Does wine have a shelf life? Has the 82 Lafite expired?

The brand LEESON Red Wine of Yuncang Winery shared that we often hear about the " 82 Lafite" wine, and some people will inevitably ask, 1982 is decades away from now, isn't it expired? Doesn't wine have a shelf life? Isn't wine aged for decades not bad? Therefore, Yuncang Winery wants to talk with you about the shelf life of wine.

Yuncang Winery is a combination of Yuncang + winery, that is, an online + offline wine sales platform. There are not only offline business entity wineries all over the country, but also online procurement. The concept of Yuncang Winery is: traditional business online, wholesale price of brand red wine.

The brand LEESON red wine of Yuncang Winery continued to share that wine generally has no shelf life, and most of the shelf life is the "drinking period". Although we can see the words "shelf life" of 10 years on the back label of the wine , this is a practice derived from our country. At first, the relevant laws of China stipulated that the shelf life of wine could be cleared and released only after the shelf life was marked on the Chinese back. However, since October 1 , 2006 , the "General Rules for the Labeling of Prepackaged Drinks and Alcohol" officially implemented in China stipulates that wine and other alcoholic beverages with more than 10 % alcohol content Alcoholic beverages do not need to indicate the expiration date, but consumers have become accustomed to the Chinese back label with the expiration date, so most importers still retain this expiration date.

In fact, the drinking period of most wines is within two years, and the best drinking period of white wine is within one year. Only a small number of wines have the aging potential of 5 to 10 years, and only a few wines have the aging potential of more than 10 years.

So is the 82- year-old Lafite still suitable for drinking? According to the tasting records of well-known wine critic Robert Parker , the drinking period of Lafite 1982 is from 2014 to 2044 , taking the middle value, that is, it will reach its peak in 2029 . Even looking at it now, Lafite still has 8 years of room for development in 1982 , which can also be understood as room for appreciation of Lafite.

LEESON red wine of Yuncang Winery shared that many wine lovers are also wine collector investors. They don’t necessarily drink the wine immediately after buying it, but they will store it for a period of time and wait for the appreciation, especially the "famous winery" in 1982 . + Legendary Year" composition, the appreciation potential will be higher. In the end, rare things are more expensive, so there will be less and less Lafite 1982 in global circulation, and fewer and fewer people can afford it, so that its consumption rate will become slower and slower. Although there are still stocks of Lafite in 1982 , it is still unrealistic to buy and drink them at sky-high prices.

Due to the existence of the drinking period of wine, even if the drinking period of high-quality wine is several decades, even if it exceeds the period, it can be collected by people with its unique meaning, and it will be drunk one day.

The above LEESON red wine from Yuncang Winery shared it. Therefore, when we choose wine according to our actual needs, we should try our best to choose wines that are suitable for drinking.