Revisiting an aged white Rioja after a day

White wines don't age; neither can they survive being opened for long - so goes the accepted wisdom. Well, we did not finished the bottle of 26 year old white Rioja, so I put it back into the refrigerator to consume the next day. Well, I ended up drinking the remainder of the bottle on the third day after opening (day of opening = day 1). It was far from spoilt or dead. The wine remained fragrant and aromatic , with a large smattering of wood as before. The flowery character was less evident but the peachy notes on the palate was more pronounced in mid-palate and towards the end. Like the Coulee de Serrant I has blogged about before, this proves that certain white wines can be aired for a prolonged period.