Karen MacNeil’s WineSpeed Wine Quiz

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Karen MacNeil’s WineSpeed Wine Quiz

June 21, 2023

The sediment in a bottle of 1996 Bordeaux is probably:

A. Color pigment and tannin dropping out of solution.

B. Tiny pieces of disintegrating cork.

C. Tartrate crystals and other acids dropping out of solution.

D. Alcohol dropping out of solution.

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Answer: A.

Sediment occurs only in older red wines—wines that are usually ten years old or more—such as a 1996 Bordeaux. As red wine ages, color pigments and tannin in the wine form long-chain molecules too heavy to stay in solution. These sometimes precipitate out, forming a sediment—a group of rather large dark red particles that collect at the bottom or stick to the side of the bottle. Sediment is tasteless and harmless, but it can feel a little gritty on your teeth, which is one of the reasons red wines with sediment are decanted.

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