2 JUST A SPLASH
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November- December 2019
LONG-CELLARED WINE AND WHAT TO EXPECT
In the past, most fine red wines were meant to be aged. The world has changed, and wine has changed with it. Now most wines are produced with no forethought to their long-term potential but are meant to be consumed within five years of production. The reasons for this are predominantly economic—waiting until there is significant bottle age to release wines is expensive for producers. Consumers don’t typically have large wine cellars—only the most serious collectors have the ability to purchase wine and sit on it for years before drinking it.
Like so many other things in the BY CHRISTIAN EDDLEMAN, OWNER-VINTNER OF SYLVANUS modern world, a great deal has been gained in terms of overall ESTATE AND EMPYREAN WINES wine quality with the modernization of growing and winemaking here is great allure in the idea techniques, but something has also of aged wine, with its promise been lost. But what exactly? What of unique complexity and intense does proper “long-cellaring” do for delight. wine? The oldest wines from the finest Long-term cellaring of wine allows producers routinely garner the highest prices at exclusive auctions a balancing of complex primary and secondary flavors, acids and around the world. Yet currently, tannins. A structural, tannic wine only 1% of all wine produced is will become softer and smoother meant to be aged or cellared for many years. That makes wines that as tannins fall out (often in the form of sediment). Bright fruit flavors both benefit from long cellaring, can transform into a profusion of and are available at reasonable prices, among the rarest pleasures subtle and unexpected tastes and aromas. in the wine world.
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• Long-Cellared Wine and What to Expect
Pages 1-3
• New Wines At Splash
Page 4
• Seasonal Wine Cocktail
Page 5
• Wine Word of the Month
Page 5
• Holiday Merchandise
Page 6
• ReWINEd Crafts
Page 6
• Spritz in Wines
Page 7
• Meet The Team
Page 8
• Splash Dogs
Page 9
• Featured Winery
Page 9