Wine crystals
  • ThymThym
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    I noticed that if i let a white wine age for several years they often have crystals which collect in the bottle.

    what are they?

    they are tasteless from what i can tell. and they don't readily dissolve in water. The structure appears to be a pretty regular rectangular prism.

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  • C_BC_B
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    YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO LET WHITE WINE AGE!

    Oh sorry, I was channeling Fry there.
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    bite
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    me
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  • ThymThym
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    now, if someone has something useful to say, i'm all ears. (eyes, whatever.)
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  • ceanntceannt
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    Those are Dylithium crystals .....
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  • ceanntceannt
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    Keep them .... someday they will be very valuable
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  • ThymThym
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    ceannt said:

    Keep them .... someday they will be very valuable



    you both suck
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  • ceanntceannt
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    Ha!

    I have seen the same type of crystals form in red wine too ..... it will often take me as much as a year to use up a bottle of wine ..... my theory is that it is the minerals in the water ... growing crystals around sediment particles .... but my first comment is just as likely to be true ....
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  • frydogbrewsfrydogbrews
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    they are tartrate crystals. its a sign of a quality wine typically, because it means the grapes were picked at the optimum time for sugar and acid content.
    they also form in red wines, but then they are red.
    it takes age for them to form though.

    they are frequently called "wine diamonds".
  • ThymThym
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    frydogbrews said:

    they are tartrate crystals. its a sign of a quality wine typically, because it means the grapes were picked at the optimum time for sugar and acid content.
    they also form in red wines, but then they are red.
    it takes age for them to form though.

    they are frequently called "wine diamonds".



    Thanks for the info!
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  • C_BC_B
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    frydogbrews said:

    they are tartrate crystals. its a sign of a quality wine typically, because it means the grapes were picked at the optimum time for sugar and acid content.
    they also form in red wines, but then they are red.
    it takes age for them to form though.

    they are frequently called "wine diamonds".


    So it means the quality of wine is good? Neat.
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  • ceanntceannt
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    frydogbrews said:

    they are tartrate crystals. its a sign of a quality wine typically, because it means the grapes were picked at the optimum time for sugar and acid content.
    they also form in red wines, but then they are red.
    it takes age for them to form though.

    they are frequently called "wine diamonds".



    You mean .... you can't run a starship with em ..... dang it! There goes my retirement plan .....
    Never attribute to malice, that which can adequately be explained by stupidity.
  • LothosLothos
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    ceannt said:

    Those are Dylithium crystals .....



    LOL thats damn funny
    Ain't that a Bitch
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