Ageing bouquet

Ageing bouquet refers to the whole set of tertiary aromas acquired by a wine during its maturation in bottle, as the initial fruit gives way to complex notes. It evokes undergrowth, leather, truffle, mushroom, tobacco and spice, born of a slow evolution in a reductive environment. A marker of successful cellaring, it sets apart great wines suited to long ageing and signals the gradual approach of their peak drinking window.