Sedimentation in red wine: 99% of people will become uneasy when they see residues floating around or settling in the glass of wine that should be crystal clear. Countless times, friends around me have called me anxiously, even with disgrace in their faces: They found residue in the wine they drank! Can I still drink it? ! It's like sedimentation in wine means disaster.

There are generally two types of wine residues we can see, one is grape sediment (Sediment) and the other is crystal (Wine Crystal).

Grape pomace mainly appears in red wine. It looks like grape skin pomace, but it is not grape skin pomace. Its ingredient is actually tannic acid. Although the wine has gone through the disgorgement and filtration process before bottling, the residue in the wine cannot be completely removed. After a long period of standing, the tannins in the wine slowly polymerize and precipitate, forming the residue accumulation we see at the bottom of the bottle.

As for the crystal stone, many people thought it was glass shards in the wine when they saw it. This statement really made the wine want to cry and sing about Dou E's injustice. Crystallites are actually tartaric acid in wine. When wine is stored in a particularly cold environment for a period of time, the tartaric acid in wine tends to become crystallized blocks. In white wine, it becomes a granular substance similar to white sugar. In red wine, it becomes a granular substance similar to white sugar. , it turns into coagulated purple crystals.

So, whether it is crystallization or precipitation, it is a normal phenomenon for wine-it can even be said to be an inevitable phenomenon in making wine. It is a solid substance formed by the polymerization or condensation of natural substances in wine due to time or temperature issues. It will not affect the taste, nor will it affect your health. If you really don't like its existence, you can use a decanter to remove it, but it will never be so bad that you fear or reject a bottle of wine because of it.

But the turbidity of the wine is another matter. Don’t worry about the residue that can settle at the bottom of the bottle, but be careful with the substances suspended in the wine. Generally speaking, except for sparkling wines with special brewing methods or old wines that have been shaken vigorously during transportation, almost all wines should not have turbidity or suspended solids. Try to smell it. If there is a strange smell again, you can 100% conclude that this bottle has expired.

For those who like to drink aged wine, sediment is inevitable in wine. Please face it, accept it and tolerate it. Haiwei Liquor Trading Market - Legal, direct sales, safe, high-quality international liquor products