Rancio

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The term rancio ( Spanish : rancid ) is used in the wine language to refer to wines that come from hot wine-growing areas and that have been deliberately subjected to oxidative expansion with simultaneous exposure to heat. The production takes place v. a. in various Spanish and Catalan-speaking areas as well as in Occitania . French appellations in which such Rancio style Vin Doux Naturel (VDN) are made are Banyuls , Rivesaltes , Maury and Rasteau .

Filled glass balloon

The base wine is usually fortified to achieve a sufficiently high alcohol content and matured in wooden barrels or glass balloons . The not completely filled maturing containers are intentionally exposed to the heat. The effect of heat accelerates the oxidative effect, whereby the high alcohol content prevents the development of acetic acid bacteria . The heat promotes the formation of aldehydes and acetals as well as other aromatic substances. However, the temperature in this process is lower than in the related process of Madeirization , so that in the rancio the taste notes of nuts and rancid butter predominate, while in the Madeira a caramel note dominates.

In the Alicante wine region , this is how the fondillón is made from the red Monastrell grape variety . In Catalonia , in northeastern Spain, the fortified wine Mistela often added to the Rancio.

With the French Vin Jaune , as well as the Italian Vin Santo , the term rancio is sometimes used incorrectly in the wine description.

literature

  • Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 1st edition. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich, 2003, ISBN 3-7742-0914-6 .
  • Pascal Ribéreau-Gayon, Denis Dubourdieu, Yves Glories, Alain Maujean: Traité d'oenologie, Chimie du vin. Stabilization et traitements . 5th edition. Dunod, Éditions La Vigne, 2004, ISBN 2-10-007302-8 .
  • John Radford: The New Spain . 1st edition. Mitchell Beazley, 2004, ISBN 1-84000-928-4 .
  • Jeremy Watson: The NEW & CLASSICAL wines of Spain . 1st edition. Montagud Editores Barcelona, ​​2002, ISBN 84-7212-087-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hugh Johnson : Little Johnson 2013 . 34th, newly revised, supplemented and updated edition, based on the 36th original edition. Hallwag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-8338-2928-4 , p. 109 .