EXAMPLES OF SERVING TEMPERATURES
TASTINGS !)
Opinions vary, and the ambient temperature, too, but many agree on the following :
Wines
Prestigious Bordeaux wines – Reds
Prestigious Burgundy wines – Reds
Prestigious dry white crus
Light, young, full flavoured reds
Provence rosés, primeur wines (futures)
Dry whites and red "local" wines
"Local" white wines
Champagnes
Liquoreux wines
SOME USEFUL INFORMATION
TEMPERATURES TABLE
EXPLANATIONS
The time required for each cru, each vintage, each colour to attain its optimum maturity varies. The table
below will give to you an idea about the number of years your bottles will need to reach the ideal summit of
their maturity, that is, the ideal moment to savour them.
MATURITY TABLE (IN YEARS)
Alsace grand crus
Beaujolais (crus)
Beaujolais primeur
Cotes de Provence
Cote Rotie, Hermitage
Burgundy grand crus
Bordeaux grand crus
Jurancon mellow, liquoreux
Loire mellow, liquoreux
, WINES "READY TO SERVE" AND SERVING
APPELLATIONS
Alsace
Bergerac
Bordeaux
Burgundy
Cahors
Jurancon dry
Languedoc
Loire
Macon
Montbazillac
Savoie
Rhone Valley
Yellow wine
(TO BE COMPLIED WITH FOR YOUR
Serving temperature
16 – 17°C
15 – 16°C
14 – 16°C
11 – 12°C
10 – 12°C
10 – 12°C
8 – 10°C
7 – 8°C
7°C
White Rosé
1 - 4
8 - 12
2 - 3
2 - 3
5
1 - 2
8
8 - 10
8 -10
6 -10
2 - 4
1 - 2
5 - 10
10 - 15
2 - 3
6 - 8
1 - 2
2
20
Red
1 - 4
1 - 2
3 - 4
3 - 4
7
5 - 10
2 - 5
8 - 15
10 -15
10 - 15
2 - 4
5 - 12
1 - 2
2 – 4
4 – 8
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