Among lovers of winemaking products, there is an opinion that dry wine is a drink in which neither water nor sugar is added. Professionals have their own gradation. They classify wines according to the stage of completion of the alcoholic fermentation process of the wort and its transformation into the final product. Table or dry wine is the main result of the work of specialists. It is from him that an extensive assortment of vintage, ordinary, as well as collection drinks is obtained.
According to the French scientist chemist Louis Pasteur, who was at the forefront of immunology and microbiology, dry wine is the purest, most useful and healthy product. This natural drink contains ethyl alcohol made from grape sugar, the percentage of which ranges from nine to fourteen. By their chemical composition, dry wines are a complex product. In addition to water and ethyl alcohol, they contain valuable organic acids for the body, as well as glucose, fructose, vitamins, enzymes and mineral elements.
Since ancient times, dry wine has been recommended as a healing drink. The healers used its antiseptic and soothing properties. They also used it as a means of dissolving other drugs.
Modern scientists have proven that the constant intake of dry wine, if it is within reasonable limits, prevents the occurrence of diseases of the vessels and heart muscle. This ability of a grape drink is associated with the content of biologically active elements - quartzetine and flavanoids. Red wine (dry) has the ability to prevent the development of cancerous tumors and diabetes. It increases hemoglobin levels, cleanses the blood and increases life expectancy. All these processes occur due to the active components of the drink, which are powerful antioxidants.
Dry wines are classified depending on the types of grapes that are used for their preparation. The drink can be obtained by fermenting juice of the varieties Cabernet, Lambrusco, Merlot, Sauvignon, Aglianico, Negrett and others. In this case, experts attribute it to the group of dry red wines.
The final product of juice fermentation can be obtained from white, red or pink varieties. It will be classified as dry white wine if the peels were previously peeled and the resulting juice had almost no color. In this case, such grapevines are used as Riesling, Tokai, Vernacha, Greco, Chardonnay, Muscat and others.
The assortment list of dry wines is divided into:
1. Ordinary. They do not stand up and are considered ready for use immediately after the remnants of the yeast are removed, the fermentation process is completely completed, filtration and clarification are performed.
2. Vintage. These drinks are aged over a period of more than one year. The production of these wines can be made from several or from one grape variety.
And finally, collectibles. These products are held in the wine storage for many years.