I know for a fact that Schioppettino ages. I still have in one of my four different cellars, scores of Schioppettinos for the late 1980s. I am not sure it is ideal to hold on the wine quite that long, but keep in mind I do so purposely to establish timelines on the maturation behaviours for Italian wines in general. It is precisely these, albeit empiric, studies that have led me to conclude that Schioppettino is usually best drunk within fifteen years of the harvest, and is usually most enjoyable anywhere from five to eight years after the vintage.
The following is a description of wines tasted once in July 2009, and again in December 2009.

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