After all, as soon as you take a too-cold wine out of the fridge, it starts to warm. The idea that red wine is served at room temperature is an old one whose genesis was before the advent of central heating; back then the room temperature was usually around degrees.
Today, however, most people keep their houses closer to 70 degrees, which means a room temperature red is too warm. The problem with serving a red wine above 65 degrees is that as the wine gets warmer, all the wine's imperfections are more apparent.
If possible, keep the red wine in the cellar until just before serving or pop it in the refrigerator of minutes before serving.
This is important in restaurants, too. Put your hand on the bottle and "take its temperature" when you are presented with a bottle. It should feel slightly cool, but not cold. If not, ask your server to put it in an ice bucket for 10 to 15 minutes. It is very common for restaurants to serve their red wine at a temperature that is too warm; it occurs frequently. This usually occurs when the wine is stored near a hot restaurant kitchen.
What if you have over-chilled your red wine? Don't worry - roll the glass around and warm it in your hands, all the while smelling its bouquet and sensing how it opens. All these are important tricks to enjoying wine. Because it's easy to warm wines, and they will warm on their own once poured, it's always better to have a wine that is slightly too cold than too warm.
Because temperature plays such an important role in the taste and aroma of the wine, pay close attention to how you store and serve it. Invest in a wine refrigerator that can keep your wines at an ideal temperature, or create a space in your cellar for storing the wine at a cooler temperature than the rest of your home.
Decant your wine when it's at the proper temperature and enjoy all the notes and complexity of flavor that improper temperature might otherwise mask. Wine Wine Basics Wine Serving Temperature Chart and Tips There is an adage about wine serving temperatures that white wines should be served chilled and red wines should always be served at room temperature.
Ideal Wine Temperatures Note these are serving temperatures , not storage temperatures. Why Temperature Matters There is always a learning curve, but when you figure out each wine's personal characteristics, you will quickly learn how to enhance its flavors. Thank You! We've received your email address, and soon you will start getting exclusive offers and news from Wine Enthusiast.
The rim directs the wine to the front of the palate, balancing acidity and fruit, and the small opening keeps the wine cooler. The lip directs sweetness to the tip of the tongue, where taste buds are most sensitive. Stemware Tip: The classic Chardonnay glass —stemmed, with a rounded bowl and wide rim—dispenses the acidity and bold flavors evenly to the back and sides of the tongue. This wider-bowled glass, similar to a red-wine glass, can also be used for older vintage or well-oaked whites.
If poured too warm, their luscious fruit flavors will taste tart and acidic, ultimately overpowering. Stemware Tip: A Chianti-style glass , stemmed with a slightly tapered rim, best accentuates light-bodied wines that are fruit and mineral forward with buoyant acidity. A wider-bowled Pinot Noir glass is perfect for more complex, medium-bodied wines with delicate qualities. Stemware Tip: Big, bold wines need wide-bowled glasses with greater surface area.
The aging success of any Riesling depends on acidity levels, in addition to residual sugar. You might notice this lip-puckering acidity more in a dry wine, however, even the sweetest styles of high-quality Riesling will also have pronounced acidity levels.
What this means is that Riesling is one of the most versatile wine varietals you will ever own—both dry and sweet wines have enough acidity in them to last for decades. You could store some of your young, dry wines in a wine fridge at home while you keep your rich, sweet Riesling in a wine locker, but you might also want to consider consolidating your Riesling collection and storing it all in one place.
Full-service professional storage warehouses will enter your bottles into online storage apps like VinCellar to make it easy to see which vintages you have in storage. I recommend buying and professionally storing a few cases of dry and a few of sweet German Riesling now, and slowly drinking your dry vintages while you wait for your sweeter wines to mature.
Whether you are starting your high-end wine collection or adding to an established portfolio, Vinfolio is your partner in buying, selling, and professional storage. At Vinfolio, we help our clients buy, sell, store, and manage their most treasured bottles of wine. Skip to content. Guigal M. A few months ago, I got into a heated debate with my friend over which wines are more storage-worthy: sweet German Riesling or dry German Riesling?
He claims they have perfected the maturation of these bottles over the centuries, resulting in a more age-worthy wine. I disagreed.
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