:tpd:The way understand it, and please correct me if I a wrong, is no. Since the aging process ends once it is out of the barrel and into the bottle.
The way understand it, and please correct me if I a wrong, is no. Since the aging process ends once it is out of the barrel and into the bottle.
The way understand it, and please correct me if I a wrong, is no. Since the aging process ends once it is out of the barrel and into the bottle.
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I doubt the aging helped any but knowing who it belonged to should make it taste better, enjoy!
My guess is that wine changes over time because there are a lot more facets to the drink to begin with. Liquor is distilled to almost pure alcohol and then watered down to drinking strength. The chemicals/compounds in wine that evolve over time (acids, tannins, etc) just aren't found in liquor.
But with that said, chances are they're not using the same recipe or methods today as they were 29 yrs ago. I'll bet something has changed, whether the company will admit to it or not.
Not really.
Wine changes with age because there are still active yeasts working on the sugars...distillation kills the yeast, so the only aging comes from the acid working on the tanin in the casks.
Liquor is distilled, then aged in the casks...not distilled and water re-added...the only time it sees water again is when you put ice in the drink.
there is no universal truth that wine has more facets.
Not really.
(I'm not trying to be flippant, buy you may have misspoke a little)
Wine changes with age because there are still active yeasts working on the sugars...distillation kills the yeast, so the only aging comes from the acid working on the tanin in the casks.
Liquor is distilled, then aged in the casks...not distilled and water re-added...the only time it sees water again is when you put ice in the drink.
Wine and liquor are aged in the same types of oak casks...that's where the tanin comes from...and the type of wine or liquor determine the number of ingredients...there is no universal truth that wine has more facets.
I'd bet that Chivas is using the same methods they were using 29 years ago. In fact, I'd bet they are using water from the same stream, barrels made from wood from the same forests, ingredients grown in the same fields under the same conditions in the same soil...and a recipe, fermentation, and distillation methods that they've used for over 100 years. Along with many of the other high-end liquor brands and wines. There is great pride among the makers of these high end spirits and they rely on their tradition to ensure their consistency and quality. Some of the old scotch distilliaries have been around since the early 1800s and are run the same way today...Jack Daniels has been around since 1875 and they still boast of the same traditions...
jag