My wife and I bought a few bottles of 2005 vintage "chardonnay" or Bianco Tuscan during our honeymoon to Tuscany in 2006 from a local "Fratoria Il Poggio." It was done in a buttery style. Does this type of wine age well or should we be drinking it soon?
Answer From Expert Roger Bohmrich MW
I don't think I have encountered the wine you mention, but your comment and my instincts tell me that it is likely to be a wine to drink now and not to keep. There are certainly wines made from Chardonnay which can and do age very well, improving over a number of years in the bottle. This certainly applies to fine white Burgundies, in the right vintages, such as top single vineyard bottlings of Meursault, Chassagne-Montrachet, Puligny-Montrachet and Chablis.
