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Those Lovely Legs |
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If you're not familiar with the term, wine legs refer to the residual liquid that slowly seeps down
the inside of the glass after you swirl it. Think about syrup moving down the side of a stack of pancakes.
This article addresses what, if anything, the legs
tell you about the wine before you've had a sniff or a taste. First, the legs will tell you absolutely nothing about the quality of the wine, a common error that many wine experts used to make in the past. What the legs can help indicate is the body of the wine. Thicker, slower moving legs translates into a fuller-bodied, heavily wine, which also usually means a wine with more alcohol. Think of California Note that we said typically, because you will find exceptions to the rule. And just so you know for the next time you're sipping a Burgundy |
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