All wine must be aged. Ninety percent should be drunk within one year. It has to be white wine with the fish. Red wine from the pinot noir grape. It has lighter style, higher acidity, low tannin.
Tannins are the astringent compounds in grape skins.
You should sniff the cork. You should do nothing with the cork. It adds nothing to understanding or enjoying the wine, Zraly says. You must taste the wine before approving it. If you're not smelling fruit, you've got a problem.