How long is wine good for? And if its uncorked?

Answer 1

Big question, but here re some guidelines

Uncorked:
Box wines 6 months

White wines in a bottle about a year.

Sweet white often limitless Expensive Sauternes and Tokay just get better by the time, cheap ones don't. Tokay has been produced for 200 years and he most expensive (6 buttons) would be at its best around now if someone had a bottle left.

Red cheap ones in bottle 1 year some top Chateaus 300 years

Corked few hours if not vacuumed again.

All wines with screw or plastic capsule 1 year.

Answer 2

Uncorked red wine is usually good for 2 years; white wines 1 year.

Red wines with dark grapes can be aged ranging 2 to years and more, such as Chateau Margeaux. Beaujolais Nouveau is a typically cheap wine best consumed within 2 years. (BN) Similarly good whites can be kept for longer periods, though not as long as reds.

(Bearing in mind that most large shops have stock for 1 year, the buyer buys a 1 year old bottle and keeps for another year.)

Uncorked (Excerpt from article within Answer’s profile)

Avid collectors and drinkers purchase small fridges to store wine fixed at an optimal temperature, rather than a refrigerator which is usually too cold.

Vacuum bottle stoppers allow opened wine bottles to keep longer. Good ones remove air from the bottle to slow the oxidation process. Spare no expense and research here; there are many claims which do not work. (Wine stoppers, How to use) Opened bottles are also kept in the wine refrigerators. (Optimal temperatures to store wine)

Premium wines should be consumed on the same day. Non-premium wines may keep up to 2 weeks (10 to 14 days) without going sour (undrinkable). Wine aficionados and top restaurants though, would loathe to have wine sitting for more than a few hours.

Answer 3

The time of vintage to the optimum time to drink really depends on the wine. White varietals shoujld be consumed within 2 years. Some really hearty great whites, perhaps 5 years. Reds usually take longer. Anything above 10 years usually is beyond its prime.

Once uncorked, you have to drink it within a day or else it turns into vinegar. Most wine tastes best if you allow it to "air" about an hour. I had a few red wines which really matured after a day in the fridge -- just after opening, it was alright but after a day, it was just delightful.

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Answer 4

Herospin is right. The alcohol content of the wine will not dissapate (go away), but the flavor of it will uncorked sooner, than corked. In the fridge, corked, Id say 3 weeks at the most, uncorked, drink asap, especially if your man didnt like the meal you made for him! LOL

Answer 5

if it is corked and stored properly, it will last a while. If uncorked, a couple of days.

Answer 6

Only until the bottle is emptied.....