All wines mature fairly quickly in a typical household (68-72 degrees F, frequent changes in sunlight and humidity), and shouldn't really be kept more than five or six months in these conditions.
Beyond six months (sometimes sooner, if there were very hot days inside), most wines will begin to deteriorate. Finer (i.e. expensive) wines that require aging need to be kept in a place that is constantly cool (50-60 degrees F), dark, damp and without excessive vibration. For most people, this is the cellar, for others, it is an artificial "cellar"such as you find in many stores today.
Do not store wines in your refrigerator for an extended length of time, although it's a constantly cool temperature, there is little humidity, so your corks will shrink and the wine will spoil.
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