what wine is best cold and which one is best at room temp?

Question

I have a few bottles, mostly gifts ive received but i dont know how to consume them in order to get the best taste?

Answer 1

red wine normally a degree or two below room temp
white wine chilled

http://www.tasting-wine.com/html/serving.html The temperature at which a wine is served has an immense impact on its taste. Serving wine cool will mask some imperfections—good for young or cheap wine—while a warmer wine temperature allows expression of the wine's characteristics—best with an older or more expensive wine.

A bottle of wine will cool 2 °C (4 °F) for every ten minutes in the refrigerator, and will warm at about this same rate when removed from the refrigerator and left at room temperature—the temperature of the room will affect the speed with which the wine warms up. If you need to chill a bottle of wine in a hurry, 35 minutes in the freezer will do the trick.

Serving Temperatures

Wine Type °F °C

Sparkling Wine 42-54 6-10

Rosé Wine 48-54 9-12

White Wine 48-58 9-14

Sherry (Light) 48-58 9-14

Red Wine 57-68 13-20

Fortified Wine 57-68 13-20

Sherry (Dark) 57-68 13-20


Decanting Wine
Decanting is pouring wine into a decorative container before serving. Decanting is typically only necessary for older wines or Ports, which contain sediment that can add bitterness to the wine. Wine decanters allow the wine to breathe and may improve the flavour of older red wines. Younger wines also benefit from the aeration and rest that decanting provides. But a wine decanter can also be used simply for aesthetic reasons.

Answer 2

Storing Wine

The temperature wine is kept at is more important than most people think. Cold temperatures slow the rate of fermentation but extremely cold air can increase the acidity of red wines which are high in tannic acid. Warm air can cause the wine to mature too quickly and not keep long. Temperature changes also affect the wine, so do not store in an area where temperature fluctuates as this can accelerate ageing and reduce lifespan.

Avoid high places as heat rises.
Store in a cool, dark, unused place to reduce disturbances.
Store champagne in a refrigerator.
White wine, Rosé, Sparkling wine and dessert wine lose flavour when kept in a refrigerator for too long, but the tastes are enhanced when served chilled. The best method is to avoid storing them in the refrigerator, but to chill them in the refrigerator for only a few hours before serving.
Store wine horizontally, keeping the corks moist. This makes them swell and stops air and bacteria from entering the bottle.
Allow space between the storage of bottles as the vibrations promote a sour taste as dead yeast cells in the sediment are unable to settle.
Avoid sunshine or ultraviolet light as this will give wine a flat or musty flavour.
Humidity levels should be at a minimum of 74%, however anything over 95% will promote mould.

Wine Storage Temperatures

White wine, Rosé and Sparkling wine are stored at cooler temperatures than red wines.
Wine stored in the ambient temperature of 20 to 21 degrees Celsius (68 to 70F) will keep for several months.
Red wine tastes better when served slightly below room temperature.
White wine tastes great from about 44 - 57 °F.
Sparkling wine do best at 38 °F - 45 °F
Warmer wine, typically above 70F will begin to smell more alcoholic because of the increased ethanol evaporation.

Answer 3

It used to be that only red wine was served at room temperature.
If you served it chilled you didn't know what you were doing, it was a social blunder.

A few years back, lead by a movement of average people who didn't know the "rules" it became acceptable to chill all wines.

Now (some say in retaliation) many wine "connoisseurs" say that you should drink all wines at room temperature. They say it's the only way to experience the full flavor.

There are points in both directions. I drink it either way. My uncle only at room temperature. My mom only likes it chilled.

Do what you like best.

Answer 4

that truly relies upon on what type of wine you're serving. notwithstanding, listed less than are some familiar regulations: maximum white wines should be served chilled, and maximum reds served room temperature. As for the cork; i do not come across a difficulty with doing that, as long as you drink it interior of a first rate era of time (probable now no longer than a pair weeks) yet some would disagree.

Answer 5

As a general rule, sweet white wines are best cold and dry red wines go room temperature. Roses mostly chilled.

Answer 6

white wine is to be kept and drinken chilled. Red wine is to be consumer at room temperature

Answer 7

White cold - Red room tempature

Answer 8

red wine is meant to be served room temp, and white wine is meant to be served chilled!

Answer 9

Try any California wine!

Answer 10

definately Chardonnay