Legs: The Ultimate Teaser

Not all great wines have great legs and not all wines with great legs are considered great. Legs are the thin oily lines of wine that drip down your glass. While legs are fun to watch, they are often caused by something other than richness and extraction, which is a key builder of legs. Make sure that it’s not the detergent, the temperature or the high alcohol that is causing the legs. A dessert wine is thick, so it can cheat because it has enough viscosity to stick to the glass.