Wine has several companions on its journey from production to consumption and one of the most important at the time of tasting or tasting is the glass.
The shape, its size or the material from which it is made will be essential to be able to appreciate all the nuances of the fermented must and of course fully enjoy the product.
In this prelude to the Christmas celebrations, we find ourselves in a difficult position when preparing the tables for festive dinners or meals.
Either because of the space or because you do not have the appropriate glassware, sometimes we do not appreciate an excellent product in its fullness because in the achievement of the agape we set up the table with the wrong or inappropriate glasses.
In order to start with the detail of existing and most common varieties for the service and tasting of the product that we usually consume in Spain, it is important to previously know the characteristics that will influence its consumption, as the prestigious glassware firm has listed and detailed. Austrian Riedel.
- The size of the glass acts on the aroma and quality
- Shape It acts for the nuances of each grape, having to have a convex shape of a closed tulip.
- The Stem, It affects the temperature, looking for suitable lengths for each type of wine.
- The diameter The edge affects the flavor, influencing the wine’s tasting posture and therefore the tongue area, where we perceive the sweet, the acid, the salty and the bitter.
- The glass, it affects the color of the wine and the taste when drinking.
Five factors that have never been so important together to guarantee the perfect magazine status of a wine on the palate.
7 Glasses, one for each type of Wine
- Bordeaux Type Cup, ideal for wines with a very marked structure and that present a lot of breadth in the mouth with a long and intense finish. Its height of shape is a fundamental factor to preserve the aroma of the wines that are served in it, maintaining the fruity concentration in the aroma and in the subsequent tasting. And we must not leave out its prolonged curvature so that it is in the mouth with little inclination. Perfect for reds of Aging and Reserve and high tannins and grapes with character such as Tempranillo, Malbec, Syrah, etc.
- Burgundy Type Cup, It is the perfect combination for red wines that, presenting a dominant body and high acidity, its tannins are more moderate. Its shorter and wider belly shape directs the wine as it enters the mouth towards the part of the tongue that will perceive the sweetness and the fruity part of the must. Being more open, the aroma will come out more intensely, highlighting its nuances. Fine, young reds with little barrel.
- Copa type Pinot Noir, very versatile and almost always related to young light and rosé wines, although the aged reds perfectly demonstrate its character in it. Its broad bottom and the elongated calyx, elongated calyx that narrows in the mouth.
- Riesling Cup, is the one that best dresses the white, its height and curvature direct the wine to the tip of our tongue to reduce acidity and enhance the fruit that previously entered the nose with its aroma as it is firmly trapped in the narrow diameter of its way. The wines made with monovarietals white grape like Sauvignon blanc, Verdejo, Viura o Gewürztraminer they are the perfect ones to taste in it.
- Chardonnay type glass, is the one that we would associate not only with those made with the grape that bears his name but also with barrel-fermented whites. With its very wide ball and inward curvature, it enters the mouth, enhancing aromas and accessing the tongue at the back to qualify the aging and the long finish.
- Cava or Cuveé type glass, ideal and almost unique for sparkling wines or with some carbonic, to keep the bubble rising as long as possible and thanks to the long and narrow ball, the entry into the mouth makes all the effervescence explode inside and at the tip of the the tongue to reduce acidity. The Champagne it only knows how to live in it, it should never be served in those with a wide diameter and a wide and low ball.
- Jerez type cup, finally for the fragrant and dessert wine, where its short stem helps to temper the liquid and its movement along the curvature maintains the aroma and enters the mouth on the tip to prolong the aroma and taste until the end of the tongue and enhance its flavor.
It is important not to leave aside the pairing with the food, in many cases the pending subject, in order to be able to hit the right glass and thus ensure the success of your collaboration with the dish it accompanies. Wine as an element of the Mediterranean Diet cannot be consumed in any way.