The bottles required for wine production on the market are also in different shapes, so what is the significance of the different shape designs of wine bottles?
【1】Bordeaux wine bottle
The Bordeaux wine bottle is the most common type of wine bottle on the market. This kind of wine bottle generally has wide shoulders and a columnar body. The reason for this design is that it can be placed horizontally, especially for some If the aged wine is placed horizontally, the sediment can settle on the bottom of the bottle, so that it is not easy to be poured out when the wine is poured, so that it will not affect the taste of the red wine. This kind of Bordeaux wine bottle is also one of the most common situations on the market. It is mainly suitable for storing some Chardonnay wines with a fuller body and suitable for aging wines.
【2】Burgundy red wine bottle
Burgundy bottle is the most popular and most used wine bottle except for Bordeaux bottle. Burgundy wine bottle is also called sloping shoulder bottle. Its shoulder line is smooth, the bottle body is round and the bottle body Heavy and sturdy, Burgundy bottles are mainly used to hold Pinot Noir, or red wines similar to Pinot Noir, and white wines like Chardonnay. It is worth mentioning that the sloping-shouldered bottle popular in the French Rhone Valley also has a similar shape to the Burgundy bottle, but the bottle is slightly taller, the neck is more slender, and the bottle is usually embossed.
【3】Hock Bottle
The Hock wine bottle is also called the Dick bottle and the Alsatian bottle. It is said that this bottle shape originated in Germany and is usually used to hold white wine produced in the Rhine region of Germany. This Hock bottle is relatively slender and mainly This is because Germany used to transport wine by small boats. In order to save space and hold more wine, this wine bottle was designed to be a slender bottle. Aromatic white and dessert wines that do not contain precipitation, often used to hold wines made from Riesling and Gewurztraminer varieties.
【4】 Special wine bottle
In addition to common wine bottles, there are also some special wine bottles, such as some champagne bottles. In fact, champagne bottles have some similarities with Burgundy bottles, but in order to enable the bottle to withstand the high pressure in the bottle, the champagne bottle The walls of the bottle are a little thicker and the bottom is a little deeper. There is also a Port wine bottle used in Port wine. Based on the design of the Bordeaux bottle, an extra protrusion is added to the neck of the bottle, which can better prevent the sediment in the bottle from entering the glass when pouring the wine. Of course, there are also some slender ice wine bottles and other shapes.
There are also some unique bottle shapes with regional characteristics in life. In addition to the different shapes, there are also many different colors of wine bottles, and different colors have different preservation effects on wine. The transparent wine bottle is to reflect the different colors of the wine and attract consumers’ attention, while the green wine bottle can effectively protect the wine from ultraviolet radiation damage, and the brown and black wine bottles can filter more The rays are more suitable for wines that can be stored for a long time.
Post time: Jul-11-2022