Which kind of wines have the most sugar? Does red wine has less sugar then white?

Question

Which is the best kind of wine to drink if you want a low sugar content? Which is the worst?

Answer 1

Desert wines usually have the most sugar. The sweet styles of wines have the most sugar while the dry styles have the least sugars. Wineries can cease the fermentation of the wine to be sweet or dry; there are also semi-sweet, semi-dry, super-sweet, and super-dry wines. Check out wikipedia.

Answer 2

A New Zealander eh Chris?

The wines with the most residual sugar are those intentionally made sweet, such as the sauternes , sweet rieslings and 'ice wines'; all made from grapes with very concentrated juice and high sugar content; and not fermented to full dryness (a dry wine is one where most of the sugar has been converted to alcohol). Some Italian wines made 'mode amarone', where the grapes are partly dried before fermentation can also be very sweet. Because of the low juice yield and finicky winemaking, these wines can be very expensive.

If you are in America, try Canadian ice wines, or Californian 'nobel rot' wines (where a fungus has partially shrivelled the grapes and concentrated the juice). In Australia, they are the dessert semillons, the most famous being De Bortoli Nobel One.

Answer 3

If you are worried about calories then be aware that alcohol has many more calories than sugar, i.e. the higher the alcohol volume the more fattening the wine.

Generally red wines are dry, i.e. the sugar has been converted into alcohol. More white wines are sweet than red wines, but dry white wines are as dry as dry red wines.

It is impossible to give a list --and it is pointless to name grape varieties as any variety can be made dry or sweet or anywhere in-between.

The winery web-site will usually show the sugar content -- look for winemakers or tasting notes -- expressed as RS (residual sugar( in grammes per liter.

But be aware that the dryer the wine is the more alcohol it has. So a totally dry wine with 13.5% alc will have many more calories than a sweetish German wine with 9.5% alc

Answer 4

The range of sugar in wine can vary from variety to variety, vintage to vintage and style to style. Common amounts of sugar in popular wine varieties are:
Riesling 6-12 g/L of residual sugar
Sauvignon Blanc 3-6 g/L of residual sugar
Chardonnay 3-8 g/L of residual sugar

If you are after wine that is low in sugar, look out for:
Stoneleigh Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc - approximately 4 g/L residual sugar
Stoneleigh Rapaura Series Marlborough Chardonnay - approximately 2 g /L residual sugar
Montana Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir - approximately 2 - 4 g/L residual sugar
Stoneleigh Rapaura Series Marlborough Pinot Noir - approximately 2 - 4 g/L residual sugar

Answer 5

no