Wines that are high in extract (the components of the wine that aren't acids, water or alcohol) also tend to age more sturdily.

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Dr Guy Ratcliffe, medical director of the Medical Council on Alcohol, said the study appeared to be well conducted and that it was not unreasonable to think that an extract might have such effects.

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