Red wine is a common kind of wine, which is generally available in Western restaurants. How many years can red wine be stored? How long is the shelf life of red wine? For people who don't know the properties of red wine, let's have a look.
How many years can red wine last
Generally speaking, red wine has a shelf life. If we observe carefully, we will find that the shelf life of Chinese back label is generally 10 years. Why the shelf life is 10 years? This is because the food law of China sets the maximum shelf life of imported wine as 10 years, just like other foods, in order to ensure the food safety of consumers.
There is also a default that there is no shelf life limit and can be saved for a long time. After 2008, China's food labeling management regulations: beverage wine, vinegar, salt and solid sugar with ethanol content of more than 10% (including 10%) can be exempted from labeling the shelf life. This means that imported wine with more than 10% alcohol accuracy can be stored for a long time without a shelf life.
However, in order to avoid unnecessary troubles in customs declaration, some importers will mark the shelf life as 10 years. So on the market, you can see imported wine with a shelf life of 10 years or no shelf life, both of which are feasible.
So we have the answer in our hearts. It's drinkable after 10 years. But experts say that 3-5 years is the best time to drink.
What about the vintage of red wine
The 'good years' of red wine are 1982, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1996, 2000, 2001 and 2003.
The term "milleminutes" can be found in the French international conference programme with a precise definition: 'the year is the Gregorian number affixed to the wine bottle to ensure the year of production'. However, a definition is not always precise enough. Since 1582, there has always been something personalized in advertisements.
Millesimes is a proper term for wine, which specifically refers to the date of birth of wine. There are at least two reasons to indicate the identity of the wine on the label, one is to prove the age of the wine, so as to allow wine lovers to choose a young wine or an old wine according to their taste and condition; the other is to indicate the vintage of the grape, generally speaking, the quality of the grape in the vineyard is very different from that in the vineyard, and the quality level of the wine produced is very different There is also a big difference, indicating the year on the bottle can give consumers the quality information of the wine before removing the cork. Each vintage has its typicality, its evolutionary characteristics, its reputation and its price. For this reason, all premium wine products will be marked with vintage. Under the condition of the same brewing technology, the natural conditions of the producing area have a decisive influence on the vintage wine. The quality of the wine in the same year is different in different producing areas or in the same vineyard. On the shelves of the stores, there are also excellent wines at ordinary prices that are not marked with the year, but they are usually made of young wines or reasonable mixed varieties.