The brand LEESON red wine of Yuncang Winery shared why some wines are not vintage?

he brand LEESON Red Wine of Yuncang Winery shared that the meaning of the wine year (Vintage) mainly refers to the grapes used for winemaking, which must be 100% of the grapes produced in that year. In order to maintain the consistency of the wine flavor, some wineries will blend wines of several different years before bottling and leaving the factory. This can make the wines of each year show the same style as before and reduce the adverse effects of the years on the wine. Therefore, the vintage will not be listed on the wine label.

Take French AOC wine as an example, because of strict requirements, it must be made from 100% grapes harvested in that year, so that the year can be marked. If wines below AOC are blended across years, the year cannot be indicated on the wine label. In addition, some vintners will blend wines of several different years in order to increase the extreme rich and complex taste of the wine, so that the wine will have a thicker structure and more varied layers, so that the wine label will not indicate the year. Most of Champagne, Sherry, and Port are not marked with a vintage.

For example, champagne can be divided into vintage champagne and non-vintage champagne. Noble champagne can be said to be the most typical good wine without vintage. Of course, vintage champagne is brewed in the best year, and it will only be brewed when the temperature and climate conditions are particularly good that year, and the ripeness of the grapes is suitable for single-year champagne. Vintage champagne tends to be more concentrated than non-vintage champagne, with more toasty and biscuit aromas that have grown on longer lees contact.

There are also some red and white wines, if the year is not marked, they are mostly in the form of fresh drinking, pursuing the fresh fruity taste of the wine, that is, the drinking period after bottling and listing is about 1-3 years.

Therefore, there is no need to be too obsessed with the relationship between the quality of the vintage and the wine. Many people have come to a conclusion that the year has nothing to do with the quality, but only with personal preference. Vintage wines are suitable for quiet tasting occasions or commemorative collections of special years; wines without vintages are more suitable for everyday drinking and drinking on any occasion and time. Vintage is important to wine, but it's not uncommon to have no vintage.

In the world of wine, nothing is absolute or certain. Let us all taste every glass of wine with an open and accepting state and a steady thirst for knowledge and exploration of wine.