What is the vintage in red wine?

Influenced by the concept that the older the liquor, the more fragrant it is, many friends who are new to wine also like older wines, but in fact, not all wines are better the older they are.

In other words, why is the year important? Because wine pays attention to three parts of craftsmanship and seven parts of raw materials. The process is mainly influenced by factors such as winery equipment, winemaker's brewing technology, etc., which are generally relatively easy to control.

And the raw material of wine is grapes. Grapes ***, wine is relatively good. Grapes are affected by climatic factors such as sunshine and rainfall, and a year with bad weather conditions will inevitably affect the quality and quality of the wine.

In the case of growing grapes, poor weather refers to a lack of moisture during the growing season, insufficient sunshine or excessive rainfall during the harvest period. If the weather conditions are good that year, the grapes will be harvested and the wine will be produced.

Therefore, it should be understood that the older the vintage, the better, for example: Bordeaux wines are 10 points for 82 and 90 years, but only 4 points for 80 years and 6 points for 81 years, so 82 years are better than 80 and 81 years. In the same way, 90 years are better than 89, 88, 87 and so on.

In addition, it is also a good year to get 10 points, and the 82-year-old will be more expensive than the 90-year, because ** is not only determined by quality, but also affected by factors such as supply and demand, brand awareness, etc.

Also for the year, we should pay attention to the following:

1. Most of the wines sold in hypermarkets are ordinary wines, which can be drunk within a few years after they are put on the market, and the proportion of wines that can withstand aging is not large.

2. Dry white and dry red have different requirements for climate: high temperature is conducive to the ripening of red grapes, but too high temperature will cause the loss of fruit acid of white grapes, so that dry white wine will lose its freshness and fruity aroma.

3. The experts' rating of the good or bad year of a country or region can only be used as a reference, not an absolute standard. This is because there are also regional microclimates in different communities within the same country or region. The bad climate does not mean that all the communities in the region are bad.

Even within the same region, different wineries may have different requirements for different climates. In addition, some wineries have adopted a deep selection of grapes in bad years to measure the quality, or some artificial remedies, so the quality of the wine is not necessarily much worse than that of a good vintage.

4. Origin. Factors influencing climatic conditions may only occur in a certain region, so the quality of the vintage varies depending on the region, especially in the growing regions of northern latitudes, such as Germany, Austria, northern France, etc. On the contrary, Australia and California in the United States are not prominent because of the stable weather and the abundance of grapes every year.

Refers to the time of the year when the grapes were grown.

The vintage of the wine is usually marked on the label of the bottle. Generally speaking, the year of red wine refers to the year when the wine grapes are harvested and picked, that is, the year in which the red wine is produced. Vintage is also an important indicator of the quality of the wine, and usually a good climate year produces a good quality wine.

The composition of red wine is quite simple, it is a fruit wine made by natural fermentation, and the most important thing is grape juice, and there are many ways to classify wine. In terms of the color of the finished product, it can be divided into three categories: red wine, white wine and pink wine.

Among them, red wine can be subdivided into dry red wine, semi-dry red wine, semi-sweet red wine and sweet red wine, and white wine can be subdivided into dry white wine, semi-dry white wine, semi-sweet white wine and sweet white wine.

Red wine is drunk at many social dinners.

When you drink red wine, you will inevitably talk about its vintage.

Isn't there a saying that says?

Lafite '82, is the best"!

Why isn't Lafite the best in '83? And why isn't Lafite the best in '92?

Because Lafite 1982 was a good vintage!

Sometimes during dinner, some friends who don't understand red wine will ask me, "Mr. Zheng, do you know the year of red wine from **?" How do you see the vintage of a red wine? ”

Actually, it's quite simple.

Each bottle of wine will have a paper label attached to the bottle, which is what we call a wine label.

The wine label will always have a four-digit number, 19xx or 20xx, which is the vintage of the red wine.

For example, in the bottle below, the label says "2010" (in the red circle), and we can say that it is a "2010 vintage".

For example, if the bottle below says "2014" (circled in red) on the label, then it is a "2014" vintage.

