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50 years is not a good age for a bottle of wine. There are wines that are still enjoyable after such long time, but will hardly express the same potential they
by antirez 6y ago
50 years is not a good age for a bottle of wine. There are wines that are still enjoyable after such long time, but will hardly express the same potential they had at the peak of their maturity. Many other bottles will be already totally gone after 50 years.
- tutfbhuf 6y agoHow about 50 years old whiskey in a cask?
- DennisP 6y agoDifficult to keep it from just being super oaky at that age, but a great distiller willing to throw away a lot of bad casks can make something amazing. Macallan sold some 72 year old scotch in 2018: https://www.foodandwine.com/news/macallan-scotch-72-year-old-lalique-genesis-decanter https://www.foodandwine.com/news/macallan-scotch-72-year-old...
- stock_toaster 6y agoOr just use very tired casks for most of that 50 years.
- ginko 6y agoA sauternes or tokaji is just about in its prime at that age.
- antirez 6y agoBoth are special wines, indeed.