How long should you wait to open a wine that was shipped to you?

[C_h_r_i_s_B_e_r_n_s_e_n]

I’m dying to try some stuff that was delivered on Wednesday. Thanks.

[Dennis_Atick]

You’ll get all kinds of opinions on this, there’s no real scientific answer.
I usually try to wait 48 hours if I’m really wanting to try a newly delivered bottle.
In my world, your fine by now from a Wed delivery.
Cheers.

[Kim_Caldwell]

Personally, I don’t know where I stand on travel shock.

I’ll open inexpensive wines and wines without sediment as soon as the same day if I’m really curious about trying them.

Normally however, I let better bottles or bottles that may have sediment rest for at least a month before opening them.

[Joe_Polito]

If my interest in the wine is to reorder before sold out or price goes up, I will open relatively soon, a few days.
If reorder is not on the menu and I am just curious, I hold off as long as I can. Weeks, months, or until an occassion to open it hits the calendar.
If you open it soon after, you have to make allowances if the wine seems off. It may be hard to tell if the problem is with the wine or just shipping.
There is too much smoke on this issue for there not to be some fire. It is an every man for himself issue. The only opinion that really matters is yours.

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

When the 2007 Herb Lamb EII Red showed up, I waited about thirty minutes. It was stellar.

[Enzo_Ruffalo]

[mike_pobega]

@Bill Tex Landreth

When the 2007 Herb Lamb EII Red showed up, I waited about thirty minutes. It was stellar.

I love ‘aged’ Cabernet.

[ToddFrench]

Wasn’t there a thread on here recently that had the following statement in it:

‘When you shake up juice or milk, does it taste different?’

[RDHudak]

@Enzo Ruffalo

My UPS man and I have been debating that one for years. HE says it should be out of the truck first, he is getting tired of wine stains on the other boxes and the floor. I beg to differ.

[Bruce_Rudman]

@Bill Tex Landreth

When the 2007 Herb Lamb EII Red showed up, I waited about thirty minutes. It was stellar.

Your willpower is amazing


Seriously, while letting it rest to avoid sediment seems logical, I recall a post about aeration where someone suggested a blender before drinking! My decanter came with a funnel with a screen…usually takes care of the sediment.

When I get a shipment, I usually wait a few days only because that’s what the others say, but I say if you want to try it, go for it…

[A_Wei]

I don’t have a formal rule, but rather just try to wait as long as possible before opening after receiving. That may be 3 days or 2 months…

[Brian_Tuite]

I believe shock to be a real thing because it is extremely obvious during the bottling process, but to what extent while being shipped? Little to no air space in bottle. Basically only sediment churning. Not a whole lot going on. I would think after a day or two you should be fine. Then again, if the wine was filtered it would be a moot point.

[BobH]

@Todd F r e n c h

Wasn’t there a thread on here recently that had the following statement in it:

‘When you shake up juice or milk, does it taste different?’

And the answer to that question is yes, shaking it up does make them taste very different. Although the situations are not analogous, because you are dissolving air into your milk or juice when you are shaking it up, while wine is being shaken up in a reductive environment.

[Daniel_McIntosh]

@b hudak

@Todd F r e n c h

Wasn’t there a thread on here recently that had the following statement in it:

‘When you shake up juice or milk, does it taste different?’

And the answer to that question is yes, shaking it up does make them taste very different. Although the situations are not analogous, because you are dissolving air into your milk or juice when you are shaking it up, while wine is being shaken up in a reductive environment.

Its hard to get Todd’s gist here the quote is a question, not a statement. Does he mean no, it doesn’t taste different or yes it does taste different? I prefer to believe Todd knows that everyone shakes the juice because it tastes better that way.

[scott_c]

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[B.A_Blevins]

@Kim Caldwell

Personally, I don’t know where I stand on travel shock.

I’ll open inexpensive wines and wines without sediment as soon as the same day if I’m really curious about trying them.

Normally however, I let better bottles or bottles that may have sediment rest for at least a month before opening them.

That’s pretty much how I feel, newer wine I haven’t seen too much of a problem, but older wine needs time to settle down.

[Gus_McCrae]

We have quite a few vintners traveling through Austin on their road shows. They bring their own wines with them. I don’t recall any tasters turning down their wines.