What is "dry" wine?
2006-11-06 06:56:43 · 16 answers · asked by Theta40 7 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Dry wine tends to have less sugar content, most has been converted to alcohol. Chablis is a dry wine, Rhine is usually dry. Some cabernets are fairly dry, merlots approach dry meaning they have a bit of sweet and a b it dry. .
It is not really bitter nor sour, it is just not sweet.
The opposite of dry, in wine, is sweet.
The reason it is called dry, I think, is that t tends to make your palette a bit dry. Some want to drink water after a real dry wine.
FOr many it is an acquired taste
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2006-11-06 07:13:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dry is the opposite of sweet.
Imagine a scale from 0 to 30 (or whatver number you like). The highest number is the sweetest wine possible. Many ice wines are 25 and above on this scale. The least sweet wine, i.e. the driest wine is 0.
Wines in Ontario, Canada where they make a lot of icewines, have such an indicator on their back label.
Dry is not the same as bitter, or sharp, or acidic (although some people may think dry wines taste like that) -- it just means a lack of sugar in the wine.
2006-11-06 15:35:25 · answer #2 · answered by Pontac 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dry wine leaves a feeling in your mouth like your saliva is gone. The other end of the scale from sweet wines.
2006-11-06 15:05:16 · answer #3 · answered by busybody12 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Dry" wine is what many of us want with dinner because it is a good counterbalance to food. To understand dryness, remember basic viticulture: As grapes ripen, they become full of natural sugars; those sugars will eventually be "eaten" by yeast and turned into alcohol as the wine ferments. A dry wine is one in which there is no natural sugar left - it has all been turned into alcohol. White, red and rose can be made dry.
2006-11-06 17:40:12 · answer #4 · answered by simplegrl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dry means that the wine leaves very little aftertaste and is not at all sweet.
2006-11-06 14:58:33 · answer #5 · answered by Michelle L 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Too me, it means less sugary/sweet taste.
I prefer dry wine for that reason. I am not a wine expert but that is my understanding of the meaning.
2006-11-06 14:59:00 · answer #6 · answered by makeitright 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If it is too sweet, it clings to your tongue and leaves your mouth feeling "wet." Where as a dry wine feels like it slides off your palate.
2006-11-06 15:47:30 · answer #7 · answered by Rob in NY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know what it means but to me a dry wine is bitter. i don't like them.
2006-11-06 15:09:22 · answer #8 · answered by Texas T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dry is one end of the flavor scale, with sweet at the other end.
2006-11-06 14:59:34 · answer #9 · answered by MyThought 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wines that are less sweet and wines that have no sweetness.
2006-11-06 15:39:57 · answer #10 · answered by Mr Christian Ct 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