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Question: Which red wine is sweeter - burgundy, montepulcian d'abruzzo, merlot, chianti, or cabernet?

(Posted by: myfairashley on 2009-04-21 13:55:05)

Posted by: tgifreespeech on 2009-04-21, 14:28:36

Well, first off, Burgundy is a region, not necessarily one type of wine. There are white and red burgundys. In order of softness and fruit forwardness, I'd say that from softest to driest: Montepulciano - this wine has been called "fat, soft and pleasing " Merlot - not as tannic as Cabernet Cab - good ones are highly tannic, earthy and dry Chianti - Best ones are from Italy and are usually drier than sweet All in all, "sweet " and "red " don't really belong in the same sentence. What you might want to look for is very easy drinking wines that are soft on the pallet and very fruit forward. Here are a few that I suggest: Castle Rock - Pinot Noir Menage a Trois - Red Blend Kendall Jackson - Merlot Franciscan - Cabernet Bogle - Old Vines Zinfandel

Posted by: Corvato on 2009-04-21, 14:08:13

Depends on the wine i find both burgundy (french usually table wine) and chianti (italian table wine) are both very fruity and sweeter tasting because they don't have the high tannic of things like merlots.

Posted by: Brandon on 2009-04-21, 14:46:09

You will for sure find that burgundy, because it is a blend, will have more of a "sweeter " quality than any of your other listed wines. But, by no means are any of those wines sweet. If you are looking for a sweet or semi-sweet red wine, may i suggest going to Internetwines.com. They have a massive selection. Also, I found a blog site recently, through Internetwines.com, called WineChat.TV that is geared toward tackling these sorts of questions.