Then some friends will ask, "Mr. Zheng, what does the year represent?" ”

Wine vintage means that the grapes used to make this wine are harvested in time.

The "1982 vintage" of Lafite at the beginning of the article means that his grapes were harvested in 1982.

In addition, the grape harvest season is generally September and October in the northern hemisphere, such as France, Spain, the United States, and China, while in the southern hemisphere, such as Chile, New Zealand, and Australia, it is generally in March and April.

Then, for the "1982 vintage" Lafite, the time of grape harvest is very clear, that is, in the autumn of September 1982, which is not very simple.

Is the vintage of a red wine equal to the time it leaves the factory and the time it is bottled? ”

Not this one.

The vintage represents when the grapes were harvested, not when the wine was bottled and left the factory.

The bottling time (year, month and day) will appear on the bottleneck of the wine, the back label, and the bottle body, and after the wine is imported, the wine merchant will also attach a Chinese label on the back label, which will have the date and time of the wine being bottled and leaving the factory.

Most of the time for red wine to be bottled and sealed is within a year or two of the grape harvest year. Of course, there are also longer ones, five or six years after the grapes are harvested, before they are bottled and left the factory.

So why is there a gap of one or two years between grape picking and bottling time? It's like pickling cabbage, it takes months.

After the grapes are harvested, they are sorted, crushed, fermented, macerated, blended and clarified, all of which take a lot of time.

In particular, there are oak barrels, which take three to six months for regular wines, and one to two years for better wines, such as Lafite, which is aged for 18 to 20 months.

Look at the front label of the wine, and the wine will tell you the year of its birth!

The vintage of the wine refers to the year in which the grapes used to make the wine were harvested. This is the wine made from grapes harvested in that year. For example, if a bottle of wine says that the year 2000 is indicated, it means that the grapes used in this wine were harvested and pressed in 2000.

Of course, wines are vintage, but not all wines get better the older they get. Grapes are a crop that grows in a variety of ways that affect the local climate, the light of the vines, the soil, the air, the moisture base and the microclimate of the entire region. That's why there are so many places in the world at about the same latitude that only a few places make good wine.

In years with too much rain, the grapes have too much moisture, and the wine may not be rich in color, aroma and moisture will affect the quality of the wine, while in the year when it is too dry, the grapes will have small grains, slow growth, and insufficient moisture, and the wine will not be good. If there is a pest or disease, it can be even more catastrophic for the grapes.

Therefore, a good vintage mainly refers to the year's climate, temperature difference, moisture and other comprehensive climates that are most suitable for grape growth and can produce the best wine.

Although the selection of the wine year is important, it is not the key, the key is to look at your personal preference. Wine is a very varied drink, and if you drink it often, you can drink it in a variety of flavors, which is very interesting.

As for the vintage of domestic red wine, it was very confusing earlier, and the 92-year-old wine was still there after more than ten years of drinking, and if you think about the output of that year, you can know the authenticity of the 92-year-old wine on the market. However, from January 1, 2008, the new national mandatory standards for wine will be implemented, and the labeling of wine vintages will be truly regulated. Compared with the old standard, the new wine standard is not only mandatory, but also clearly stipulates that the vintage of the wine must refer to the year of grape harvest, and the grape juice content of that year must reach more than 80%.

Therefore, the vintage wines on the market today are the real vintage wines. The Bordeaux region of France has a good vintage from 2000 to 2003. In particular, 2003 was the best vintage.

Domestic wines, still don't mention any vintage, to be honest there really is no too good vintage wine :)

Domestic wines are printed with the date of manufacture on the closure of the bottle. At this time, the law of wine production in our country is required.

Generally, after the import of foreign wine, the importer should paste a description on the back of the wine bottle, which is generally called "back label". It will clearly tell you the year of growth, the manufacturer, the alcohol content, the volume, the country of production, the ingredient list, the storage method, etc.

The production process of wine in foreign countries takes a certain amount of time, so it is impossible for the wine of the year of harvest to leave the factory. So the imported wines we see are produced at least the year before, and some good wines may be aged in the cellar for 2 or 3 years or more before leaving the factory.

