Is aging an important factor?
The general perception is that the older the wine, the better it is. Again we have to define “better”. Wine, as mentioned earlier is an individual taste and not all drinkers prefer the aged wines. As the wine ages, the tannins and the woods begin to become more pronounced and the fruitiness of the fresh wines are transformed into a more complex taste structure. Some people like this. But others don’t. While it is true that the wines that are considered to be the best are those that improve with age, the majority of wines do not really improve with age, on the contrary, they deteriorate with age. But this does not mean that the wines that do not improve with age are not good wines. In fact the vast majority of wines are consumed within a year or so after the harvest of the grapes, including the wines from traditional wine countries like France or Italy.
