What is the difference between red wine and dry red wine?

Shelf life of red wine

Red wine is not as old as possible. Vintage is a concept to express the quality of wine in that year. Red wine can also be divided into fresh type and aged type. The fresh type is generally fruity, and the aged type is generally rich and mellow. The best drinking period varies from wine to wine, generally between 2- 10 years. Red wine bottled for more than 10 years is not good to drink [edit this paragraph]

Bordeaux red wine

French red wine is unique among many red wines because France is not only the country that brews the most kinds of wine in the world, but also the country that produces countless world-famous high-grade wines. Its tastes are extremely diverse, so it is known as the "grape kingdom". French red wine has six major producing areas, including Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Alsace, Loire Valley and Phone Mountain, among which Bordeaux with mild climate and iron-rich soil is the most representative.

Bordeaux, France is subdivided into several producing areas, all located in the valley of Estuaire de la Gironde. It not only produces a lot of high-quality red wine, but also is known as "the world's wine treasure house", among which there are five most famous producing areas, and there are about 9,000 wineries in these producing areas, among which the five most famous wineries are world-famous.

Classification and grading of French red wine

French wine can be divided into four grades. If the price is represented by a pyramid, the order from the bottom to the top is: daily table wine (Vin de Table), regional table wine (Vin de Pays), excellent regional table wine (V.D.Q.S) and legal regional wine (A.O.C). The closer to the top of the pyramid, the higher the price.

table wine

Blended with wines from a single producing area or several producing areas. French brewing has a long history and superb blending technology, so the quality of daily table wine is stable and it is the most common wine on the French public table. The minimum alcohol content of this kind of wine shall not be lower than 8.5% or 9%, and the maximum alcohol content shall not exceed 15%.

Vin de Table daily table wine is divided into three grades.

1, French table wine (advanced, only mixed grapes produced in France)

2. Intermediate mixed wine produced by EU countries.

3. Vinotenuen France a partir de raisins reolten (low-grade, not limited to grape varieties, brewed in France) is delicious or not, regardless of grade.

Regional table wine (wine)

Upgrade from the best daily table wine. Its origin must be consistent with the specific origin marked on the label, and recognized grape varieties should be used. Finally, it must be approved by a special French tasting Committee.

Excellent regional table wine

The grade is between regional table wine and legal regional wine. The production of this wine is strictly controlled by the National Association of Origin.

Wine in legal producing areas (A.O.C for short)

The grape varieties, minimum alcohol content, maximum yield, cultivation methods, pruning and brewing methods of the top-grade French wines are all under the strictest monitoring. Only wines from legal producing areas that have passed the official analysis and test can obtain the A.O.C certificate. It is this very strict regulation that ensures the consistent noble quality of A.O.C wines. In France, every big producing area is divided into many small producing areas. Generally speaking, the smaller the producing area, the higher the quality of wine. Wake up

Because red wine is considered as a living liquid and contains tannic acid, the changes of tannic acid after contact with air are very rich. The best way to tell the change of a bottle of wine is to pour two glasses for the first time after opening the bottle, drink one glass first, and then drink another glass until it is finished, so that you can clearly feel it. The wine changing time of each bottle is different, maybe 10 minute, maybe half an hour, maybe two hours later. How to discover the vitality of wine depends on your own feelings and experiences.

"downgrade"

The way to drink is to pour the wine into an eccentric shape, which is called drinking, but what is the purpose of drinking?

In fact, there are two ways, one is to remove the sediment that has been left for many years. Although these sediments are harmless to drink, they are harmful to the flavor of wine and must be removed.

The other is to awaken the original flavor of wine with less years from deep sleep. Because the cocktail party has the opportunity to contact with the air because of the drinking action, the sleeping wine will be mellow immediately.

"wine label"

How to choose a good bottle of red wine, the first requirement is smooth taste, what kind of taste is smoother, depending on personal preferences, tasting red wine is a very profound knowledge, learning wine tasting takes a long time of research and tempering, and learning to recognize wine is a relatively simple matter.

How to identify wine? Learn to read the label on the bottle first. The label of wine is also called "etiquette" (French, meaning license), just like a resume. Just as there is a saying among people who know wine, "Just look at the label to know its taste", the label does reveal information about the taste (characteristics) of wine. "There are many patterns on the label. What are you writing? I really want to know ... "Generally, the label will indicate: grape harvest year, wine name (named after the place of origin or winery), place of origin or place of origin, manor name, producer (winemaker) name, capacity, alcohol concentration, etc. According to the designer's design, there are various styles of labels, so the data is written in different locations.

The year of harvest → the weather of that year will affect the quality of grape harvest. The quality of a bottle of wine depends on the geological conditions of the producing area, the legal name of A.O.C. → A.O.C., the wine in the castle →Mis En Boteille Au Chateau, the signature of the winemaker → the names of foreign red wine brands whose wine quality is further guaranteed.

French:

Lafite winery (1987)

Rothschild Winery-Selected Bordeaux

(AccountNo. 1997 of Rothschild Bordeaux Red Wine Special Reserve)

Beaujolals village (Beaujolals village)

Castle of St. Estive

Saint-Germain Castle

Top Pi Nuo (Calve premiered Black Pi Nuo)

Rhone, v.

Italian:

Straw chianchou (Cecchi chianti D.O.C.G 1998)

Selected Classical Music of Chianti Wine