Why Acidity Is Important to Wine (for Taste and Aging)

The 5 main components in wine: water, alcohol, sugar, tannins, and arguably the most important, acidity. I want you to understand how important acidity is for wine, and not only for its flavor which we’ll discuss of course, but also for its longevity and age-worthiness.

There’s two main aspects to the acidity in wine, that we’ll cover in two separate videos, I don’t want to give you too much acidity at once. These two aspects we’ll look into are first what is this acidity in wine, and how does that make it a rather unique feature of wine. Secondly, what does this acidity do for the flavors and longevity of wine which we’ll look into in our next video. Today, let’s talk about why I say that acidity is so important in wine, and what is this acidity, which you’ll need to understand the second part.

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00: 00 - Acidity in Wine, Intro
01:42 - Acidity is Wine. Wine is Acidity
03:45 - 3 Minutes of Simple Wine Chemistry