Bordeaux vs burgundy: why do we only begin to like the latter as we get older?
Is it goegraphy or architecture that draws younger oenophiles to bordeoux? Credit: Getty Creative It’s said that people tend to drift further to the right as they age. In reading, the trend is away from fiction towards history, biography and so on. In wine the axiom is that we begin by loving bordeaux, then graduate to an appreciation of burgundy. It’s a shift that can make a right old mess of someone’s careful cellar plan. Many who find themselves in a position to start collecting when still relatively young reach middle age with a splendid portfolio of bordeaux and almost no burgu...
Source: telegraph.co.uk