Red Wine temperature Taste Test with a Ribera del Duero

Here is another great example of how a wine changes in taste with every single degree.  Top Sommelier Wim De Schutter did the taste test again, this time with a Ribera Del Duero, and tells us why the 'perfect serving temperature' is so important.

Name: Briego Crianza

Region: Ribera del Duero

Year: 2013

16°C/61°F

- Fairly closed aroma

- Many flavors of red fruit, including cherry and raspberry. Acids are clearly present. Tannin a little dehydrating. By drinking this wine at this temperature, he lacks a nice balance in flavors.

17°C/62.5°F

- Many scents of red and black fruit, including cherry and blackberries. Slightly spicy aroma of black pepper.

- Nice start of a lot of red fruit. Tannin clearly present. Now the tannins are nice and not so dry. It is a solid full red wine.

“This Ribera shines at 17°C. A solid full red wine.”

18°C/64.5°F

- Still aroma of red and black fruit. Spicy notes come more to the fore, a slight hint of chocolate.

- Wine becomes heavier, more spicy notes. Still an acceptable temperature, but the wine "now" asks for a piece of red meat or a stew.

19°C/66°F

- Many black fruits, Provençal herbs and dark chocolate in aroma.

- Temperature is still just acceptable. Tannins are very smooth.

20°C/68°F

- Sweet warm smell. Alcohol comes up.

- Flavors of cooked fruit. Now the wine is too hot for me, tiring to drink.

21°C/70°F

- The beautiful flavors of the wine partly disappear because of the alcohol, which is a shame.

22°C/71.5°F

- Sin of the wine, to drink this bottle at this temperature. You will miss a lot of fine flavors of this beautiful wine. Now this wine really gets a very powerful, tiring impression. This wine contains an alcohol content of 14% vol, which today is the standard for red wines.

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