1. Different properties

Cabernet is a brand of dry red wine.

Oak barrels are a kind of wine storage container that people have started to use a long time ago. Their history can even be traced back to ancient times and are regarded as a symbol of art, identity and taste. During the aging of wine in oak barrels, tannins, vanillin, oak lactones, eugenol and other compound substances in the barrel will dissolve in the wine. These substances can make the color of the wine more stable and the taste softer. , the fragrance is more harmonious.

2. Different characteristics

The color of Changyu Cabernet Dry Red comes from the grape itself. The unique grape skin fermentation process allows the fermented wine to soak in the natural pigments in the grape skins, forming a beautiful and attractive deep ruby ??red color. Changyu uses Shenlongzhu as the main raw material and applies unique systematic brewing technology to blend the unique and typical Changyu Cabernet - rich aroma, with typical pepper and blackcurrant fruit aroma, especially a "cut after the rain" Typical of "exceedingly fresh and grassy smell".

Wine aged in oak barrels, in addition to the characteristics, variety aroma and wine aroma of the grape itself, will also give the drinker a flavor of vanilla, cocoa, coffee, or both. And it has a pleasant aroma.

3. Different origins

In the 1930s, Mr. Xu Wangzhi, the president of the Bank of China who was also the manager of Changyu, researched and named a new "wine" developed by the company, and finally decided on it. Adhering to the "integration of Chinese and Western" concept advocated by Changyu founder Zhang Bishi, and taking the meaning of "bringing the sea to embrace all rivers", this wine was named "Cabernet Dry Red". "Jie" means "to be able to" or "to know". Since then, "Cabernet Dry Red" has become Changyu's core sub-brand.

According to the history of brewing in England, in the seventeenth century, in order to resist the malt tax levied by the government, British brewers made oak barrels of different sizes and put all the wine into oak barrels for storage. After entering the cave, a year later, they took out the barrels, and a miracle happened. They found that the color of the wine turned golden yellow, and the taste of the wine was extremely mellow, accompanied by a fragrance that had never been seen before.

After careful study, people discovered that it is the unique effect of oak barrels, because oak itself contains "tannins", which can quickly mature the wine, making the wine more fragrant and closer to amber in a short period of time. color. Thus, oak wine storage was born.