Product Description: Made of 24-percent lead crystal by Riedel, these Bordeaux wine glasses are perfectly shaped to enhance the bouquet and flavor of your red wine. This wine glass is recommended for young, full-bodied (more than 12 percent alcohol), complex red wines, such as Bordeaux, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Riojas, that are high in tannin. The distinct bowl shape directs the wine to your sweet-sensitive tastebuds. The generous size allows the bouquet to fully develop. This set of wine glasses is a wonderful complement to any style of dinnerware. The Vinum line is functional, high quality glass that belongs to the Riedel family of stemware. Introduced in 1986, the Vinum collection was first in a series of stemware in history to be based exclusively on the characteristics of grape varietals, meaning the content commands the shape.
Amazon.com Review: The Vinum collection from renowned Austrian glassmaker Riedel gives serious wine drinkers an extensive choice of moderately priced crystal, each glass designed especially to enhance a particular wine. The Bordeaux glass is generously sized to allow the bouquet of a red wine to flourish. Not just any red wine, but young, high-tannin reds, such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. This set of four Vinum glasses will nicely augment an existing wine glass collection or start a budding oenophile on building one. Each beautifully balanced glass stands 8-7/8 inches tall and holds 21-1/2 ounces.
Though comprised of more than 24-percent lead crystal, which lends superb brilliance and clarity, Vinum glasses are affordable because they are machine-made. In fact, Vinum is the first machine-made line dedicated to Riedel's philosophy of shaping and sizing a glass to suit the wine within. In addition to wine stems, the Vinum collection also includes cocktail glasses. While dishwasher-safe, Vinum crystal is best washed by hand to prevent detergent residue that can affect wine taste. --Ann Bieri
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Class above average
This wine glasses are separate from the pack because their design, quality of the crystal and feeling. For a bourdeaux or a cavernet, there is nothing like a good transparency, a nice design that lead the bouquet rigth into your nose and the correct weight feeling.
If you are a wine collector, chances are that you already own one of these glasses, but if you dont, get some!
Rating: - The only way to drink reds
Worth the price. While not "unbreakable", the design does enhance the taste of a good red by openning up the wine. Why invbest in decent wine and drink it out of the wrong glass? Why bother?
Rating: - Beautiful but fragile
I have owned Riedel Vinum Bordeaux glasses for a decade and love them for their size, shape, clarity, and elegance. However, I have stopped purchasing them. Why? All one needs to do is look at them firmly and they break. My wife and I finally made a rule never to wash them after drinking any amount of wine. Then we escalated to not washing them if we were tired or distracted. Finally, we solved this ongoing problem by purchasing Spiegelau Vino Grande Red Wine Glasses recommended by a friend. At initial evaluation they look virtually identical to the Riedels, but on closer inspection are ... Read More
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