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How long can I keep wine ?

Wine requires time to mature and express style and personality.

Wine needs protection from high/low temperature, high/low humidity, vibration, air suspension.

Once the bottle is kept in good condition such as in a wine cooler, maturation depends where the wine is coming from. The terroir, the specific weather, soil, grapes and wine making techniques have all a word to say. The name of the terroir, usually an AOC, is written on the label such as "appellation Saint Emilion controlée". Here are some advices from one terroir to another to tell you how long you can store wine.

Select your region from:
Alsace - Beaujolais - Bordeaux - Burgundy - Cotes du Rhone - Languedoc Roussillon - Loire - Provence and Corsica - South West - Others

French wine list
Alsace
ALSACE GEWURZTRAMINER ALSACE PINOT OU KLEVNER ALSACE RIESLING ALSACE SYLVANER ALSACE TOKAY-PINOT GRIS CREMANT D'ALSACE	5 to 10 years 2 to 5 years up to 5 years up to 5 years 2 to 6 years up to 5 years
Beaujolais BEAUJOLAIS BEAUJOLAIS-VILLAGES BROUILLY CHENAS CHIROUBLES FLEURIE JULIENAS MORGON MOULIN A VENT REGNIE SAINT-AMOUR	drink now 2 to 5 years 2 to 8 years 2 to 8 years 2 to 8 years 2 to 8 years 2 to 8 years up to 10 years up to 10 years 2 to 8 years 2 to 8 years
Bordeaux BARSAC BORDEAUX BORDEAUX SUPERIEUR CANON-FRONSAC COTES DE BOURG COTES DE CASTILLON COTES DE FRANCS ENTRE-DEUX-MERS FRONSAC GRAVES Red GRAVES White HAUT-MEDOC LALANDE DE POMEROL LISTRAC-MEDOC MARGAUX MEDOC MOULIS EN MEDOC PAUILLAC PESSAC LEOGNAN Red PESSAC LEOGNAN White POMEROL PREMIERES COTES DE BORDEAUX SAINT-EMILION SAINT-EMILION GRAND CRU SAINT-EMILION GRAND CRU CLASSE SAINT-ESTEPHE SAINT-JULIEN SAUTERNES www.terroir-france.com	more than 50 years 2 to 5 years 2 to 6 years 4 to 10 years 2 to 5 years 2 to 5 years 4 to 8 years 1 to 3 years 3 to 8 years 6 to 20 years 3 to 12 years 5 to 10 years and more 5 to 12 years up to 10 years 5 to 25 years 5 to 10 years 3 to 8 years 10 to 25 years 6 to 20 years 5 to 15 years 10 years up to 20 years 3 to 7 years 3 to 8 years 5 to 12 years 15 to 25 years and more 5 to 30 years and more 10 to 15 years 5 to 35 years and more
Burgundy ALOXE-CORTON BOURGOGNE Red BOURGOGNE White BOURGOGNE ALIGOTE CHABLIS CHABLIS PREMIER CRU CHABLIS GRAND CRU CHAMBERTIN CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET Red CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET White CLOS DE VOUGEOT CORTON CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE COTE DE BEAUNE Red COTES DE BEAUNE White COTE DE NUITS-VILLAGES GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN GIVRY LA TACHE MAZIS-CHAMBERTIN MEURSAULT MONTRACHET NUIT-SAINT-GEORGES PETIT CHABLIS POMMARD POUILLY-FUISSE RICHEBOURG RULLY Red RULLY White VOLNAY VOSNE-ROMANEE VOUGEOT	5 to 15 years 2 to 8 years 1 to 5 years Drink now 2 to 5 years 3 to 7 years 5 to 12 years 7 to 25 years 3 to 10 years 5 to 20 years 10 to 15 years 10 to 20 years 10 to 20 years and more 2 to 5 years 2 to 4 years 3 to 5 years 5 to 25 years 3 to 7 years 5 to 15 years 7 to 25 years 3 to 15 years see Chassagne Montrachet 5 to 20 years 1 to 3 years 5 to 15 years 2 to 6 years 5 to 15 years 3 to 5 years 2 to 5 years 3 to 15 years 5 to 15 years up to 10 years
Côtes du Rhône CHATEAU-GRILLET CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE CONDRIEU COTE ROTIE COTES DU RHONE Red COTES DU RHONE White COTES DU RHONE Rosé COTES DU RHONE-VILLAGES COTES DU VENTOUX CROZES-HERMITAGE GIGONDAS HERMITAGE VACQUEYRAS	5 to 15 years and more 5 to 20 years 2 to 4 years 8 to 15 years 2 to 5 years 1 to 3 years drink now 2 to 6 years 1 to 3 years 2 to 6 years 3 to 12 years 10 to 20 years 5 to 10 years www.terroir-france.com
Languedoc Roussillon CORBIERES COSTIERES DE NIMES COTEAUX DU LANGUEDOC COTES DU ROUSSILLON COTES DU ROUSSILLON-VILLAGES FAUGERES FITOU MINERVOIS SAINT-CHINIAN	3 to 7 years 2 to 6 years 2 to 6 years 2 to 5 years 2 to 6 years 2 to 4 years 2 to 4 years 2 to 5 years 3 to 6 years
Loire ANJOU Red ANJOU White ANJOU Rosé BOURGUEIL COTEAUX DU LAYON MUSCADET POUILLY-FUME SAINT-NICOLAS-DE-BOURGUEIL SANCERRE SAUMUR Red SAUMUR Dry White TOURAINE Red TOURAINE White TOURAINE Rosé VOUVRAY Sweet VOUVRAY Dry VOUVRAY Semi-dry VOUVRAY Sparkling	2 to 6 years 1 to 3 years now to 2 years 3 to 10 years 10 to 20 years now to 2 years 1 to 5 years 2 to 5 years 1 to 5 years 2 to 8 years 1 to 3 years 2 to 7 years 1 to 4 years now to 2 years up to 100 years 5 to 25 years now to 2 years 1 to 4 years
Provence and Corsica BANDOL Red BELLET Red BELLET White BELLET Rosé COTES DE PROVENCE Corse : AJACCIO PATRIMONIO Red PATRIMONIO White PATRIMONIO Rosé	4 to 8 years up to 10 years drink now drink now drink now 3 to 5 years 3 to 7 years now to 3 years now to 3 years
South West BERGERAC Red BERGERAC White BERGERAC Rosé BUZET CAHORS JURANCON JURANCON SEC MADIRAN MONBAZILLAC	2 to 4 years drink now drink now 3 to 8 years 3 to 10 years 5 to 20 years and more 2 to 4 years 4 to 8 years and more 5 to 30 years and more
Others ARBOIS Yellow Wine CHATEAU-CHALON JURA Yellow Wine MOSELLE / COTES DE TOUL PINEAU DES CHARENTES VIN DE SAVOIE CHAMPAGNE www.terroir-france.com	10 to 20 years up to 20 years 10 to 15 years up to 5 years up to 20 years and more 1 to 3 years drink young, some vintages can age 10 to 15 years

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Wine Enthusiast 60 bottles

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30-bottle wine cellar
with contoured smoked glass door
$329.99

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Protect wine from:

- Temperature (too warm or too cold)

- Vibration

- Light

- Humidity (too much or too less)

- No air circulation

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