Aged wines offer much to the discerning

Over nearly three decades of enjoying wine I have built up a wine cellar. Like so many other wine lovers, I thoroughly enjoy opening a mature wine that I have cellared since release and savouring the complexities of age. To do this in New Zealand necessitates starting your own cellar or befriending someone with one, as while I have had successes securing older bottles in Europe, it is very rare to find “museum” or back vintage wines here.