Inquiring Winemaker

 

Winemakers' Views On Why Wines Age

August 2008
 
by Tim Patterson
 
What makes wine age
 
Although winemaker Peter McCrea of Stony Hill claims not to know what makes certain wines age well, the winery's Napa Valley Chardonnay is known to be drinkable for up to 30 to 40 years.
 
As every enology graduate knows, there's science, and then there's winemaking.
 

 
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