The pursuit of fashion, health, petty bourgeois life is the current trend of people's lifestyle, and red wine represents elegance, nobility and romance, it marks a comfortable state of life.
In recent years, red wine has appeared more and more in various business occasions, small gatherings between friends, drinking between couples, or drinking alone, whether it is for wine tasting, or for pretense, do not know a little red wine knowledge are feel that they can not keep up with the pace of the times. Therefore, the wine wine decided to make a series of articles dedicated to popularizing wine expertise, so that the wine white can also point out in the wine tasting chat.
First, according to the color of the wine classification
1． white wine
White wine, as the name suggests, is usually made from the juice of white grapes, but since all the colors in red grapes are in the skin, if the skin is removed before fermentation, white wine can actually be made from red grapes. White wine is often seen as a lighter, refreshing wine.
2． claret
Red wines are aged from wine grapes with red peels, and the skin juice is mixed and fermented after the stalk is broken, and then the skin juice is separated. Since the fermentation process of red wine is carried out with the peel, the grape skin also includes other substances such as tannins, which can make the mouth feel dry. The color of red wines is mostly ruby red, fuchsia, garnet red and so on.
3． Rosé wine
Rosé wines have a shorter contact time between the grape juice and the peel during the brewing process, absorbing only a small amount of pigment in the peel, so the color is lighter. Rosé wines are usually less intense than red wines, but contain more body than white wines. The color is generally peach red, or orange-red.
What is dry red?
There are many varieties of wines around the world, first of all, according to the color of the wine, there are three categories of red wine, white wine, pink wine, red wine is only one of them.
Secondly, according to the sugar content, there are dry wine, semi-dry wine, sweet wine, etc., the sugar in the wine increases sequentially, the sugar content of dry wine is the least, and the sugar in its raw materials (grape juice) is completely converted into alcohol, and the residual sugar is 0. Below 4%/L, no sweetness is felt at the time of oral evaluation, only sour taste and refreshing feeling.
Therefore, simply put, the so-called dry wine (dry white, dry red) only refers to the amount of sugar in the wine, and has no other meaning. According to the standard regulations, the sugar content of dry wines is less than 4.0g/L. Due to the low sugar content and no sweetness of this type of wine, it shows more fruity aromas of grapes, aromas of wine produced by fermentation and mellow aromas left by aging.
What are the residual sugars in wine?
Residual sugar, known in English as "Residual Sugar", generally refers to the sugar left in the wine after the alcoholic fermentation of grapes and grape juice, usually judged in grams per liter (g/L).
Like elements such as tannins and acidity in wine, the sugar content can also be perceived according to taste, which is manifested in the mouth is sweetness. The higher the sugar content in the wine, the sweeter it tastes.
Of course, elements such as acidity, tannins and alcohol can also dry up the distinction between the sweetness of the wine, for example, higher acidity will make the sweetness in the wine balanced and look less prominent. Other factors in the wine, such as glycerin and a refreshing and full-bodied fruity taste, can also give people a "sweet taste" experience.
What is the difference between dry red and wine?
Traditionally, wines are sweet wines with a sugar content of more than 50.0g/L. The "dry" of dry red wine is a word borrowed from champagne making, that is, wine that is directly made from pure grape juice without adding any additives such as water, spices, alcohol, etc.
After the red grape juice is squeezed, the grape skin core is not filtered, the grape juice is made into wine and then filtered, and during the winemaking process, the color of the grape skin is dissolved into the wine, which is a dry red wine. There are two types of dry red wine, one is simply filtered; the other is to continue to press the filter residue. Pressed dry red wine contains more tannins and has a thicker taste. That is to say, dry red is not sweet to drink.
What is the difference between the sugar content of wine grapes and edible grapes?
The sugar content of these two grapes is very different. While you might think that edible grapes are sweeter than wine grapes, wine grapes are much sweeter than table grapes, which is a necessary factor because wine requires a lot of sugar, and yeast can ferment the sugar of grape juice into alcohol.
Sugar content is related to grape varieties, vintages, etc., wine grapes have a sugar content of 22%-30%, while the sugar content of edible grapes may be close to 10%-15%. This also means that wine grapes rot much faster than edible grapes.
Simply put, the difference between red wine and dry red is that as long as it is red wine, it can be called red wine, such as sweet red wine, while dry red is mainly limited to dry red wine.