Why does gueuze have such a long shelf life?

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It could be a lot of things. One factor may be the pressure in the bottle. Traditional gueuze is highly carbonated and corked. Perhaps a properly corked bottle is better at preventing the interchange of air molecules at the seal. Perhaps the pressure also helps keep oxygen molecules out. Unfortunately, college physics and chemistry is far too long ago for me to be able to contribute anything meaningful about either hypothesis.