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
Alsace
Alsace grand crus
Beaujolais (crus)
Beaujolais primeur
Bergerac
Bordeaux
Burgundy
Cahors
Cotes de Provence
Cote Rotie, Hermitage
Burgundy grand crus
Bordeaux grand crus
Jurancon mellow, liquoreux
Jurancon dry
Languedoc
Loire
Loire mellow, liquoreux
Macon
Montbazillac
Savoie
Rhone Valley
Yellow wine
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.
White Rosé
1 - 4
8 - 12
2 - 3
2 - 3
5
1 - 2
8
8 - 10
8 -10
6 -10
2 - 4
1 - 2
5 - 10
10 - 15
2 - 3
6 - 8
1 - 2
2
20
Red
1 - 4
1 - 2
3 - 4
3 - 4
7
5 - 10
2 - 5
8 - 15
10 -15
10 - 15
2 - 4
5 - 12
1 - 2
2 – 4
4 – 8
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