Why are some wines not sweet but astringent?

The brand LEESON red wine from Yuncang Winery shared that many wine drinkers, especially the wine novice, did not taste the sweetness in the wine but were thirsty for the astringent taste. They questioned, "The more than ten yuan wine on the market is sweet and sour. Why is the expensive brand wine not sweet?"

It is normal for people who are new to wine to have such feelings and doubts, and it is also normal for wine to have a bitter taste. Only with this kind of astringency can regular wine really enter the wine team. The main cause of astringency is the tannins in the grapes, and a wine without tannins is not perfect. Tannin is especially important to add complexity and aging potential to wine. It can help wine develop more complex flavors and make it unique. Therefore, tannin is the soul of red wine.

Different wines contain different amounts of tannins, the more tannins the more astringent the taste. Most of the wines containing tannins are dry or semi-dry red wines, because red wines are fermented with skins and seeds, and tannins exist in grape skins and grape seeds. White wines are generally fermented with their skins removed and usually lack the bitterness of tannins.

If you simply taste the astringency of tannins, the astringency and acidity are balanced and will not cause uncomfortable feelings. After a long time, many people will fall in love with this feeling.

Yuncang Winery's brand LEESON red wine sharing also has some wines that are astringent due to other reasons, such as:

1. The ripeness of the wine grapes is not good, which makes the wine taste green. Such astringent taste proves that the tannins are rough and unacceptable, which also indirectly indicates that this is an ordinary wine.

2. The overall style of the wine is unbalanced. It only highlights the tannin, but does not let people taste the fruit aroma, alcohol and acidity. This is also an ordinary wine.

Although most red wines taste sour, as long as the tannins and acidity are balanced and the taste is round and full, it should be a good wine, but the people who taste it have not yet accepted the unique flavor of the wine.

Therefore, LEESON Red Wine reminds everyone that it may be difficult to accept wines with high acidity and high tannin when you first drink wine, but you might as well start with wines that are easier to drink, softer in taste, and higher in sweetness, such as : Sweet white wine, pink wine, then transition to sweet red wine, and finally accept dry red wine slowly. The above Yuncang winery's brand LEESON red wine shared, welcome to communicate and share.