that will benefit from aging, although this is not always the case. Many California wines costing upwards of $50 don't have the structure necessary for aging. Perhaps a better indicator is the "pucker" effect. A red wine that tastes coarse and rough when opened contains substantial tannic acid. The firmer the tannins in young red wine, the more likely it will improve with age as the tannins soften. If a wine is smooth and soft when opened, drink it now."

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