Wine Style

Examples

Suggested Temperature

Champagne

    Simple 
    Champagne

Cava, Cremants, non-vintage champagne

4-7°C

(39-45°F)

    Sweet Champagne

Sweet champagne, Moscato d'Asti

4-7°C

(39-45°F)

    Finest Champagne

Vintage champagne luxury cuvees

6-8°C

(43-46°F)

White Wines

    Sweet White Wines

Anjou blanc, German QbAs, Loupiac, Muscats

6-8°C

(43-46°F)

    Crisp, Dry Wines

Muscadet, Sancerre, Alsace, Italian

6-8°C

(43-46°F)

    Complex Dry Wines

Burgundy, Graves, Chardonnays, Rioja

9-11°C

(48-52°F)

    Medium-Sweet

German Spatlese, Auslese, New World Rieslings

10-12°C

(50-54°F)

    Finest Sweet Wines

Classed Sauternes, Late-Harvest Wines

11-13°C

(52-55°F)

    Finest Dry Wines

Mature Burgundies, The best New Chardonnays

10-12°C

(50-54°F)

Rosé Wines

    Classical Wines

Simpler Rosés should be coldest

6-8°C

(43-46°F)

Red Wines

    Young, Fresh
    Wines

Young Loire, Beaujolais, Côtes du Rhône

10-12°C

(50-54°F)

    New Vintages

Bordeaux, New World Cabernet Sauvignon

14-15°C

(57-59°F)

    Mature Vintages

New World Pinot Noir Italian and Spanish

16-17°C

(61-63°F)

    Mature Fine Wines

New World Cabernets, Rhône Wines

17-18°C

(63-64°F)

Fortified Wines

    Dry

Fino Sherry and New World Port Wine

9-11°C

(48-52°F)

    Medium Bodied

Amontillado Sherry, Madeira Wine, White Port

10-12°C

(50-54°F)

    Sweet

Vintage Port, Tawny, Amontillado, Madeira Wine

16-18°C

(61-64°F)