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On cabernets, they need to breathe for at least an hour. Open the bottle and let it sit. From the time that a bottle is opened it mellows and will change in taste and fragrance. A heavy or “bold” cabernet may have heavy oak flavors and be slightly bitter right after opening but as it has a chance to breathe and mellow it will be less bitter or have less of a “bite”. Because the wine is aged in oak barrels it takes on a heavy oak flavor until it has been exposed to the air, then it will mellow and the other flavors will become more prevalent. Many cabernets will have a cherry or chocolate finish after breathing for some time.

P.S. Just because a wine is expensive doesn’t mean it will be fantastic, there are a lot of good wines to had for 20 bucks.