Red wine glass SOMMELIERS VINTAGE 250 ml, Riedel

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Vintage Port Sommeliers glass

Riedel was inspired to design the glass by the fact that the so-called "official" spherical port wine glass promoted by the Institute of Port Wine overemphasises the strength of the alcohol and the sometimes unbalanced acidity, suppressing the fruit notes of the drink.

Tak in 1991 a group of experts met in London to test the Quinta do Noval port wine from 10 different glasses (including 6 Riedel prototypes and the official glass). Ratings of identical wines from different glasses varied by up to 70%! During the subsequent final selection in London, a group of 12 experts blind tested 4 different Vintage Port wines in 4 different glasses.

The Riedel Vintage Port Takmmeliers glass was rightfully the clear winner. It lets the vintage port wines stand out in all their harmony and nobility and brings out the aromas that are so typical of them: blackcurrant, pepper, truffle and smoky notes. It gently corrects the excessive sharpness of the alcohol, emphasizing the seductive aroma of red fruits combining with acidity and tannins into a sweet harmonious taste. A pleasantly lingering aftertaste completes the pleasure of a fine Vintage Port served in this refined glass.

Vintage Port Sommeliers Riedel glasses are recommended for:

• Port wine (Colheita, Tawny, Vintage)
• LBV (Late Bottled Vintage)
• Madeira, Marsala, Noilly Prat
• Vinsanto

Port wine
The grapes are first pressed and filtered into grape must, to which, after partial fermentation and pumping into wooden barrels, brandy - grape brandy - is added. This stops the fermentation process and creates fortified wines with naturally residual sugar and 19 - 22º alcohol, which are aged for some time in barrels before bottling. Port is produced exclusively from grapes grown and processed in the northern part of Portugal in the Douro Valley region.

Vintage Port Wine
After a relatively short time in oak barrels, the port wine is bottled for aging, with labels indicating the year of harvest. Due to their high concentration, residual sugar and alcohol content, Vintage Port retains its freshness and fruitiness for decades. Vintage port wines are declared individually by each producer depending on the year.

Fortified wines
Madeira, sherry, port - fortified wines with a long history typical of the Iberian countries. It is recommended to serve them in a tall, slender glass (known in Spain as a 'copita'), which emphasises their subtle fruity aromas and suppresses the sharpness of the alcohol.

SOMMELIERS series:

In collaboration with the italian sommelier association A.I.S. (Associazione Italiana Sommeliers) představil Claus Riedel roku 1973 v Orvietu první sérii sklenic pro znalce. The series includes 10 different sizes.

From this moment on, the world of wine has changed fundamentally.

In different regions and on different continents, wines are produced today that did not exist or were completely unknown at the time. Therefore, the development of the Sommeliers series was continued by his son George Riedel until the Sommeliers became an extensive "vitrum-vinoteque" at the highest level of technical development.

In 1991 Robert Parker, editor of Wine Advocate magazine wrote: "The best glasses, both from a technical point of view and from the point of view of maximum enjoyment, are those made by Riedel. The effect that these glasses give to fine wine is truly extraordinary. I can't express enough how much of a difference it makes."

Thanks to worldwide demand, the Sommeliers series is now the absolute top wine glass series and the most successful hand-blown wine glass series in the world. Each glass is made separately: the top is blown in a mould, the stem and base are shaped by hand according to production methods developed in the early 1900s.

The glassmakers use their talents, their skills and care for details are essential to give the Sommeliers series the craftsmanship customers expect. Sommeliers are made of glass with more than 24% lead content.