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Per my "old" knowledge on Durif it lacks the acidity required for ...

Posted by DeKay on January 23, 2017 at 18:00:11:
long term aging, which makes it similar to Zinfandel in this aspect.

Long term aging for stellar Zin's is in the 3-5 year range, per my experience, but I stopped cellaring Zins in the 90's, thus my knowledge is not current by any means.

I found aged Zin's (on a whole) to be a wasted effort, as I ultimately seemed to enjoy them more @ a younger age, with all their warts..

As far as Durif goes there was one exception/winery to this, but I may have the name wrong as I can't find Google hits on "Sovereign" (think I also drank an inexpensive French wine by the same name, so maybe that's where the confusion stems from - never been good with names/Alpha stuff).

I may also be confusing Syrah with the "petite" version, but I recall Ridge and Canon something as being ones I tried in the 70's.