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Red wine is a type of wine made
from dark-coloured (black) grape varieties. The actual colour of
the wine can range from intense violet, typical of young wines,
through to brick red for mature wines and brown for older red
wines.
The
juice from most black grapes is greenish-white; the red colour
comes from anthocyan pigments (also called anthocyanins)
present in the skin of the grape; exceptions are the
relatively uncommon teinturier varieties, which produce a red
colored juice. Much of the red-wine production process
therefore involves extraction of colour and flavour components
from the grape skin.
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