Q & A
What is artificial wine aging?
Artificial aging is a winemaking process that has been used with varied degrees of enthusiasm depending on market demands. It includes several wine-making techniques…
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What are the different stages of wine aging?
At Stage 1, young wines usually taste delightful full of flavor and vivacity, but also a little simplistic. Their color is vivid but most of the time quite pale and/or homogeneous…
Intermediate
Understanding how white wine ages
Despite many scientific research the white wine aging process remains quite unclear. However, we are certain of the importance of certain grape glycosides in this process. During the white wine aging process, theu help to develop varietal aromas in the wine.
Given the much lower level of phenolics in white wine (compared to red wines), the central component helping a white wine to age is its acidity level…
Intermediate
Understanding how (good) red wine ages
To untutored wine taster, older red wines seem to be softer and gentler than harsh, inky young red wines. Those who notice such things will also observe a change in colour, typically from deep purple to light brick red. There should also be more sediment in old wine than a young one.
All of these phenomena are connected, and they are particularly related to the behavior of phenolics. These phenolics are compounds found in grapes, particularly in the skins…
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What is the role of wood tannins in the wine maturing and aging process?
Wood tannins and other phenolics give color and astringency to a finished wine. Also, given that wine is biologically active during the aging process, tannins extracted from wood during this prolonged contact period will balance the wine’s oxidative-reductive cycle, preventing oxidation and reducing the likelihood of off-putting reductive smells.