While the ready to drink wine has changed the wine industry completely and forever it’s sort of sad to realise it may have to do with our “rush rush trend” that this so-called modern life imposes. The younger the generation, the more right now everything they are/demand. Job promotions, relationships, food at restaurant, movies (who’s to watch ‘gone with the end’ today??), short books, shorter words, sms, and so on and on. Everything is for now.

The new wine fits into this new world.

A good wine that needs to rest for 15 years is like an awesome song that we have to work on to understand the notes and chords better, but once we master it we’ll have ever lasting pleasure.

It shows characteristics that the new/ready to drink wine (that can age well as well, though) won’t ever have.

This crappy thought/analogy was crafted while listening to the let it be album. There’s the ‘i want to hold your hand’ wine (it can be worth something 15 years later) and there’s the ‘across the universe’ wine. It took me sometime to understand and appreciate the ‘across the universe’ wine, but it was way worthier than the former one.

Both rustic tannins and green flavors are largely a thing of the past now, making the wines more pleasant to drink young. But, in good wines, the structure is still there, simply softer in the mouth. As long as there’s enough acidity, aging potential should still be there too. At least I hope so, he says eyeing his cellar.

BTW, I’ve had the privilege of tasting 1996 Corison Kronos Vineyard twice in the last couple of years and a 15-year vertical (starting with ’96) of Dyer a few weeks ago. Those 15+ year old wines are still gorgeous and vital.