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06/08/2017 10:18:24
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What are the 5 basic wine characteristics? … Sweetness, Acidity, Tannin, Alcohol and Body. Here is some useful info about each for your next dinner part:
Sweetness in wine is from residual sugar (RS). RS is leftover when not all the grape must is fermented into alcohol. In a technically dry wine, there shouldn’t be more than half teaspoon of sugar per glass. Acidity, as grapes ripen they become less acidic. A wine from a cooler climate where it is hard for the grape to ripen, will produce wines with higher acidity. Tannin, comes from 2 sources: grape skins and seeds, and from new oak barrels. Tannin will cause a drying and puckering sensation. Alcohol, comes from yeast converting grape must (sugar) into ethanol. Alcohol may be added to wine, which is called fortifying. Body, is not an exact science, but rather a style which all of the above affects. Lighter bodied wines will have more acidity, lower alcohol, less tannin and less sweet and vice versa for bolder wines.
Below are some of our panel’s top rated wines from May, which were all blind-tasted and scored very well in their respective tastings. Try keep the above in mind when you taste them and remember “the more you taste the more you pick up.”
Kind Regards,
P.S Order 24 bottles today or more and receive R50 off, use code 24bottles.
What are the 5 basic wine characteristics? … Sweetness, Acidity, Tannin, Alcohol and Body. Here is some useful info about each for your next dinner part:
Sweetness in wine is from residual sugar (RS). RS is leftover when not all the grape must is fermented into alcohol. In a technically dry wine, there shouldn’t be more than half teaspoon of sugar per glass. Acidity, as grapes ripen they become less acidic. A wine from a cooler climate where it is hard for the grape to ripen, will produce wines with higher acidity. Tannin, comes from 2 sources: grape skins and seeds, and from new oak barrels. Tannin will cause a drying and puckering sensation. Alcohol, comes from yeast converting grape must (sugar) into ethanol. Alcohol may be added to wine, which is called fortifying. Body, is not an exact science, but rather a style which all of the above affects. Lighter bodied wines will have more acidity, lower alcohol, less tannin and less sweet and vice versa for bolder wines.
Below are some of our panel’s top rated wines from May, which were all blind-tasted and scored very well in their respective tastings. Try keep the above in mind when you taste them and remember “the more you taste the more you pick up.”
Kind Regards,
P.S Order 24 bottles today or more and receive R50 off, use code 24bottles.