Food & Drink

Wine balance

Food & Drink

Posted by: Jhuvey

22nd Sep 2012 01:42am


A wine's balance refers to how it handles the key components of acidity, alcohol, tannins and overall flavor does one component overpower the other or do they complement each other with each sip?


Comments 3

Bazz
  • 30th Jul 2014 12:40pm

Interesting... I never knew this.

lee1986
  • 19th Aug 2013 12:51pm

In my own experience i have came to a conclusion. Each component has the ability to make the wine the flavour that it is and without one component it would not be as fruitful that it is. In my oppinion yes they all compliment eachother perfectly.:)

Vadi
  • 4th Apr 2014 03:01pm
In my own experience i have came to a conclusion. Each component has the ability to make the wine the flavour that it is and without one component it would not be as fruitful that it is. In my...

I am a wine tutor and run evening wine appreciation classes for adults. I always stress that part of the wine tasting process is to assess whether a wine is balanced i.e. if each of the the components acidity, alcohol and tannins (red wines only) complement rather than dominates the others.

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