My husband considers himself a wine expert. He says that butter or chocolate is added to wine to give a "buttery" or Chocolately taste. I feel this doesn't sound right - I don't like to think of my white wine having butter added to it!
I used to make home brew wine, and I never added anything like that; the flavours just used to develop.
I thought that the terms "buttery" "chocolatey" or vanilla or apple or pear undertastes was somehting that just occured as the wine matured?
2006-12-03 02:26:59 · 11 answers · asked by marie m 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
The flavors and complexities of wines come from the grapes, the lees (yeast) and the barrels. No flavor ingredient is added. Chocolate and vanilla flavors are generally induced by oak barrels. Buttery flavors come from the lees, a wine that is
"sur lie" has been left to age on the lees.
2006-12-03 04:27:17 · answer #1 · answered by LAUGHING MAGPIE 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
lol this was hilarious no butter and chocolate are never added to wine. Its the soil that the wine grapes grow in (ex: if there are orchards around a vineyard theres a high possibility thats whatever the orchard is the wine will have a hint of that flavor i.e. plums, cherries, strawberries), also too some fruit is added to give flavor to the wine but not a lot of high quality wines do this as it weakens the wine and effects the price per bottle. Also whatever type of barrel the wine is aged in for example oak barrels give red wine this deep woodsy flavor, like deep sense of taste. "Buttery" and "chocolatey" are just ways to describe the taste. tell your husband to read a lot of books and visit a few vineyards before he gives and "expert opinion" on the matter.
2006-12-03 03:39:59 · answer #2 · answered by Lexy 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Been a wine maker myself love and agree with you wine should be made of fruit juice and some times a little herb. I have never tasted a white wine with a chocolate or buttery taste, well maybe I haven't tasted them all YET! But adding choc and butter I don't think so butter would make wine oily and greasy, oh the mind boggles!!!
2006-12-03 04:13:18 · answer #3 · answered by alex winefly 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some flavored wines will have fruit flavors added to them, but never butter or chocolate. The flavors develop as the wine ages, through the method of storage and aging, the type of grapes and the region where they were grown, the maturity and sweetness of the grapes when picked, even the container the wine fermented in and how long of a fermentation process it went through.
2006-12-03 02:47:13 · answer #4 · answered by RedSoxFan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love a buttery chard.
The only thing ever added to wine is brandy, which is added to Port Wine.
The rest of flavors and aromas come from the grapes, the yeast (sort of like bread tasting different depending on where it is baked) and the wood of the barrels. That, and how much time each of those factors are present (in case of grapes I mean the casings).
2006-12-03 06:35:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
each and all of the "severe notes" you have pronounced come from the grapes. you additionally can get diverse tastes, as you have already reported, from the land, process slope, form of soil and so forth moist. The vintner in undemanding terms fairly has one thank you to electrify this, and that's choosing while to %. the grapes, choosing till now or later interior the season will influence the sugar stages. After that this is fairly right down to becoming older, and the form you age - a wine elderly in o.ok.barrels would be smoother than one saved in steel vats, and that's in lots of cases manipulated via applying new or old barrels, applying categories of o.ok.and so forth and so forth NB: The above pertains to whites, with purple wines there is plenty extra administration as you could selection how long you hold the pips & dermis interior the juice to selection tannin stages
2016-12-10 21:00:33 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right they are just products of their maturation, and your husband methinks is winding you up. The best way to find out is by drinking lots of the stuff, of various kinds. If that does not appeal read up on the topic. But try the first for at least a year and don't tell the hubby
2006-12-03 03:55:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The flavours are a product of the grapes used, and the fermentation process.
2006-12-03 02:36:24 · answer #8 · answered by eilishaa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mature red wine in oaked barrels for 18 months. this will provide you with a FANTASTIC flavour.
2006-12-03 02:45:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fermentation period, combined with the environment fermented in and finally, filtering.
2006-12-03 03:48:51 · answer #10 · answered by Roy S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