Keith was recently tasting through some Italian wines with VinePair CEO Adam Teeter when they opened a bottle of 1974 Barolo. Though they were excited to try a wine at such a substantial age, the experience was a bit of a letdown. Despite decanting the bottle and revisiting the wine countless times in a 24-hour period, it failed to open up. The point? “Old” doesn’t always translate to “good” in the wine world. When a wine is young and fresh, it has plenty of phenolics still interact...| VinePair