How long can I keep wine ? Wine requires time to mature and express style and personality. Wine needs protection from high/low temperature, high/low humidity, vibration, air suspension. Once the bottle is kept in good condition such as in a wine cooler, maturation depends where the wine is coming from. The terroir, the specific weather, soil, grapes and wine making techniques have all a word to say. The name of the terroir, usually an AOC, is written on the label such as "appellation Saint Emilion controlée". Here are some advices from one terroir to another to tell you how long you can store wine. Select your region from: Alsace - Beaujolais - Bordeaux - Burgundy - Cotes du Rhone - Languedoc Roussillon - Loire - Provence and Corsica - South West - Others French wine list   Alsace   ALSACE GEWURZTRAMINER ALSACE PINOT OU KLEVNER ALSACE RIESLING ALSACE SYLVANER ALSACE TOKAY-PINOT GRIS CREMANT D'ALSACE  5 to 10 years 2 to 5 years up to 5 years up to 5 years 2 to 6 years up to 5 years   Beaujolais BEAUJOLAIS BEAUJOLAIS-VILLAGES BROUILLY CHENAS CHIROUBLES FLEURIE JULIENAS MORGON MOULIN A VENT REGNIE SAINT-AMOUR     drink now 2 to 5 years 2 to 8 years 2 to 8 years 2 to 8 years 2 to 8 years 2 to 8 years up to 10 years up to 10 years 2 to 8 years 2 to 8 years   Bordeaux BARSAC BORDEAUX BORDEAUX SUPERIEUR CANON-FRONSAC COTES DE BOURG COTES DE CASTILLON COTES DE FRANCS ENTRE-DEUX-MERS FRONSAC GRAVES Red GRAVES White HAUT-MEDOC LALANDE DE POMEROL LISTRAC-MEDOC MARGAUX MEDOC MOULIS EN MEDOC PAUILLAC PESSAC LEOGNAN Red PESSAC LEOGNAN White POMEROL PREMIERES COTES DE BORDEAUX SAINT-EMILION SAINT-EMILION GRAND CRU SAINT-EMILION GRAND CRU CLASSE SAINT-ESTEPHE SAINT-JULIEN SAUTERNES  www.terroir-france.com     more than 50 years 2 to 5 years 2 to 6 years 4 to 10 years 2 to 5 years 2 to 5 years 4 to 8 years 1 to 3 years 3 to 8 years 6 to 20 years 3 to 12 years 5 to 10 years and more 5 to 12 years up to 10 years 5 to 25 years 5 to 10 years 3 to 8 years 10 to 25 years 6 to 20 years 5 to 15 years 10 years up to 20 years 3 to 7 years 3 to 8 years 5 to 12 years 15 to 25 years and more 5 to 30 years and more 10 to 15 years 5 to 35 years and more     Burgundy ALOXE-CORTON BOURGOGNE Red BOURGOGNE White BOURGOGNE ALIGOTE CHABLIS CHABLIS PREMIER CRU CHABLIS GRAND CRU CHAMBERTIN CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET Red CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET White CLOS DE VOUGEOT CORTON CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE COTE DE BEAUNE Red COTES DE BEAUNE White COTE DE NUITS-VILLAGES GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN GIVRY LA TACHE MAZIS-CHAMBERTIN MEURSAULT MONTRACHET NUIT-SAINT-GEORGES PETIT CHABLIS POMMARD POUILLY-FUISSE RICHEBOURG RULLY Red RULLY White VOLNAY VOSNE-ROMANEE VOUGEOT      5 to 15 years 2 to 8 years 1 to 5 years Drink now 2 to 5 years 3 to 7 years 5 to 12 years 7 to 25 years 3 to 10 years 5 to 20 years 10 to 15 years 10 to 20 years 10 to 20 years and more 2 to 5 years 2 to 4 years 3 to 5 years 5 to 25 years 3 to 7 years 5 to 15 years 7 to 25 years 3 to 15 years see Chassagne Montrachet 5 to 20 years 1 to 3 years 5 to 15 years 2 to 6 years 5 to 15 years 3 to 5 years 2 to 5 years 3 to 15 years 5 to 15 years up to 10 years   Côtes du Rhône CHATEAU-GRILLET CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE CONDRIEU COTE ROTIE COTES DU RHONE Red COTES DU RHONE White COTES DU RHONE Rosé COTES DU RHONE-VILLAGES COTES DU VENTOUX CROZES-HERMITAGE GIGONDAS HERMITAGE VACQUEYRAS     5 to 15 years and more 5 to 20 years 2 to 4 years 8 to 15 years 2 to 5 years 1 to 3 years drink now 2 to 6 years 1 to 3 years 2 to 6 years 3 to 12 years 10 to 20 years 5 to 10 years www.terroir-france.com   Languedoc Roussillon CORBIERES COSTIERES DE NIMES COTEAUX DU LANGUEDOC COTES DU ROUSSILLON COTES DU ROUSSILLON-VILLAGES FAUGERES FITOU MINERVOIS SAINT-CHINIAN     3 to 7 years 2 to 6 years 2 to 6 years 2 to 5 years 2 to 6 years 2 to 4 years 2 to 4 years 2 to 5 years 3 to 6 years   Loire ANJOU Red ANJOU White ANJOU Rosé BOURGUEIL COTEAUX DU LAYON MUSCADET POUILLY-FUME SAINT-NICOLAS-DE-BOURGUEIL SANCERRE SAUMUR Red SAUMUR Dry White TOURAINE Red TOURAINE White TOURAINE Rosé VOUVRAY Sweet VOUVRAY Dry VOUVRAY Semi-dry VOUVRAY Sparkling     2 to 6 years 1 to 3 years now to 2 years 3 to 10 years 10 to 20 years now to 2 years 1 to 5 years 2 to 5 years 1 to 5 years 2 to 8 years 1 to 3 years 2 to 7 years 1 to 4 years now to 2 years up to 100 years 5 to 25 years now to 2 years 1 to 4 years   Provence and Corsica BANDOL Red BELLET Red BELLET White BELLET Rosé COTES DE PROVENCE   Corse : AJACCIO PATRIMONIO Red PATRIMONIO White PATRIMONIO Rosé   4 to 8 years up to 10 years drink now drink now drink now     3 to 5 years 3 to 7 years now to 3 years now to 3 years   South West BERGERAC Red BERGERAC White BERGERAC Rosé BUZET CAHORS JURANCON JURANCON SEC MADIRAN MONBAZILLAC     2 to 4 years drink now drink now 3 to 8 years 3 to 10 years 5 to 20 years and more 2 to 4 years 4 to 8 years and more 5 to 30 years and more   Others ARBOIS Yellow Wine CHATEAU-CHALON JURA Yellow Wine MOSELLE / COTES DE TOUL PINEAU DES CHARENTES VIN DE SAVOIE CHAMPAGNE www.terroir-france.com   10 to 20 years  up to 20 years 10 to 15 years up to 5 years up to 20 years and more 1 to 3 years drink young, some vintages can age 10 to 15 years   Protect wine from: - Temperature (too warm or too cold) - Vibration - Light - Humidity (too much or too less) - No air circulation How long can I keep a bottle of wine ? - French wine list Need a wine cooler ? - Selected wine coolers Wine practical information - Best temperature to serve wine - Bottle size