How to see the quality of red wine? Six ways to see the quality of red wine
Look at the packaging
Good wines are mostly packaged in dark wine bottles, such as green and brown wine bottles. Its advantage is that it can filter out light waves that have an impact on wine quality, which is conducive to wine preservation, and the darker the bottle color (brown red), the better the effect. The quality of wine bottles should be uniform in thickness and color, and there should be no patterns, cracks and blisters on the appearance. Bottle caps are mostly made of cork and metal screw caps, and the bottle caps are tightly sealed. The trademark is clear and complete, and the name of the wine is prominent. Consumers can check its logo, alcohol content, sugar and so on when buying. High-grade wines are usually covered with a layer of transparent paper to protect the cleanliness of the bottle surface and the integrity of the trademark.
Look at the wine label
The wine label covers a lot of information, and the basic information of wine can be judged basically from the wine label, especially French wine has a long history and has a very standardized wine certification system. Red wine is divided into four grades, namely, legally produced wine (AOC), excellent produced wine (VDQS), regional table wine (VDP) and daily table wine (VDT). Through the wine label, you can know the name, origin, year, grape variety and grade of this wine. Through these basic information, we can roughly judge whether the quality of this wine is good or bad.
Look at the place of origin
The smaller the origin is marked, the higher the quality is. Generally, the quality of village-level wine is higher than that of regional wine, and the quality of regional wine is higher than that of regional wine. If it is the same AOC grade, but the marked places of origin are Bordeaux, Medoc and Pauillac, the village-level pauillac wine has the highest quality, while the district-level Bordeaux wine has the most general quality.
Look at the year
The quality of wine depends three points on technology and seven points on raw materials. Every year, climate, light and rainfall have a great influence on the quality of grapes, so the quality of the year is directly related to the quality of wine, especially for a fine wine. For example, the good years in Bordeaux are 20 10, 2009, 2005, 2000, 1996, 1990 and 1982. A bottle of Chateau Lafite Rothschild wine of 20 10 will be of better quality than that of Chateau Lafite Rothschild wine of 2010/year.
See if there is any precipitation in the wine.
Turn the red wine bottle upside down, tilt it at a certain angle, and look at the bottom of the bottle to see if there is more sediment and residue. If there is too much, it means that there is something wrong with this wine. If there is no or a small amount of transparent sediment, it is normal (tartaric acid will be produced in the long-term fermentation process of red wine, and tartar precipitation will be produced).
Look at the color
To judge the quality of red wine, color discrimination can only be used as a reference. For example, the color of new wine is brighter, the wine of 3-5 years is a little blue and light purple, it is brick red in 5-8 years, and amber in 8- 10 years.