wine blending
Marrying different varietals
Wine blending is the practice of combining wines from different grape varieties, vineyards, or vintages to create a final product.
Winemakers blend to achieve complexity, balance, or consistency that no single wine provides alone.
Many celebrated wines are blends: Bordeaux typically combines Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot and other grapes.
The winemaker spent weeks on blending trials before settling on the final proportions.
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hydrometers · assemblage · bench trials · fermentation · refractometers · flavor profile · Cabernet Sauvignon · fining · complexity · tasting notes · Merlot · aging · marriage · racking · aroma · vintner · filtering · barrels
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