Wine with Leslie: Chill these red wines and enjoy a cool drink on a hot day
Chill: do remember that when we say ‘room temperature’ we are talking about the temperature of an unheated room — 16-18°C is about ideal for Bordeaux and Burgundy
As you may have read last week I am recently back from a driving holiday in Northern Spain, spent mainly in cities but also in a few mountain villages. The weather was hot everywhere so you might think we drank white wine with our lunch and dinner but, in fact, it was probably 80% red over white.
We were in Northern Spain so we did of course drink some white Verdejo from Rueda, Albariño from Rias Baixas and Godello from Ribeira Sacra and Bierzo, but we also drank lots of local red wine and it was invariably served chilled or at least cool — usually 8-10°C.
