A wine in Vegas turned me into a regular wine drinker. I finally understood. I love high acid reds but struggle to find them with that tingly high acid quality that happens during and after swallowing. Sometimes I find it in a Cab or Australian Syrah, or maybe whatever random Malbec the restaurants are serving. But I had an Italian red of unknown variety when I was in Vegas that turned me into a wine drinker and it had that quality where it almost tingles/burns. I used to describe it like pop rocks, as I have little wine vocabulary.
I have been searching for that same kick in a type of high acid red ever since then.
Are there any suggestions for full bodied red's that have hints of cherry/berry/chocolate (not sweet or overly dry) but have a very very strong acid kick/bite/tingles at the end?
Is there a wine term for the acidic tingly/bite/kick at the end?
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A wine in Vegas turned me into a regular wine drinker. I finally understood. I love high acid reds but struggle to find them with that tingly high acid quality that happens during and after swallowing. Sometimes I find it in a Cab or Australian Syrah, or maybe whatever random Malbec the restaurants are serving. But I had an Italian red of unknown variety when I was in Vegas that turned me into a wine drinker and it had that quality where it almost tingles/burns. I used to describe it like pop rocks, as I have little wine vocabulary.
I have been searching for that same kick in a type of high acid red ever since then.
Are there any suggestions for full bodied red's that have hints of cherry/berry/chocolate (not sweet or overly dry) but have a very very strong acid kick/bite/tingles at the end?
Is there a wine term for the acidic tingly/bite/kick at the end?
Thank you so much for the AMA.
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