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Tuscan chardonnay
My wife and I bought a few bottles of 2005 vintage "chardonnay" or Bianco Tuscan during our honeymoon to Tuscany in 2006 from a local "Fratoria Il Poggio." It was done in a buttery style. Does this type of wine age well or should we be drinking it soon?
Answer From Expert Roger C. Bohmrich, MW
I don't think I have encountered the wine you mention, but your comment and my instincts tell me that it is likely to be a wine to drink now and not to keep. There are certainly wines made from Chardonnay which can and do age very well, improving over a number of years in the bottle. This certainly applies to fine white Burgundies, in the right vintages, such as top single vineyard bottlings of Meursault, Chassagne-Montrachet, Puligny-Montrachet and Chablis.
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Roger has enjoyed a lengthy career in the wine trade as an importer and retailer, and at present he is an educator, speaker and consultant. He set up and managed Millesima USA, a New York merchant affiliated with Europe's leader in direct sales of fine wines to consumers. Previously, he served as senior executive of Frederick Wildman & Sons, traveling regularly around the world to visit wineries and taste the new vintage from barrel. Roger became one of America's first Masters of Wine in 1993.
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