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We once popped open a bottle of red wine from 1968. After tasting, we figured it was probably the best before date.
Aging requires (1) fairly constant temperatures (no extremes) and (2) only helps some wines. Many wines, especially whites, tend to lose too many of their ideal esters with age, while gaining too many undesirable notes.

Or, to put it another way, they go stale.