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About wine -> Wine Color |
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The juice that comes from
nearly every variety of Grapes when pressed is white or clear.
This is true of red grapes as well as white wines. Basically
skin color decides the color of the wine. |
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Red Wine |
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The color or pigments of red
grapes are found in the skins of the grapes. In order to make
a red wine from red grapes, it is necessary to leave the skins
in contact with the juice during fermentation. When the skins
are placed in the fermenting 'must', the pigments leech out of
the skins and color the wine. The skin contact would give an
undesirable red color to the wine. |
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White wines |
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When red grapes are pressed and
the skins are kept out, the wine remains white and is
considered a 'blanc de noirs' (a white wine from red grapes).
White wines do not usually have the skins left in the must
while fermentation takes place. If the wine is being made from
white grapes, there is no benefit to the color and if the wine
is being made from red grapes. |
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Rose Wine |
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Rose or blush wines can be made
with 'limited' skin contact (leaving the skins in the
fermenting juice for only a short period of time) but this
method is unreliable in obtaining consistent tinting from vat
to vat. More often Rose wines are produced by adding a
specific amount of red wine to an already finished white wine.
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