How to discover and identify the appreciation potential of an old bottle of wine?

After a long time, the liquor will change its taste, and for a while the taste will get better, which is called aging, and after this time, it will become messy again. Wine is not something that is better the longer it is stored.

Now the old wine is still Moutai, and the others can also go up in the 80s and 70s.

The old liquor of Wuliangye is a ...... formed by blending chemical strong flavor essence

1. Choose a name brand. At present, the famous brands that are more recognized in the collection circle are "17 famous wines" and "55 famous wines". In addition to these national-level famous wines, the famous wines selected by various provinces and cities are also within the scope of selection. The appreciation space of famous wine is greater than that of ordinary wine.

2. Select "Sub-hot Brand". The so-called "sub-hot brands" refer to some brands that have the potential to appreciate and have not been hyped too hot, and the first is not too high. Such as the Fenjiu in the 17 majors.

First of all, it depends on whether the wine is good or not. This is the main thing. The wine is not fragrant, and it is in vain for many years. There are a lot of things to say about wine tasting, I believe you have your own doorway, I won't say more, you just pay attention to identify whether this is a good wine.

Then it is to look at the brand of wine, and good wine must have a good brand. Even if your loose liquor is more fragrant than Wuliangye, even if you treasure it for a hundred years, it is just something you drink secretly. This brand must be well-known, what Moutai, Wuliangye, Fenjiu, Xinghuacun or something.

Then it is to look at the vintage, winemaking has a lot to do with food, and the grain is different because of the different climate every year, and the yield and flavor are also different.

For example, a wine made in a rainy year is more aromatic than a dry year, and a wine produced in a dry year is more intense than a rainy year. Another is to look at the origin, taking Moutai as an example, only Moutai liquor brewed in Moutai Town can have a distinctive aroma. Therefore, you pay attention to the aroma, brand, vintage, and origin of the liquor, and then make a comprehensive comparison before deciding whether to collect it.

To make no secret of the subject, in recent years, Gourmet has been buying and selling old wine at home. As we all know, baijiu pays attention to "three parts brewing and seven points storage", and during storage, baijiu can obtain better quality under the "inspiration" of the essence of the sun and the moon. Of course, the purpose of my sale of old wine is to make money, and old wine has a high economic value, and there is a lot of profit between handing over.

It is precisely because of the huge profits that the old liquor industry is also often flooded with fake liquor that is inferior to good and "fake old liquor" that is old with new ones, and you will be fooled if you are not careful. Therefore, how to identify whether a bottle of old wine is really good wine is particularly important. Below, Gourmet will talk about the specific methods of identifying whether a bottle of old wine is really good wine from several aspects such as drinking value, vintage, packaging and sealing based on my practical experience and experience over the years, for your reference only.

1. Drinking value:

We know that generally there is no shelf life for liquor above 50 degrees, and during the storage of liquor, various esters will produce various special aromas, so the longer the liquor is stored, the better. Among them, high-grade liquor brewed from pure grains is the most suitable for long-term storage, while low-alcohol liquor and "blended" liquor are not suitable for long-term storage.

2. Vintage: The age of a bottle of wine can allow us to identify whether it is really good wine, but some old wines are damaged due to their appearance, or they can't see the year at all, so they need to be judged carefully: one looks at the wine label, two looks at the wine lid seal, and three looks at the name of the manufacturer.

3. Packaging: Since the late 80s of the last century, most of the famous and high-quality wines have color box packaging when they leave the factory, so the outer packaging of the wine is another key for us to identify whether a bottle of old wine is really good wine. First of all, the packaging should be complete and clean; Secondly, the handwriting of the color box picture should be clear, and it can reveal the packaging characteristics of the year, giving people the enjoyment of authenticity, credibility and beauty.

Fourth, sealing: generally the old wine before the 80s is sealed with a cap, or a plastic cap, and then a layer of transparent sealing. Sealing film is a plastic chemical, which will cause yellowing, surface cracking, and loss of luster after long-term storage. Therefore, if you find that a bottle of old wine sealing film is unusually bright and has a high reflectivity, such as the following bottles of "post-sealing film" wine, the material is bright, it is obvious that it is not a real old wine, let alone a good wine.

