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This Vintage Chart is provided as a guide for you.
Vintage charts are always approximations. First, the regions invite the broadest of
generalizations. Second, the best wine growers can often deliver little gems when
the majority are reduced to lumps of coal. As with vintage charts, the Maturity Advisor
is only a guide. We are making the broadest generalizations. Different wine lovers have
different expectations: some want more fruit, some more complexity. Also, bottles from
older VINTAGES can be highly variable due to cellaring differences and other circumstances.
As always, we urge you to taste for yourself, keep an open mind and trust your own palate.
We hope you enjoy this new Vintage Chart.
The following keys are used to evaluate the VINTAGES and their maturity:
10 |
Exceptional |
A |
Should be aged more |
9-8 |
Excellent |
B |
Already good, better examples can improve further |
7 |
Very Good |
C |
Ready to drink |
6-5 |
Good |
D |
Danger that many wines are becoming too old |
4-0 |
Fair to Poor |
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