What are the effects of oak barrels on wine?

There is a word in wine terminology: barreled. It means that after the wine is brewed, it is aged in oak barrels before being released to the market. Yuncang winery's brand LEESON red wine sharing Well, the cost of oak barrels is so high, why go through the barrel process? What effect does oak barrel have on wine?

1. Increase aroma. Wine is a living beverage that changes continuously over time. The aging time and the degree of oxidation will bring different flavor changes to the wine. Oak barrels are wood with tiny pores that can breathe. Wine in oak barrels can accept a micro-oxidation state, which will make wines that originally only have floral and fruity aromas have other more complex and rich aromas, such as American white oak. Aromas of vanilla and coconut, French oak wood for hazelnut and smoke.

2. Soften tannins. Yuncang Winery's brand LEESON red wine shared that new wine, especially red wine, contains a lot of tannins, which need oxygen to form stable phenolic compounds, so the tannin taste of the wine after the barrel will become soft and not bitter , contribute to the formation of red wine structure. Most people think that oaked wine tastes smoother and has silkier tannins.

3. Alcoholization. The reason why wine can present a full and rich layer and structure is inseparable from phenolic substances. The oak lignin of oak barrels contains a variety of spices, such as vanillin, eugenol, guaiacol and derivative smoke. These ingredients can give the wine better phenolic substances to alcoholize, so that the wine has the aromatic substances of wood, making the wine taste more mellow and full-bodied.

Yuncang Winery's brand LEESON Red Wine shared that although wooden barrels have many beneficial effects on wine, the grape variety and brewing process really determine the excellent quality of a wine, and oak barrels are only a small part. In addition, most wines are not suitable for barrel aging. Therefore, even wines that have not been aged in oak barrels have particularly good taste and flavor.

It is understood that Yuncang Winery is affiliated to Hainan Yuncang Winery Co., Ltd., which is an online sales platform for traditional wine business, and is a member unit of China Wine Association. Yuncang Winery is a combination of Yuncang + winery. Cloud warehouse delivery, winery experience, online part of the traditional wine business, advocating offline tasting and offline purchase, you can also place orders online, and you can also pick up goods in batches Orders are shipped one by one, and dealers do not advocate hoarding except for wine for display and basic inventory, and the operation is flexible. Yuncang Winery has three major brands, including LEESON red wine (LEESON), Sapai red wine (Bold & Generous) and HOMANLISM .