Storing wine correctly is the key to enjoying it for much longer. Wine has a life cycle: it is born, grows, reaches its peak and dies. The secret is to give it time and taste it at its optimum moment, which obviously is not the same for everyone.
The “life” of our wines
The question about the “life” of our Crusoe Treasure wines once they have been extracted from the sea is quite frequent: a few days ago, we received another message from Mexico, in this case from Diego Aleman, a professional in the Duty Free sector . His relationship with Bodega Crusoe Treasure began more than 10 years ago at the Duty Free fair in Miami. Diego bought two bottles of Crusoe Treasure Passion 2011 , the second wine we have made since we began this adventure. Instead of tasting the wine after the purchase, he decided to store it for 10 years , until a few days ago, when he decided that the time had come to open the bottle.
Tasting of the Passion 2011
Diego prepared a wine tasting at home for this special occasion, with two good friends and an influential sommelier, so that everyone could try the wine. He proposed to pair the wine with meat pie with pumpkin flower, carrot, parsley and spices. He decanted the wine 45 minutes before the tasting. Once the wait was over, it was time to taste it. Diego relayed the tasting to us and the opinion of his friend and Sommelier, Bibiana Parra , “ From the start you can notice the aging in the color, a good oceanic layer that gives it a lot of color, quite perfect to look at. The smell is like a jamaica jam with the mixture of nuts, and an addition of balsamic, spices .” After tasting the wine “ spices, a lot of spices… wow! round, even in the mouth, the flavor does not go to a specific point in the mouth. Wonderful, congratulations!”
This tasting of a wine so unique that it has remained 10 years waiting to be tasted after being extracted from the sea, which occurred on the other side of the ocean, is a clear example of the long life that our underwater storage process gives to wines . Our wines evolve differently, reaching the maximum evolutionary expression, and despite the years of storage, they remain in constant evolution on a path in our cellar under the sea.
Currently we no longer have units of this reference but we do have its descendant, the Sea Passion Nº2.
The words of Antonio T. Palacios are reaffirmed
Our winemaker, Antonio T. Palacios , already assured that red wines can reach 10 years once extracted from the sea without problems and white wines between 5 and 7 years.
Beyond that time, it will depend on each wine and how we have stored that bottle in our home.
For the entire Crusoe Treasure team it has been a pleasure to see how our wine, after 10 years away from the sea, continues to evolve for the better, achieving its maximum maturation expression .