This wine comes with a fun story. A friend of mine is moving into a smaller
home. She asks me if I want to take
several bottles of Merlot she’d had for “a while” because she doesn’t really
like Merlot and doesn’t want to take them to the new place. I said, “sure.”
Little did I know at the time, but all five bottles were
older bottles. This one is 2010 and
suggests a 3 year shelf life. Ooops,
we’re a bit beyond that. They were all
inexpensive bottles as well, inexpensive wine that doesn’t age as well as a
higher quality of wine.
The first bottle I opened was brown. I mean like the color of mulch brown. I didn’t taste it, down the drain it
went. The second bottle I opened had a
nice flavor that lasted about twenty-four hours. It was drinkable, enjoyable, but went bad
fast once the bottle was opened.
This bottle was number three. It tasted like prunes and roasted
blackberries. The flavors were fabulous
and I really enjoyed it. I also drank
most of it in one sitting because I didn’t want to run the risk of it going bad
like the previous bottle.
The moral of the story?
Sometimes things will age well when you think they won’t. It had been stored properly, kept at a
reasonable temperature, and been cared for.
The result was an inexpensive bottle of Merlot that tasted
fabulous. Will every bottle do
that? No. But it does show taking care of even the most
inexpensive bottles is important.
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