What's the difference between brandy and wine
4hw.com.cn: for many little white friends who don't understand wine, they almost regard fruit wine other than white wine as a kind of wine and brandy as a kind of wine. In fact, they are not a kind of wine. What's the difference between brandy and wine? Let's have a look.
What's the difference between brandy and wine?
1. Brewing materials
Red wine is made of red grapes, white wine is made of white grapes, but the raw materials of brandy are not only white grapes (varieties with high acidity such as white jade and neon), but also brandy made of grape pomace or apple -- such as GRAPPA made from grape pomace, Calvados made from apple pomace.
2. Brewing method
Wine belongs to fermented wine. After fermentation, it can be transferred to oak barrel for aging. Brandy belongs to distilled wine. After fermentation, it needs to be distilled before it can be transferred to oak barrel for aging.
3. Oak barrel
The oak capacity of wine storage is usually 225 liters, and the texture of the barrel is fine and soft, such as the oak in aliyette forest region of France. The capacity of the oak barrel for storing brandy is usually 350 liters. The texture of the barrel is coarse and hard, such as the oak in Limousin forest area of France.
4. Aging time
The oak aging time of wine usually ranges from 6 months to 24 months, and many wines do not need to be oak aged. Brandy is aged in oak for at least 2 years.
5, allocate
Wine is blended with the same year but different varieties of original wine, for example, a bottle of red wine can be 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc. There are also single varieties of wine that do not need to be blended. Brandy is blended with original wine with different aging time. The aging period of the shallowest original wine should be at least 2 years.
6, year
Wine is about vintage. The label '2009' or '2010' refers to the vintage of the grapes. Brandy pays attention to the age of wine. The 'XO' or 'VSOP' on the label represents the aging period of the shallowest original wine at the time of blending: XO is 6 years, VSOP is 4 years, vs is 2 years.
7. Alcohol
The accuracy of wine is mostly between 8% and 14%. Brandy is bottled with a minimum alcohol content of 40%.
8, color
The reference color of red wine is purplish red, white wine is light yellow and brandy is amber. As for aroma and taste, red wine is quite different from white wine, and brandy is more different from wine. You need to taste it yourself.
9, wine glasses
Tasting wine usually choose a large capacity goblet, hand-held cup handle or chassis, to avoid finger contact with the cup body to affect the drinking temperature. Brandy is usually tasted with a small spherical short foot cup, with the belly of the cup in hand or the chassis in hand. You can even hold the bottom of the cup with your whole hand, and speed up the volatilization of the wine by hand temperature. In the professional brandy reception, there are also special tulip shaped goblets to choose from.
10, drinking
Wine belongs to table wine, the old rule is' white wine with white meat, red wine with red meat '. Brandy belongs to the after dinner wine. A glass after the party will help digestion. Of course, brandy can be used with any food, no matter white meat or red meat.