Cellaring wines...any set guidelines?

[RaisaB]

I just transferred over a few hundred bottles from a built in cellar to a freestanding cellar. As I catalogued (Finally!) I think I may have kept some wines too long. Are there any set guidelines? Example, today I was looking for a White Burgundy and found I had a 1998 William Fevre Chablis, Premier Cru in there! Is this wine destined for vinegar? Help!

[leleboo]

As noted in this thread, if they've been properly kept, they may very well all be fine. (Granted, those mentioned in the other thread are all vintages from the 2000s, so you need an expert to weigh in on specifics here ... which someone surely will. )

[DonRocks]

Example, today I was looking for a White Burgundy and found I had a 1998 William Fevre Chablis, Premier Cru in there!

U R Phuck'd

The problem is very real and still remains. There's even a term for it now: premox (a portmanteau of "premature" and "oxidation").

(P.S. This was possibly the first article ever written about the subject in a mainstream U.S. publication. Give Todd Kliman credit for taking a gamble with this - I really, really wanted to write the piece, but it wasn't your typical Washingtonian fare.)

[RaisaB]

U R Phuck'd

The problem is very real and still remains. There's even a term for it now: premox (a portmanteau of "premature" and "oxidation").

(P.S. This was possibly the first article ever written about the subject in a mainstream U.S. publication. Give Todd Kliman credit for taking a gamble with this - I really, really wanted to write the piece, but it wasn't your typical Washingtonian fare.)

Damn...How could I not have read that article?! I am sure I did... I have about 10 bottles that fall under that category including a couple of Latour Corton-Charlemagnes. I hope it bypassed my bottles...I will let you know.

[deangold]

All you can do is have back up bottles when you open them. SOme producers seem to be more affected and some less. Robert Parker's board has several long threads that go into great detail of the trials and tribulations of those heavy into these wines.