What exactly does "dry red" in wine mean?

Dry red wine refers to the red wine in which the sugar in the raw material (grape juice) is completely converted into alcohol after brewing, and the residual sugar is less than or equal to 4.0g/L. Dry red wine is fermented from grapes with red skin, white meat or red meat. The peel or pulp of wine contains colored substances, which makes dry red wine mainly red, and its colors are generally deep ruby red, ruby red, purple red, deep red, brown red and so on.

Le vin rouge is a word borrowed from champagne brewing, that is, wine brewed directly from pure grape juice without adding any additives such as water, spices and alcohol. After red grapes are pressed, the skins and cores of grapes are not filtered, and the grape juice is filtered after brewing into wine. In the process of brewing, the color of grape skin is dissolved into the wine, which is dry red wine. There are two kinds of dry red wine, one is simple filtration; The other is continuous pressing filter residue. Squeezed dry red wine contains more tannins and has a stronger taste. Bordeaux dry red wine in Bordeaux, France is world famous. The British call it red wine. The most famous is Cabernet Sauvignon dry red wine made from Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. Dry red wine is full-bodied and suitable for meat dishes and dark birds, such as pheasants and turkeys.

Even very dry wine contains a small amount of residual sugar. When wine grapes contain sugars with various atomic structures, yeast tends to be glucose and fructose, while other sugars remain in the wine without being converted. But their number is very small, and it is difficult for ordinary people to detect them. Wine contains a variety of ingredients, which are balanced and neutral in fruity, sour and sweet taste, and can't feel the taste of residual sugar. So dry red is not sweet.

In fact, in the world of wine, the relative concept of "dry" is not "wet" but "sweet". What we usually call dry red wine is the abbreviation of dry red wine, which refers to wine with low residual sugar, no sweetness or almost no sweetness. But this does not mean that all red wines are dry, and some red wines are sweet.