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How do wines age under crown caps?
Rudi Webb, London:
I recently bought some 2002 Spätlese. I have a preference for these wines at 10 to 15 years old but I see this batch has been bottled under a crown cap. Will wines with this type of closure keep for another dozen years?
me:
S ome of the first research into the keeping qualities of alternative closures I ever encountered was Riesling that had been kept successfully under crown cap for decades at Geisenheim. Crown caps will keep the wine fresher longer than corks, though please be aware than in general 2002 German...
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