To identify whether a bottle of old wine is good or not, the first thing to look at is the degree of the wine, which is above 50 degrees. Whether the bottle packaging is intact, if it is loose, no matter how good the wine is, it is also a bottle of water. In the eighties there was basically no blending.

However, the longer it is placed, the lighter the flavor of the wine becomes. I think a good bottle of old wine should have a high degree. Grain wine.

The package is well sealed. It's a good bottle of wine.

There are always people who want to buy cheap and delicious old wine, but you must know that good goods are not cheap, unless you buy your own wine and store it yourself, in order to ensure that the wine is real and cost-effective. If you look for old wine in the market, you are bound to encounter a lot of pitfalls. Especially for a wine like Moutai, it is really difficult to find old wine and real wine.

How is a real old wine defined? How many years can I keep it to be considered old wine?

How do you define old wine? Is it old wine to be old after buying it and storing it for a few years, or is it old wine mixed with new wine? Broadly dividing new wine from old wine, we areIt is defined according to the production date on the liquor package.

However, there is no clear division of laws or industry standards for the specific storage of how many years can it be considered old wine. Now Moutai on the market, such as Moutai in 2017, and even the previous year's can become old wine.

However, in fact, if it is stored for one year, there is not much difference in taste, and only after more than 3 years can it be called old wine. When aged for more than five years, the taste of this old wine is softer and more mellow than that of new wine. If it is a good wine with high quality, the aroma will be more layered.

But not all wine can be stored as old wineIt must be a high-quality wine brewed from pure grains, preferably soy sauce wine, and it must be preserved and sealed well.

Revealing the method of vintage wine fraud: false label year, the year is arbitrarily determined

If you have been to Moutai, you must have seen loose liquor sold on the roadside, the price is different, and some of the liquor will turn yellow when scooped. They will show you which wines are 3 years old, which are 5 years old or even 10 years old, and the key is that these wines are particularly affordable. This can't help but make people ask, why can Moutai be sold so expensive for a few years?

You have stored this wine for 5 years and 10 years to sell it so cheaply?

In fact, these wines may not be old at all, or they may be sold as old wine because they are mixed with a little bit of old wine in the new wine. There are even some shopkeepers, directlyPut loose wine in 5 or 10 year old bottles, if you want him to be a 5-year-old wine, it is a 5-year-old wine. Some shops come with a vintage stamp, which can be stamped with a 20 or 30-year-old stamp, extending the age of the wine by 10 or even 20 years in a matter of seconds.

As long as you buy alcohol, the packaging stamp is free.

How to tell if it is old wine or not: the color of the hanging cup can be faked

There is a sauce-flavored old wineThe colour is yellowish and full-bodiedcharacteristics, but it does not mean that yellowing is old wine, and the color can also be faked. In addition, to distinguish cooking wine, you can see the degree of hanging glass, you need to pour the wine into the glass, and then shake it gentlyLook for beads on the side wall of the glass to stay. If not, it means that the body of the wine is not enough, the vintage is limited, and the quality is not good enough.

Of course, there is a way to fake this mellowness.

If you really can't drink it, then drink itSee if the taste is pure, the sauce-flavored liquor has the characteristics of leaving a fragrance in an empty cupWhen the new wine is drunk, the aroma in the cup quickly disappears. And if it is an old wine, the taste can last for a day or two. Compared with other flavor liquors, sauce-flavored liquor is the most demanding vintage, so other flavors may only need to be stored for two or three years, but the real sauce-flavored liquor must be stored for more than 5 years, and only then can the taste be pure enough.

I don't think the real old liquor should be drunk, and if it is poured into the cup, it will hang evenly along the wall of the cup, so it may be a real grain liquor.

Real old wine is generally more viscous, and the taste will be particularly rich and delicious.

Prosperous Collection, Troubled Times**. As people's incomes get higher and higher, there is excess money to do investment activities and make their assets appreciate. The collection of liquor has always been sought after by people, especially the collection value of some brands of liquor, the appreciation is fast, and the older the year, the more valuable it is.

Which wines are suitable for collection and appreciate quickly? Because the older and scarcer the liquor collection, the higher the value. And the longer the high soy sauce flavor wine lasts, the better the quality of the wine, and the better the taste will be. There are a few things to keep in mind when collecting wine, not all wines are suitable for collection.

