Cellaring
In order for Moyse Wines to deliver their true potential, it is important to follow a few simple measures. This information will help with the correct storage of your wine.
Simply, most high quality wines will improve with age. As a wine matures over the passage of time it will slowly evolve, developing greater complexity and bottle-aged characters. Complex reactions occur during the maturation process, creating new aromas and flavours as the structure of the wine gradually changes.
Poorly stored wines may not retain their original freshness and will most likely develop faster and less predictably than bottles that have enjoyed a constant, steady maturation process in a temperature-controlled cellar or wine cabinet. Wine is especially vulnerable to fluctuations in temperature. A constant temperature of 18 degrees Celsius (or less) is better for your wine than 14 to 26 degrees Celsius fluctuating condition over the course of the season.
If you do not have a suitable wine cellar, dark and free from vibrations with a steady, cool environment then a wine storage cabinet (wine fridge) is an economical and practical way of storing wine at home. Wine cabinets are designed to store bottles at the optimal temperature for long-term maturation.
Where possible bottles should be stored horizontally. Our wines are screw-capped bottles thus eliminating the possible ingress of air and resulting oxidation of the wine affiliated with issues of cork shrinkage.
If wine is stored in racks, it is wise to face the labels up so the whereabouts of the sediment is obvious. This is advantageous when decanting the wine.
It is always best to transport wine in cool conditions and to store wine in an environment that minimises temperature variation.