Is it better to have a deep or shallow groove at the bottom of red wine? Why are there deep and shallow grooves at the bottom of red wine?

We all know that red wine is a common alcoholic beverage. There are many varieties and brands of red wine. Different red wines have different flavors and mouthfeel. Most red wines have a dent at the bottom, which is a very common phenomenon. So why are the dents at the bottom of red wine different in depth? Let's take a closer look!

Is it better to have a deep or shallow groove at the bottom of red wine?

1. Some red wines can be drunk directly after brewing and do not need to be aged. This type of red wine does not have grooves.

2. For some red wines that have a short storage life and do not need to be stored for too long, the groove at the bottom of the bottle will be shallower.

3. The longer the wine needs to be aged, the deeper the groove at the bottom of the bottle needs to be. Because:

①Everyone knows that good red wine needs to be stored and fermented in a wine cellar with constant temperature and humidity, so that its taste can be more outstanding.

②Red wine is stored in oak barrels in the wine cellar, and needs to be turned frequently to facilitate fermentation.

③ Even if the red wine is in bottle, it is best to store it at a certain angle to facilitate the sedimentation of the wine.

Tips:

Although the grooves on a wine bottle are not necessarily proportional to the quality of the wine, cheap and bad wines definitely do not need to be stored in bottles with grooves. You can observe the depressions on the bottom of a wine bottle with a ten-year shelf life. And the depressions on the bottom of some cheap wine bottles are obvious at a glance.

Why are there different depths of lees at the bottom of red wine?

This is related to the choice of the winery. Some wineries prefer thick or tall bottles, but the capacity of a wine bottle is generally 750ml (except for sweet wine or small-bottle wine), so the thick and tall bottle will naturally have a deeper groove at the bottom.

Some people believe that red wine with deep grooves on the bottom is of higher quality. I personally think that this is not entirely unreasonable.

First of all, bottles with deep grooves on the bottom are generally more expensive, so in the same winery, winemakers will naturally use expensive bottles to hold more expensive wines.

Secondly, winemakers prefer to use bottles with deeper grooves at the bottom to hold wines with greater aging potential, because the longer the red wine is aged, the more sediment it will produce.

However, domestic wine consumption is now more concentrated on gift-giving, so many businesses will use bottles that look more upscale to pack very ordinary quality wine. Therefore, there is no direct relationship between the depth of the groove on the bottom of the bottle and the quality of the wine!

What is the function of the lees at the bottom of red wine?

1. The concave bottom is more non-slip and is more conducive to the stable placement of wine during long-distance transportation.

2. When sommeliers are pouring wine, the concave bottom makes it easier for them to hold the bottle, and their posture also becomes more elegant.

3. Wine, especially red wine, will have sediment during the aging process. The grooves at the bottom are conducive to the accumulation of sediment, which will serve as a reminder when the sommelier pours the wine, preventing the sediment from being poured into the guest's wine glass.

Tips for buying red wine

1. Look at the price. What price range do you want to buy? Of course, the question says good red wine! Then we won’t look at the price! Be willful!

2. Is Lafite definitely suitable for you? Is it necessarily good? I personally think it is not necessarily true! Maybe you will feel good after drinking Lafite because everyone says it is good!

3. If you want to find a good red wine, I won’t talk about any specific type here, I will just talk about the universality of good red wine! Let’s not talk about the current development stage of domestic red wine. If we talk about white wine, we can definitely talk about domestic wine!