Be sure to buy wine made from pure grains, and never buy blended wine, otherwise you will lose the value of collecting wine. Pure grain wine has a pure taste, many aromatic esters, and after a long period of fermentation, the aroma is stronger. Alcohol-blended wines do not have this layered aroma.

Most of the folk collections are soy sauce liquor brewed from sorghum, especially the liquor produced in Moutai Town on the banks of the Chishui River.

The number of high liquor refers to the liquor with an alcohol content of more than 50 °, with a high alcohol concentration, relatively stable structure of various substances, and not easy to change the taste. The low degree is easy to volatilize, and it will run away after a long time, so it is not suitable for collection.

Collecting liquor should choose liquor with high reputation and certain value, especially with strong cultural heritage, such liquor with fast appreciation and high historical reputation has better quality, faster appreciation, and easier to obtain consumer recognition.

There is also a type of wine with high collection value, that is, commemorative wine, or vintage wine, which is similar to the nature of commemorative coins, major national events, festivals, vintages, etc., all have commemorative significance. The production of commemorative liquor is limited, and each bottle is less than one bottle, so the longer it is collected, the smaller the quantity, the faster it appreciates and the higher its value.

If you want to drink it yourself, you can also collect some ** cheap pure grain made of high soy sauce liquor, according to different years, ** is different, the lower the year, the cheaper **, after buying it back and collecting it for a few years, the taste is also good, the appreciation space is large, and the value is higher.

Wines above 50 degrees are very suitable for collection, and generally the higher degree is made from pure food, and the ethanol in it is not easy to volatize.

Moutai, Wuliangye, Luzhou Laojiao, Gujing Gongjiu, Yanghe and so on.

Learning to identify the value of old wine is also a skill nowadays, but when you get a bottle of old wine, how do you tell if it's worth it? In fact, it is very simple, you just need to judge from the following points.

First, we must first know the drinking value of this old bottle of wine.

As we all know, Chinese baijiu usually has no expiration date. During the storage process of wine, a variety of esters will be produced, which is commonly known as the "alcoholization" process. Various esters produce a variety of special aromas, but this mellowing is very slow.

Therefore, baijiu is usually stored for as long as possible. Among them, high-grade liquor brewed from pure grains is the most suitable for long-term storage, while low-alcohol liquor and "blended" liquor are not easy to store for a long time. In addition, you also have to look at the aroma of this bottle of old wine, and the sauce flavor is the best.

Second, look at the vintage of this old wine.

Liquor, bottles, labels, packaging, and even the imprints engraved on the bottles by the years all reflect the characteristics and imprints of that era, giving people who have experienced that era a strong nostalgic atmosphere. Even if you haven't gone through that era, you can feel the heavy power.

In terms of age, generally speaking, the old wine from the founding of the People's Republic of China to the 90s of the last century is the most collectible. At that time, it was a planned economy, and the wineries did not focus on economic benefits, and even did not consider the output and cost in production, but made good wines.

In the mid-to-late 90s of the last century, the country's wineries have been restructured, and some wineries blindly grasp the output and efficiency, and the result is the decline in wine quality, coupled with a period of "blended wine" rampant (traditional winemaking consumes huge grain and the cost is very high), and some traditional wineries also follow the trend, and the product quality is naturally worrying.

Of course, there are many good products that have been restored to traditional craftsmanship in today's liquor, and their packaging is even more impeccable.

Third, look at whether the packaging of the old wine is in good condition.

A bottle of liquor with a particularly good image can always add a lot of points, so in the process of judging, you can simply look at the packaging of the old liquor.

Fourth, finally check the seal of the old wine.

First, you can identify the authenticity of the old wine, and second, you can see if the old wine has signs of evaporation. It can help us determine whether old wine is worth anything.

Judging whether a bottle of old wine is worth anything is crucial for old wine collectors, and fakes have always been banned in China, and the same is true for alcohol. Manufacturing and selling fake wine has always been a major event that endangers the interests of enterprises, and even the health and safety of citizens, which also brings trouble to the collection of old wine, you have learned to judge whether a bottle of old wine is worth the method, and the identification of real and fake is naturally not a problem.