I have never heard of organic, unfiltered French wine but from the way you described its color and taste, It sounds to me to have been a problem because it was improperly handled and stored rather than having been bad right off the bat. Most red wine is ready to drink in about 3 years, some less. Only some really tannic wines benefit from a lot of age so being too old would have added to the problems you describe. If it wasn't a vintage wine, though, it might be hard to tell how old it was. PS was this wine a specific grape or was it a blend?
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I have never heard of organic, unfiltered French wine but from the way you described it's color and taste, It sounds to me to have been a problem because it was improperly handled and stored rather than having been bad right off the bat. Most red wine is ready to drink in about 3 years, some less. Only some really tannic wines benefit from a lot of age so being too old would have added to the problems you describe. If it wasn't a vintage wine, though, it might be hard to tell how old it was. PS was this wine a specific grape or was it a blend?
I have never heard of organic, unfiltered French wine but from the way you described it's color and taste, It sounds to me to have been a problem because it was improperly handled and stored rather than having been bad right off the bat. Most red wine is ready to drink in about 3 years, some less. Only some really tannic wines benefit from a lot of age so being too old would have added to the problems you describe. If it wasn't a vintage wine, though, it might be hard to tell how old it was.
