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In Reply to: RE: Villa Creek Avenger 2005 posted by triodesteve on July 24, 2009 at 22:08:07
For drinking with dinner I generally prefer wines with around 13.5% alcohol percentage. This particular wine is definitely over the top at 15.3%, yet you don't notice it in the taste as much as some others of slightly lower alcohol content that I have experienced.
Here's a question for you as a winemaker since my knowledge in this area is limited: What are the factors that determine alcohol content in wine? Is it temperature and precipitation in the growing of grapes or are there other factors involved? What do you consider ideal if that aspect can be controlled or does it depend on the style or type of wine produced?
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Only a couple of things matter...sugar being the most important . Sugar is determined by lots of things: how hot was the growing season, how much water was put on the plant and more importantly when, did the plant have enough canopy (leaves) to get every cluster ripe, etc. If you are buying premium high end grapes that were properly farmed from a good growing area where there is plenty of heat units (I'm thinking WA or CA vs NY) then the determining factor is when you pick.
Now there are ways to adjust and change alcohol, but maybe that's a conversation for another time.
Steve
...combination of farming (agriculture) and chemistry.Art and science.
That's why I'd rather drink it than own a winery.
Edits: 07/25/09
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