We get a lot of questions about cellaring wines on our Cave Tours.  In the pages below, we introduce some key aspects about this important subject.

Why Cellar?

Wines change with age.  The colour changes, the bouquet changes, the flavours change - even the 'weight' of the wine on the palate changes.  Although there is a trend today to make more and more wines that are designed to be enjoyed while they are still young, there is nothing that surpasses the pleasure of savouring a fine wine at its peak.  To pull a bottle from your cellar, that you have lovingly stored for several years, allowing it to slowly develop a host of aromas that were only hinted at while it was young, and complexity and harmony of flavours is sheer magic - the wine has transformed to liquid poetry and the pleasure is sublime!

How to cellar wine?

How long to cellar wine?