Old wine, as the name suggests, is old wine. Of course, there are also old wines in domestic liquor, and there is also a saying that "wine is the fragrance of old age". This sentence is deeply imprinted in the minds of every Chinese. sought after. What about wine? Old vintage wines get better with age, do they get better with age?

Some good wines do have excellent ageing ability, they can be aged for many years, and the wine quality will be improved with the development of time, so the price of a bottle of old wine will indeed be higher than that of a new year, such as Burgundy. Or top wines from Bordeaux, top brands and vintage ports from the Rhone Valley, etc.

However, no matter how good a wine is, with the passage of time, its quality will reach its peak, and then the wine quality will decline until "death". The definition of "death" here means that the wine has lost its appeal. flavor. The existence value of this kind of wine that has passed its peak period is more as a collection, because its reputation and rarity make it have a certain collection value. Many top restaurants or jewelers will collect rare wines of very old years as collections. The treasure of the town shop, but these wines are often not worth drinking.

From the perspective of wine production, more than 90% of the wine has no aging value. With the increase of aging time, the wine will lose a lot of its own aroma, and the fruit aroma will not be able to produce enough. , charming secondary or tertiary aroma, in general, most wines are recommended to be drunk within 2-5 years. Especially for dry whites, you should pay more attention to the age. Many dry whites are fresh and refreshing, and often the wine quality has declined significantly after 2-3 years, so you must pay special attention when purchasing wine.