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Maturity table (in years):
The time required for each cru, each vintage, each colour to attain its optimum maturity varies. The table
below will give to you an idea about the number of years your bottles will need to reach the ideal summit
of their maturity, that is, the ideal moment to savour them.
APPELLATIONS
White Rosé
Red
Alsace
1 - 4
Alsace grand crus
8 - 12
Beaujolais (crus)
1 - 4
Beaujolais primeur
1 - 2
Bergerac
2 - 3
3 - 4
Bordeaux
2 - 3
3 - 4
Burgundy
5
7
Cahors
5 - 10
Cotes de Provence
1 - 2
2 - 5
Cote Rotie, Hermitage
8
8 - 15
Burgundy grand crus
8 - 10
10 -15
Bordeaux grand crus
8 -10
10 - 15
Jurancon mellow, liquoreux
6 -10
Jurancon dry
2 - 4
Languedoc
1 - 2
2 - 4
Loire
5 - 10
5 - 12
Loire mellow, liquoreux
10 - 15
Macon
2 - 3
1 - 2
Montbazillac
6 - 8
Savoie
1 - 2
2 – 4
Rhone Valley
2
4 – 8
Yellow wine
20
8. LOADING
Types of bottles
We see here 4 kinds of 75 cl wine bottles: Burgundy and Bordeaux wine bottles of different dimensions.
There are many other bottles of various shapes and sizes, as shown below, examples of 75 cl Bordeaux
bottles:
You will note the storage differences according to the bottles' heights, diameters and criss-crossing
method.
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