2007-01-13 00:32:50 · 14 answers · asked by G_Matai 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
A chilled red wine is too acidic. It would deliver an excessive amount of tannins. Tannin is an astringent component of wine. Therefore a chilled red wine does not taste good.
Serving white wine at room temperature is not such a big deal. If the white wine is served at room temperature, it will not be able to deliver all its aromas, however the wine would still taste good.
We tend to drink white wine which are too cold. Actually the best white wines should be served at around 58°F (14°C).
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2007-01-15 18:06:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to date a guy originally from Greece was a wine junkie and the simple explanation he provided when he was horrified that I had chilled Red wine is because temperature of a wine makes it an entireley different experience and by chilling a red wine you are reducing their aroma, character, bouquet and acidity. He said I litterally bruised the wine and compared to something I could relate to as Dr. Pepper was better warm than say, Coke or Pepsi.
The website below speaks in the same Greek way he would have explained it.
I am still perplexed as the 5 liter box of wine was called "Chillable Red". In my experience with wines, if they are less than $30 bottle for a liter, they are best served cold as you really don't want to taste the full bouquet or aroma.
2007-01-13 08:56:56 · answer #2 · answered by bottleblondemama 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Actually some red wines ought to be chilled! Read the labels on the bottles to see which wines benefit from being chilled. Mainly though, serving red wine at room temperature brings out the flavour.
2007-01-13 08:38:28 · answer #3 · answered by catfish 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There may be very few wine drinkers who care much or can distinguish the wine served at different temp, for all others it is best served at around 10 to 15 deg.C whether Red or White.
2007-01-15 02:01:55 · answer #4 · answered by jayaraman n--chemm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Red wine have other Flavours than White wine and they are fuller than the red wine is room Temperated (~ 18 °C), white wines taste better than its colder (8-10 °C).
2007-01-13 09:06:50 · answer #5 · answered by saeftle 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the term "room temperature" is misunderstood. The room in question is a wine cellar not the overheated air of your warm toasty house.
As a rule reds should be served in the high 50's and whites should be served in the high 40's
The tendency of course is to over chill the whites and over warm the reds.
2007-01-13 08:48:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I read about serving temperatures of various wines in a book,
Frankly i feel there is unnecessary hype about the wines and its method of serving e.g. the wine goblets , the food , the temperature etc. May be I repeat ,may be plain snobbery
and one upmanship.
2007-01-13 12:46:07 · answer #7 · answered by SHARAD S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got my red wine chilled.
2007-01-13 09:13:23 · answer #8 · answered by penquinkay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the simple and easy answer is that the tannins in red wine will make the wine taste poorly and your face pucker if it is served to cold.
2007-01-15 14:52:50 · answer #9 · answered by mjobrien10 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you serve red wine hot
2007-01-13 08:35:59 · answer #10 · answered by The little "T" 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