Living in fear of Drinking Windows

[David_S1]

Ya, I did it to myself. Only really got into buying wine in 2012, and then doubled down on the 13s because it was a “once in a lifetime” type of year. So of course my fridges are almost at the limit and a lot of it is 2013s which were bought to be aged. Drank through all but a few of the 12s. So now what? Start drinking 14s before the 13s to save them? Mo wine, mo problems.

[Eric_S_n_y_d_e_r]

@David_S

Ya, I did it to myself. Only really got into buying wine in 2012, and then doubled down on the 13s because it was a “once in a lifetime” type of year. So of course my fridges are almost at the limit and a lot of it is 2013s which were bought to be aged. Drank through all but a few of the 12s. So now what? Start drinking 14s before the 13s to save them? Mo wine, mo problems.

Similar situation. Just a couple 2012’s left. Will drink 2014’s before 2013 per a few winemakers suggestions, but I still don’t feel like the 2014’s are ready… who knows, I could be wrong because I haven’t tried most of them! See OP

[David_Glasser]

@Ian Sutton

Another cellar defending technique is to ensure that not everything in the cellar demands age. Get some reasonably interesting wines that are good to drink 0-5 years from release. This has been a hard thing for me to do in practice, because part of the joy of the hobby,is in buying wines that will cellar well and provide rewards in greater complexity by doing so. I’m trying, but this one goes against the grain of my interest in cellaring wines.

Excellent advice. Unless one wants to buy aged wines on the secondary market, this is an excellent way to enjoy a variety of wines while waiting for the agers to come on line. I drank a lot of Zin and Napa Cab, then Rhones while waiting for my Bordeaux to age.