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I only drink red wine in the summer and I serve it straight from the fridge at about 4 degrees C.

What do you think of that....!!?

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Originally Posted by The Insider

I only drink red wine in the summer and I serve it straight from the fridge at about 4 degrees C.

What do you think of that....!!?

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Perfect temperature if you don’t like the taste.

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Originally Posted by The Insider

I only drink red wine in the summer and I serve it straight from the fridge at about 4 degrees C.

What do you think of that....!!?

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You need B, or C, them ****s drink it like water. I'm a girl so I drink white:hide:

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Originally Posted by The Insider

I only drink red wine in the summer and I serve it straight from the fridge at about 4 degrees C.

What do you think of that....!!?

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Assuming you’re doing it with supermarket plonk rather than first-growth clarets, it’s perfectly acceptable. It’s done in France in summer with young local wines.

We tend to serve red wine too warm generally. Always worth bearing in mind that cellar temperatures are low and that what used to be room temperature 100 years ago is not room temperature in an age of central heating.

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Originally Posted by The Insider

I only drink red wine in the summer and I serve it straight from the fridge at about 4 degrees C.

What do you think of that....!!?

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If you buy cheap red wine and drink it cold it probably tastes like bad rose. You might as well buy good rose which is quite cheap and drinks very well chilled as you describe.

You want dry rose, of course, from the Provence or Languedoc-Roussillon ideally.

Mrs WES even likes it with ice cubes. :shrug:

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Originally Posted by The Insider

I only drink red wine in the summer and I serve it straight from the fridge at about 4 degrees C.

What do you think of that....!!?

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Any Beaujolais is perfectly acceptable out of the fridge, Brouilly or Fleurie being particular favourites

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Originally Posted by WES

If you buy cheap red wine and drink it cold it probably tastes like bad rose. You might as well buy good rose which is quite cheap and drinks very well chilled as you describe.

You want dry rose, of course, from the Provence or Languedoc-Roussillon ideally.

Mrs WES even likes it with ice cubes. :shrug:

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No, it tastes like chilled red wine. Very pleasant on a hot day.

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Originally Posted by PSRB

Any Beaujolais is perfectly acceptable out of the fridge, Brouilly or Fleurie being particular favourites

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Quite so. I took to chilling a rather pleasant light Spanish red during last summer's hot spell. Very nice indeed.

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Originally Posted by Burney

No, it tastes like chilled red wine. Very pleasant on a hot day.

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I shall give it a try but will need convincing. If it tastes like plonk I fail to see how chilling it might make it taste good. It might make it taste less bad but that is not the same thing.

Point really is that good rose is actually good in its own right and tastes best chilled so why bother with chilled red?

Think I have a cheap bottle of Spanish red that Mrs WES won in a raffle, it's a good candidate for the experiment, I think.

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Originally Posted by WES

I shall give it a try but will need convincing. If it tastes like plonk I fail to see how chilling it might make it taste good. It might make it taste less bad but that is not the same thing.

Point really is that good rose is actually good in its own right and tastes best chilled so why bother with chilled red?

Think I have a cheap bottle of Spanish red that Mrs WES won in a raffle, it's a good candidate for the experiment, I think.

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4c is too cold for any drink you want to taste. Rose, **** red wine, beer. Perfectly fine if you want to nullify the flavour.

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Originally Posted by Burney

Assuming you’re doing it with supermarket plonk rather than first-growth clarets, it’s perfectly acceptable. It’s done in France in summer with young local wines.

We tend to serve red wine too warm generally. Always worth bearing in mind that cellar temperatures are low and that what used to be room temperature 100 years ago is not room temperature in an age of central heating.

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Very true, but that's what wine fridges were made for.