Climadiff CLV Series

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10. SOME USEFUL INFORMATION
Examples of serving temperatures
To be followed when tasting, to avoid missing out on the rich aromas of your wines!
Opinions vary, and the ambient temperature too, but many people agree on the following:
Prestigious Bordeaux wines – Reds 16 – 17°C
Prestigious Burgundy wines – Reds 15 – 16°C
Prestigious dry white vintages 14 – 16°C
Light, young, fruity reds 11 – 12°C
Provence rosés, primeur wines 10 – 12°C
Dry whites and vin de pays reds 10 – 12°C
Vin de pays whites 8 – 10°C
Champagnes 7 – 8°C
Sweet wines 6°C
Maturity table in years
APPELLATION
WHITE - ROSÉ
RED
Alsace
1 - 4
Alsace Grands Crus
8 - 12
Beaujolais (crus)
1 - 4
Beaujolais primeur
1 - 2
Bergerac
2 - 3
3 - 4
Bordeaux
2 - 3
3 - 4
Burgundy
5
7
Cahors
5 - 10
Cotes de Provence
1 - 2
2 - 5
Cote Rotie, Hermitage
8
8 - 15
Burgundy grand crus
8 - 10
10 -15
Bordeaux grand crus
8 -10
10 - 15
Jurancon mellow, liquoreux
6 -10
Jurancon dry
2 - 4
Languedoc
1 - 2
2 - 4
Loire
5 - 10
5 - 12
Loire mellow, liquoreux
10 - 15
Mâcon
2 - 3
1 - 2
Montbazillac
6 - 8
Savoie
1 - 2
2 - 4
Rhone Valley
2
4 - 8
Yellow wine
20
How to manage your collection?
The wine cellar register (the original, a Climadiff innovation) will help you with this!