Different Types of Red Wine

So many wine varieties to choose

from, which should you buy? The wine aisles appear to go on and on and on... How

do you know which wine is the right wine for you?

Red Wines

Merlot The taste is reminiscent of dark berries, cherries, and black

currants, with hints of plum, chocolate, and underlying notes of

leather.

Merlot can be enjoyed alone or with food

No need to age a Merlot...

it is usually ready to drink.

Burgundy The most difficult wine to make...

It has the taste of mineral, earth, leather, cherry, and other red fruits.

Pinot Noir A smooth and silky wine ranging in flavors of smoke, spice, tea, and

tart fruit to jammy, earthy, and floral tastes, depending upon where it

is made.

A great all around wine...

Shiraz (Syrah) There are many different varieties of this type of wine and it all

depends on the region from which it hails.

Some are big fruit wines

with flavors of pepper and

herbs and some are big

fruit wines with flavors of

chocolate, smoke and

spice.

Zinfandel Tastes associated with this wine include blackberry, boysenberry,

raspberry, and dark cherry.

Alcohol content can range from 13% to

18+%.

Madeira Originating from the Madeira Islands of Portugal, this historic wine is

produced in varying styles of dry wine and sweet wine

A fortified wine

High quality Madeira aged “Canteiro”

style in the sun up to 100 years!

This is by no means an all-inclusive

list of all the available types of wine! Here’s “CHEERS” to discovering just how many different types of

wine there are to enjoy!

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