There are many red wine brands on the market now, including many domestic and imported brands. Many imported red wines are very expensive because of their age and scarcity, the most famous of which are "1982 Lafite" and Penfolds series.
Wine tasting can be said to be a science. Most people are basically happy to drink red wine, and they know nothing about it except the price and brand.
How to distinguish good red wine from bad red wine? First of all, look at the raw materials for brewing red wine.
The quality of red wine has a great relationship with the grape varieties selected. Only red grape varieties from excellent producing areas can produce excellent red wine. In red wine, "Cabernet Sauvignon" is an excellent grape variety, and the quality of this red wine should be good. If the ingredients list of red wine clearly indicates the grape variety, not the grape juice, then this red wine should be good. Second, the origin of red wine
The better the quality of red wine, the smaller the producing area. Some red wines are only labeled as red wines from a certain country or place, and the quality of such red wines is very average.
Many high-quality red wines will be labeled as winery products, and some even have the owner's autograph on them. This kind of red wine is of extraordinary quality. For example, the red wine produced by China Qilian Winery comes from Liangzhou, Gansu, the hometown of China wine.
It is very important to mark the "producing area" in small font on the label of red wine, which is also a great basis to reflect the quality of red wine, because the division of red wine producing areas is particularly strict in the world.
Third, the production date of red wine.
There is no need to mark the shelf life of foreign red wine, but domestic red wine has a shelf life, which is generally marked as 10 year.
Usually, the preservation of red wine has strict conditions, such as humidity, temperature, light, placement and so on. Generally, the red wine on the market is within five or six years, and the taste of these red wines has reached maturity, which is also the best tasting period.
Fourth, identify the sediment in red wine.
1. Red wine usually contains some sediment. If there is cork residue in the sediment, such red wine will not affect drinking.
2. If the sediment is granular, it will drop rapidly after pouring, and the wine body is still transparent, which will not affect drinking.
3. If the body of red wine becomes turbid and flocs float inside, this kind of red wine may have deteriorated or become moldy, so it can't be bought and drunk.
4. The color of red wine will change with the storage time. The color of newly brewed red wine is generally deep red, and the color of red wine will change with the storage time. When good red wine is poured into a glass, there will be stains on the rim of the glass and it will not look as thin as water. Dark and dim red wine will not be of good quality.
5. There will be a depression in the bottom of the bottle of red wine in order to precipitate impurities in red wine. If the bottle of red wine doesn't even have a depression, then this red wine is not much better.
A good wine producing area has its own uniqueness, and the selected grape varieties are also high-quality wine grapes. The label of red wine will be particularly detailed, so the information of red wine can be distinguished from the label. Some red wines with concentrated grape juice and syrup can only be regarded as blended wine drinks with red wine flavor.