Wine "legs"

[DavidB]

I've been reading some on the lines or legs that appear in the glass and the thoughts of what they mean, if anything. Most of the sites I've visited have indicated that there is no coloration between the legs and the quality of the wine. All I know is the best tasting of my wines all have legs in the glass.

I wanted to get your thoughts on this. Do the legs in the glass really mean anything? Are they a good judge of the quality of wine or do they mean anything at all?

 

[DavidB]

correlation I mean

 

[Runningwolf]

Dave I am not sure but I think the legs will have correlation with the mouth feel of the wine.

 

[xoltri]

http://wine.about.com/od/winebasic1/a/winelegs.htm

According to that it's just the interaction between ethanol and water. Has nothing to do with quality.

 

[rob]

well the sharper and more legs you have the higher the alc. level. try vodka in a glass and you will have many legs

 

[Sirs]

thats what I've always heard on legs the more and longer they are the more alcohol in the wine or beverage.....you know like maybe some type of wine so to pseak made out of corn, you know the type I think they call squeezings.. possibly??? LOL you know I like mine to have legs up to their shoulders or close lol

 

[rob]

Sirs your right, longer or...... more leg is better

 

[closetwine]

It's really both, alc. content and viscosity (mouth-feel). Both will give you legs, and everything about wine is a personal preference.

 

[mmadmikes1]

A good bottle of wine and a woman with nice long legs is also good

 

[closetwine]

A good bottle of wine and a woman with nice long legs is also good

LOL! So we established that good legs is a good thing?

 

[Sirs]

legs are good in my book....... even if one of mine is kinda messed up it's still useable