With whiskey, as with wine, there is a widespread assumption that older typically means better. That, of course, is not the case: Just because a particular expression has spent an extended period of time in barrel or bottle doesn’t necessarily mean it’s superior.When it comes to whiskey in particular, there is often a point of diminishing returns in terms of aging in wood: Expressions that spend too long in barrel—or that don’t bring together the right spirit with the right wood, all mingling in the right e ...