morrotai: Red Wines For Summer

When you think of a bottle of red wine you often think of Christmas or
wintertime. Great with cooked meats and comfort food it is often not seen
as a wine for the summer.

However when you think about the places that produce red wines they are
mainly places which have a lot of sunshine over the summer months. The
people who live in these regions drink red wine all year round – so
perhaps it is time to look at red wine through different eyes and think
about how it can work as a summer drink.

The most obvious place for red wine is the barbecue. A proliferation of
grilled meats make red wine the obvious choice when choosing you barbecue
drinks. Just one thing to remember – if you are choosing highly flavoured
and marinated meats than you need to ensure that the wine you are putting
with you food is also strong flavoured. Look for wines produced by
nations who know how to barbecue and eat a lot of highly flavoured meat.
Australian Shiraz, Chilean cabernet Sauvignon or Argentinean wines will
all work well.

But also red wine can be chilled. Yes you can break the tradition of
having red wine at room temperature and chill it before it is drunk. This
works best with lighter red wines – a merlot will never be good chilled
because its rich flavour needs to be a bit warmed up to taste it at its
best. However there are wines that taste great chilled and this article
will try and give you a few ideas as to which ones taste better for it.

One thing to note is that as you chill red wine, especially those that
have aged in wood, it loses its fruity taste and the tannins get stronger,
so it is best to look for wines with little or no wood aging.

In addition, they should be as young as possible and low in alcohol. The
best ones to chill need to be less than twelve percent. Which means that
you will have to search around a bit to find them. In general the wines
that come from slightly cooler climates tend to be better chilled. Look
for grape varieties such as Pinot Noir, Grenache and Beaujolais.
Beaujolais is an ideal variety for chilling – it is usually served a
little cool so why not go that bit further and leave it a good while in
the fridge.

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Red Wines For Summer

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