Do we have a wine ponce here?

[Seafront Plodder]

If it was that good, it shows what a little bottle age can do for a relatively inexpensive wine. We tend to buy very young wine and drink it straight away. A shame. I do the same. Hard to keep yer hands off it.

Yes but how does one know whether a bottle will improve by laying down?

I recall many years ago my brother in law getting confused with the franc/£ exchange rate on a day trip and spending £35 on a bottle (probably would have cost twice that here). Once he realised, he decided to keep it for a special occasion and stored it for around 7 years.

On the birth of his twins he opened it and it tasted like rancid rats piss. ...His kids are pig-ugly too.

I'd guess knowing, is where the ponce bit comes in.