Grab a bucket or container and add salt water and ice.
Serve chardonnay chilled or room temperature.
Well the proper answer isn t a clear yes or no for optimal enjoyment and to experience the true flavor and aroma of a white wine as the vintner intended it different types of white wines should be chilled but at slightly different temperatures.
Here is a chart to indicate in general best temperatures for drinking wine at.
Lighter white wines are served the chilled between 7 10 c 44 50 f.
Chill half of a bottle and try a pour of that and a pour of the same wine at room temp side by side to experience firsthand how temperature affects.
Too cold of a temperature will block flavor and aroma.
Many drinkers tend to serve chardonnay in a temperature too low that it s over chilled.
Remember though that you also want to keep in mind the temperature of the room relative to this idea temperature.
That s right each type of white wine has its own ideal.
The table version will do.
Is it better to serve chardonnay chilled or at room temperature.
Here are five wines to try chilled and how.
After all as soon as you take a too cold wine out of the fridge it starts to warm.
No don t nab grandma s epsom salts.
Worse than drinking a wine too cold is drinking wine too warm.
Sparkling wines are best served well chilled at 6 10 c 42 50 f.
The best way to chill wine quickly slip the bottle into an icy salt bath.
White wines with more body or oak should be served at a warmer temperature of 10 13 c 50 55 f just lightly chilled.
One common mistake made by chardonnay enthusiasts is serving it at the wrong temperature.
Should white wine be chilled or should it actually be served at room temperature.
Sure it is more refreshing this way but in turn it masks the.
Sure serving temperature can be just personal preference but people tend to serve white wine chilled and red wine warmer about room temperature many folks believe the chillier the better when it comes to both red and white.
Serve red wines slightly cooler than room temperature between 62 68 degrees f 15 20 c.
White wine and rosé should be served cold 50 to 60 degrees.
If your room is 60 f and you are serving a fine burgundy perhaps chill the burgundy to 58 f to allow it a little warming up in the glass.
Generally speaking serve white wines slightly warmer than fridge temperature between 49 55 degrees f 7 12 c.
There are a range of proper serving temperatures for wine.
Back then the room temperature was usually around 55 60 degrees.