ulate . ▁ ▁Co ates ’ ▁Law ▁of ▁M atur ity ▁Co ates ’ ▁Law ▁of ▁M atur ity ▁is ▁a ▁principle ▁used ▁in ▁wine ▁t ast ing ▁rel ating ▁to ▁the ▁ag ing ▁ability ▁of ▁wine . ▁Develop ed ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁Master ▁of ▁W ine , ▁C live ▁Co ates , ▁the ▁principle ▁states ▁that ▁a ▁wine ▁will ▁remain ▁at ▁its ▁peak ▁( or ▁optimal ) ▁drink ing ▁quality ▁for ▁a ▁duration ▁of ▁time ▁that ▁is ▁equal ▁to ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁m atur ation ▁required ▁to ▁reach ▁its ▁optimal ▁quality . ▁During ▁the ▁ag ing ▁of ▁a ▁wine ▁certain ▁flav ors , ▁a rom as ▁and ▁text ures ▁appear ▁and ▁fade . ▁R ather ▁than ▁developing ▁and ▁f ading ▁in ▁un ison , ▁these ▁tra its ▁each ▁operate ▁on ▁a ▁unique ▁path ▁and ▁time ▁line . ▁The ▁principle ▁allows ▁for ▁the ▁subject ivity ▁of ▁individual ▁t ast es ▁because ▁it ▁follows ▁the ▁logic ▁that ▁positive ▁tra its ▁that ▁appeal ▁to ▁one ▁particular ▁wine ▁t aster ▁will ▁continue ▁to ▁persist ▁along ▁the ▁principle ' s ▁guid eline ▁while ▁for ▁another ▁t aster ▁these ▁tra its ▁might ▁not ▁be ▁positive ▁and ▁therefore ▁not ▁applicable ▁to ▁the ▁guid eline . ▁W ine ▁expert ▁Tom ▁Stevens on ▁has ▁noted ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁logic ▁in ▁Co ates ' ▁principle ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁has ▁yet ▁to ▁encounter ▁an ▁anom aly ▁or ▁wine ▁that ▁deb unks ▁it . ▁ ▁Example ▁An ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁principle ▁in ▁practice ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁wine ▁that ▁someone ▁acqu ires ▁when ▁it ▁is