Ageing is the time the wine spends refining —almost always in barrel, sometimes also in bottle— before it leaves. It is not a prize. It is a judgement: some wines ask for it and some have no need.
Months, not miracles
In Jumilla you will see 4 months, 12 months, sometimes more. Four months polish without covering the fruit. Twelve give cocoa, spice, a rounder tannin. Beyond that, the wine must have the matter not to dry out.
How to read it at Delampa
Éxodo and the young wines live on fruit. Mr Jenares 4 and 12 months, the Autor, the 50 años or the Centenario tell another story: the same grape, more time, another table.