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Tell
me the name of a red wine which is served chilled?
Question submitted by Akshay Dhall
It is
sometimes recommended to slightly chill light red wine : Beaujolais
and Loire Valley red wines such as Chinon, Bourgueil and red
Sancerre.
The correct
temperature to serve light red wine should be around 60°
F (15,5° C).
Some people
even like to drink those wine at 50° F (10° C) such
as a white wine.
When a
red wine is chilled, this exaggerates its tannins. Therefore
if the wine is already tannic - such as most medium body and
all full body red wine - it will loose all its personality
and charms.
It is
because chilling wine overexpose its tannins that is sometimes
recommended to chill light red wine (wine with low tannins).
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