GAMAY RESERVE 2000 VINTAGES 289082 750 mL bottle
Wine, Still Table Wine, Red Still Table Wine
Made in: Ontario, Canada By: Cave Spring Release Date: September 21, 2002
My LCBO vintage book list this wine as Gamay Reserve 2002. The LCBO listing on the computer lists it as above ----2000. And the bottle says 2002 on it.
Is the bottle I have 4 years old or just two? Confused.
Larry Southern Ontario
The year on the bottle is the year in which the grapes were harvested. Vintners then hold the wine for aging for various lengths of time - the release date is the when the wine is made available to distributors and thus retailers soon after.
Based on the vintage date on the label, the grapes were picked in 2000, made into wine, bottled and then released on 21 Sept 2002. Sounds about right for a red wine. It's three vintages old.
Dana
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