Drinking red wine is an elegant thing, so do you know how to drink red wine correctly? Below I will teach you how to drink red wine correctly. Everyone is welcome to read. How to drink red wine correctly
1. Observe wine
Red wine with distinct layers is mostly new wine; red wine with a uniform color indicates that it has a certain age; if the color of the red wine is slightly brown , indicating that it may be a bottle of old wine.
2. Shake the wine
Slowly shaking the wine glass will release the vinegar, ether, and acetaldehyde in the wine, and at the same time allow oxygen to enter the wine and react chemically with the wine. It makes the wine more mellow and maximizes the aroma of the wine.
Pour the sobered red wine into the goblet and shake it. The wine will stick to the wall of the goblet and flow down. We can clearly see the speed of the wine flow and feel the shape and viscosity of the wine.
3. Smell the wine
When smelling the wine, you can look for the most obvious smell or the typical smell of red wine from different positions in the wine glass, such as the center of the glass, the upper part of the glass. Yuan et al. Words used to describe the smell include: attractive grape smell, burnt smell, light, clear, metallic smell, vanilla smell, cork smell, nutty smell, musty smell, etc.
When you shake the wine glass, the red wine will emit its own flavor when fully in contact with the air. At this time, you can put your nose to the rim of the glass and enjoy the various smells in the red wine. There may be fermented fruit notes, some other fruit notes, and maybe rubberwood notes. Feel the scene when red wine is brewed or the environment when grapes are grown. Everything is possible!
4. Wine Tasting
Wine tasting focuses on the word "tasting". Chinese white spirits can burn your throat, so drink them dry. However, red wine cannot be drunk like this. After the red wine is entered, it should stay in the mouth for a while, so that the wine covers the entire mouth and fully contacts the oral cells in order to taste and evaluate its nuances.
To learn to taste wine with your tongue, taste it with the tip of your tongue first, and then use your tongue to squeeze the red wine to both sides of the bottle to feel whether the smell is just right and to feel the characteristics of the taste (sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty) and the balance of the wine. After tasting it several times, slowly lower it down your throat.
Red wine is mainly sour, and the sides of our tongues are more sensitive to it. So when I drink it, I want the red wine to roll in my mouth. At this time, the smell of the wine will fill your entire nasal cavity!
5. Aftertaste
That is, after swallowing the red wine in your mouth, Feel the length and balance of the aftertaste and aftertaste left in your mouth, and combine the impressions of smell and taste in your memory for aftertaste.
Although the birthplace of red wine is France, the French do not pursue very high-end famous wines. They usually like to drink more than ten or twenty bottles of red wine. Red wine is the best as long as it suits you. There is no need to pursue noble and famous wines.