Because after it becomes wine, it has animal life. "
William young
Charming colors, mysterious feelings, soft and mellow red wine are full of fresh life juice and profound historical connotation.
Once upon a time, red wine created a new drinking culture in China, and traces of red wine can be seen everywhere in the market. Ordinary people don't know much about red wine, and drinking red wine is often "almost dry", which makes people who are interested in learning wine tasting very confused.
Before drinking red wine, you might as well learn about the temperament of red wine culture and red wine history, and subtly understand the nobility of red wine.
Wine culture
Wine has many styles, regardless of color, aroma and taste. Sometimes even because of too many choices, I am dazzled and at a loss. The best way to know about wine is to taste it yourself and understand the characteristics of different products, so that you can choose the ideal table wine to match different occasions and foods according to your own taste.
The way to taste wine is (1) to see the color; (2) smell the fragrance; (3) taste. The process should be slow, so as to realize the wonderful and complicated aroma and changeable wine taste, and the taste of good wine is endless.
In order to fully enjoy the fun of wine and exert its potential, it is necessary to pay attention to the drinking temperature. Different wines have different ideal temperatures.
The basic principles are as follows:
★ Liquor is suitable for cold drinks. The exact temperature depends on the quality of the wine, which is about 6 degrees Celsius to 1 1 degrees Celsius. The most convenient way to reduce the temperature of wine is to put the whole bottle of wine in an ice bucket with half ice and half water. After fifteen to twenty minutes, the temperature will drop below 10 degrees. If you want the temperature to drop faster, you can sprinkle a handful of coarse salt in the ice water. In addition, we can also put liquor in the lower layer of the refrigerator, where the temperature is about 4 degrees Celsius. Take out the wine before drinking, and the temperature will rise slightly.
★ Red wine is suitable for drinking at room temperature. First, let the wine "breathe"-that is, let the wine contact with the air, which can make the wine mellow and soft. In addition, some aged wines have a lot of sediment, so it is advisable to replace the bottle before drinking to remove the sediment.
How long is the best time to drink red wine after opening a bottle? It depends on the quality and variety of wine. Ordinary red wine can be drunk 15 minutes after opening, and aged wine may be opened half a day in advance.
In addition to temperature, if we drink too much wine at a meal, we must keep in mind a principle. In addition to considering the collocation of wine and food (generally red wine with meat, white wine with fish and seafood), we should also obey the order from light to strong. Drink younger and lighter wine first, and then drink old and rich wine. Drink white wine first, then red wine. Because everyone eats different foods, it is best to prepare more wine glasses, so that each guest can choose different wines to drink with different foods.
In fact, grapes are grown all over the world, so all countries in the world also produce wine. The temperate climate with an annual average temperature of 10-20 degrees Celsius is most suitable for growing grapes, while the places with abundant rainfall and high humidity hinder the growth of vines, so good soil drainage is also one of the conditions for planting. France is unique among many red wines because it is not only the country that brews the most kinds of wine in the world, but also produces countless world-famous high-grade wines.
Burgundy region: There are about 1800 wineries in this region, which are divided into six producing areas from south to north:
Chablis, Nuit, Bona, Marconai, Jean Makuen and beaujolais-the most important of the six districts in Burgundy consists of night slopes and inner slopes. La Romane Conti produced by Domaine de La Romanee Conti (DRC), a wine village in Vosne-Romanee, ranks first among red wines.
Bordeaux: There are more than 9,000 wineries (castles) in Bordeaux, France alone. The five major wine producing areas in this region are Medoc, Pomero, Saint Emilion, Graves and Sauternes.
Medoc is arguably the most important region, producing only red wine. Medoc can be subdivided into four small wine producing areas, namely, Saint Stephane, pauillac, Saint Julian and Margaux from north to south. Among them, pauillac's three famous wines, Mouton Rothschild (Mouton Rogge Castle), Lafite Rothschild (Lafite Castle) and latour (latour Castle), are like three diamonds, which makes pauillac a representative of Bordeaux.
Pomerol is only about 3% of Bordeaux's in this area, which is really "rare things are precious". If the "red wine giant diamond" is Romani Conti, as for the glory of the second throne, it should belong to' (Chateau Petrus, the masterpiece of Pomeroy in Bordeaux, France.
Saint Emilion is also a famous garden producing area. Before the middle of last century, the quality of wine in this area was generally poor, and there was even the irony of "coachman wine"! There are only two A-level companies: Chateau Ausone and Chateau Cheval-Blanc.
Graves: Chateau Haut Brion and Chateau Latour, Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, Chateau Margaux, Chateau Rothschild in Mouton (Mouton Logitech), Oubrion * * * enjoys the first-class top wine officially evaluated by Bordeaux, and is also one of the top five wineries in Bordeaux.
"Rhone Valley": Together with Burgundy and Bordeaux, it is called the three major wine producing areas in France. The most precious red wine in the whole Longhe region is La Turque in the slope area of Tirotti.
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 thing.
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 the taste (characteristics) information 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 further guarantee of wine quality.