On the use of alcoholic liquors in general and of the wine of St. Raphael in particular in temperate and cold countries / by Dr. Bouchardat.

  • Bouchardat, A. (Apollinaire), 1806-1886.
Date:
[between 1870 and 1879?]
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Credit: On the use of alcoholic liquors in general and of the wine of St. Raphael in particular in temperate and cold countries / by Dr. Bouchardat. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    G wines, and that several are only found in fractions of a milligramme to a litre. The proportion of alcohol in natural wines va¬ ries from 5 to i5 per 100. Idie following table shows the proportion in the principal wines. average richness in alcohol of the principal wines. Rouge d’Avallon, 1834. .... 11.14 White Pineau Chablis, 1842 . . , 12.54 Red Cahors, 1811. 12.08 White Cahors, 1811. 12.33 Red Bordeaux, 1841. 10.10 Saint Raphael. 15.16 Hermitage. 11.00 Sparkling Sillery. . . . from 9 to 11.00 Alcohol plays, no doubt, the principal part in the physiological and hygienic action of wine ; but its influence is modified by several other immediate principles. I shall say a few words about the princi¬ pal ones. Tannin and the colouring matters come from the skin of the grape and from the grape-stone. Is the tannin of wine the same as that of the gall-nut? It is not likely, but we must admit that a serious study of this immediate principle of the grape has not yet been made. M. Glenardhas isolated from red wine