I have a dry red wine from 2001, will an additional five years make it better or worse?

Answer 1

It depends on the wine, and since you do not name the wine it is impossible to be specific. Unless it is one of the very few wines made for aging, I would suggest that this wine will not get any better and you should drink it sooner than later. 99.9% of all wines are ready to drink when they are sold - a rough indicator is price -- if you paid less than $20 drink up.

Keys - The year on the bottle is the year the grapes were picked, not when the wine was bottled.

Answer 2

Probably not any better. Wine is often aged in casks, the date on the bottle is the date of the bottling. Popularity with a certain wine/date comes from its rarity, pecularities with its taste, the crop of grapes that created it, and other attributes other than just the bottling date. The value of a good wine goes up with "age" not really because of the year it was bottled but because of how many bottles were made, how "good" of a wine it was, and its taste. Generally, wines do not become better after bottling. Your wine will probably be ok to drink now, but perhaps not quite as good as it was when you first bought it. Storage of the wine bottle is important to how well it stores. For instance, it should have been stored on its side to keep the cork moist (prevents air from coming into the wine), in a dark, cool location, and with a constant temperature.

Answer 3

depends on where it's from and the style of wine if it's under 20 bucks most are made to drink now and doesn't have sufficient tannins to age. More expensive wines, often people say are worse than cheaper wines, need the time to shed the tannins to reveal their true flavour treasure.

http://www.erobertparker.com/info/vintagechart1.html

Answer 4

reds are suppose to get better with time, whites turn to vinegar tasting after about 2 years. it is suppose to be kept cool and at a constant temperature and as long as the cork stays wet by keeping the bottle on it side and turning it ever so often it should last. i recently had a bottle of 1999 pinot noir and it was fine when I served it

Answer 5

really depends on where the wine is from, it 2001 is good in south africa or bed for europe causes of bed weather. what made, if the wine was made in 2001, i will still be good nomatter how you store it. .

Answer 6

Need more details. If it's rubbish new, in 5 years it becomes 5 year old rubbish.

Answer 7

It will just be the same as it is today so drink it now or save it, won't make no difference.