Red

Red wine is made by soaking grape juice on the skins of the grape, extracting colour, rich flavours and tannins. The thickness of the grape skin, the amount of time the juice spends with the skin and the ripeness of the fruit all make a wine what it is. Thicker skinned Cabernet Sauvignon, for example, generally produces wine which is rich, full-bodied and tannic, while thinner skinned Pinot Noir and Grenache produce flavoursome wines lighter in body and tannin.