While the concept of drinking wine over several days is not new, no one in the world has dedicated to reviewing wines over several days to show their full potential. A pop and pour wine reviewing approach is the norm but most newer vintages are not ready to drink without a proper decant or drinking over several days.
A simple system
I simply open the bottle and sample a glass or two on day 1.
I always put the cork back in the bottle and store in a passive cellar with no light.
I recommend not storing your bottles in a window in your kitchen.
On day 2, I repeat and of course on day 3 while posting a note for each experience.
It is amazing how many wines either improve over 3 days or remain constant in terms of quality. Many will try to claim it doesn’t work but they have no notes to disprove this.
One of the great more than 3 day transformations.
- 2021 Torbreck Woodcutter’s Shiraz – Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley (1/6/2024)
Day 1: Manufactured wine with a slight chemical smell and taste. Some pepper, dark fruits and spice. Simple stuff and a distant level of quality from the early to mid 2000s. 81 points
Day 3: No better and just a disjointed wine. A bit of heat along with underbrush, pepper and spices. Fruit is ripe and not enjoyable wine at all. 80 points
Recommendation: Please bring back the decant $25 and under Aussie wines.
Day 5: Well a little better. Fruit is just not there but less chemical in taste. Spices, floral, pepper and mild blueberries. Short to medium finish. 85 points
Day 7: Been doing this game a long time and this is the most epic transformation over time in my history. A sloppy mess on day 1 but on day 7 this is exactly what I remember is so great about this wine. Black pepper, eucalyptus, blackberries, minerals, spice and Lavendar. Great concentration and medium plus finish. If this was not a screw cap would have dumped it out after day 3 but glad I did not. 92 points
Recommendation: Based on a day 7 opening up on this one drink from 2027 to 2032. (92 points)