The wine label says that the vintage of the red wine is not the vintage of the factory, but the vintage of the grapes used in this bottle of wine, and this year's grapes, after vinification and aging, often do not go on the market until later next year.

The laws of all wine-producing countries, whether in the New World or the Old World, specify that the wine must be labelled with the vintage, so just pick up the bottle and look at the label to know the vintage of the wine, that is, the year of harvest of the grapes used to make the bottle.

As long as it's not more than ten years old.

Summary. The year of red wine is generally marked on the wine label, which refers to the year of the wine grape harvest, because the quality of the red wine can be understood through the year of the production area, the climate is suitable, and the grape growth quality is a good year, on the contrary, the grape growth quality is a bad year.

The year of Hongdanfan wine is generally marked on the wine label, which refers to the year of the wine grape harvest, because the quality of the red wine can be understood through the year of the production area, the climate is suitable, and the grape growth quality is a good year, on the contrary, a few feet, the grape growth quality is not good, it is a bad year.

The wine has the year on the label, which is the year of the grape harvest. Wineries place wine on the market in many different places after the wine has been bottled, but the year printed on the label is when the grapes were harvested and not necessarily bottled. Grapes are sensitive to weather patterns, and wine has the ability to reflect this through aroma, flavor and texture.

For example, lower temperatures may result in higher acidity in grapes, while higher temperatures may produce grapes with higher sugar concentrations. The grape harvest can be divided into good years, good and bad years, which can directly affect the quality of the grapes themselves, and then affect the quality of the wine. In France and other European countries, the grape harvest of each grape producing area (such as Bordeaux, Burgundy, Médoc, etc.) is classified and announced every year, and a common practice has been formed.

Wine is not necessarily the older the wine, but the quality of the grape harvest.

In a good year, the sun is abundant, the grapes are strong and growing, and the grapes are of high quality, and the wines produced are naturally good wines. If, on the other hand, it rains all year round, resulting in slow ripening or even rotting of the grapes, which seriously affects the quality of the grapes, the wine will be a bad vintage.

The vintage of a wine can generally be determined in the following ways: Label: The label on the bottle of a red wine usually lists information such as the winery, the variety of the wine, the origin of the wine, and the percentage of the yearbook.

The year is usually presented in a font that is clearly elevated, such as "2010" or ".'10”。Bottom of the bottle: Some red wine bottles have the date printed on the bottom, which is usually suitable for older vintages, as in recent years bottles no longer have the date printed in this way.

Wine stoppers: Some premium state wine corks will have the year indicated on them. Color:

Usually, the color of the red wine will gradually darken over time, and if you have a red wine with multiple vintages, you can compare their colors to give a rough idea of the size of the vintage.

Summary. Hello dear and happy to answer for you. What do you think about the vintage of red wine?

Usually people judge the wine by its color, mellow aroma, softening of the tannins in the wine, and taste. Look at the production date on the label or bottle cap, if the production date is more than three years different from the vintage, it means that there is a problem with the bottle. If there is no production date, the easiest way is to see if there is sediment in the bottle.

Red wines will have tannins and pigment deposits after aging in the bottle, and a bottle of wine that is more than five years old will have significant sediments, and if there is no sediment, it means that it is a vintage that has been bottled late.

Hello dear and happy to answer for you. What do you think about the vintage of red wine? Usually people judge by the color of the wine, the mellow aroma of the wine, the softening of the tannins in the wine, and the feeling of the match.

Look at the production date on the label or bottle cap, if the production date is more than three years different from the vintage, it means that there is a problem with the bottle. If there is no production date, the easiest way is to see if there is sediment in the bottle. Red wines will have tannins and pigment deposits after aging in rotten bottles, and a bottle of wine that is more than five years old will have obvious sediments, if there is no sediment, it means that this is a vintage wine that has been bottled late.

Yours ** is more vague Oh kiss.

This is that year, thank you teacher.

Dear, you can't see this little cloud here, the general shelf life will be at the cap!