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Originally Posted by JJRousseau
I wouldn't consider 6 months to be "aging a wine".  |
Well it is to a lot of people.
I think we are basically in agreement, but I don't think the average 'casual' wine drinker has a wine cellar where he is willing to leave a bottle to mature for 20 years. 99.9% of us drink our wine within a week of purchase, anything beyond that is ageing to the average person. I think the longest I have held on to anything is 3 years.
So to recap, sure your Champagne might get a little better if you wait 20 years, but do you want to wait that long for a fairly insignificant improvment in what is hopefully already a pretty good bottle of wine?
***On another topic JJ, are you in Quebec? I am curious to learn more about the wines of that region as I am in western Canada and mostly drink what's local.