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Wine styles chart: sweetness, acidity, tannin and alcohol

Sweetness, acidity, tannin and alcohol for 32 popular wines, scored 1 to 5 on one printable chart.

Wine styles chart: sweetness, acidity, tannin and alcohol

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Sources: Typical style scores by Rate This Wine editors. Checked October 2026.

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WineStyleSweetAcidTanninAlcohol
Cabernet SauvignonFull-bodied red●○○○○●●●○○●●●●●●●●●○
MerlotMedium-to-full red●○○○○●●●○○●●●○○●●●○○
Pinot NoirLight-bodied red●○○○○●●●●○●●○○○●●●○○
Syrah / ShirazFull-bodied red●○○○○●●●○○●●●●○●●●●○
MalbecFull-bodied red●○○○○●●●○○●●●○○●●●●○
ZinfandelBold, fruity red●●○○○●●●○○●●●○○●●●●●
Sangiovese (Chianti)Medium-bodied red●○○○○●●●●●●●●●○●●●○○
Tempranillo (Rioja)Medium-to-full red●○○○○●●●○○●●●●○●●●○○
Grenache (Garnacha)Medium-bodied red●○○○○●●○○○●●○○○●●●●○
Nebbiolo (Barolo)Full-bodied red●○○○○●●●●●●●●●●●●●●○
Cabernet FrancMedium-bodied red●○○○○●●●●○●●●○○●●●○○
Petite SirahVery full-bodied red●○○○○●●●○○●●●●●●●●●○
Gamay (Beaujolais)Light-bodied red●○○○○●●●●○●○○○○●●○○○
BarberaMedium-bodied red●○○○○●●●●●●●○○○●●●○○
CarménèreMedium-to-full red●○○○○●●●○○●●●○○●●●●○
Red Bordeaux blendFull-bodied red●○○○○●●●○○●●●●○●●●○○
ChardonnayFull-bodied white (oaked) or crisp (unoaked)●○○○○●●●○○-●●●○○
Sauvignon BlancLight, crisp white●○○○○●●●●●-●●○○○
Pinot Grigio / Pinot GrisLight white●○○○○●●●○○-●●○○○
RieslingAromatic white, dry to sweet●●●○○●●●●●-●○○○○
MoscatoSweet, lightly sparkling white●●●●●●●●○○-●○○○○
Chenin BlancMedium white, dry to sweet●●○○○●●●●●-●●○○○
GewürztraminerAromatic, rich white●●●○○●●○○○-●●●○○
ViognierFull-bodied aromatic white●○○○○●●○○○-●●●●○
AlbariñoLight, crisp white●○○○○●●●●●-●●○○○
Grüner VeltlinerLight-to-medium crisp white●○○○○●●●●○-●●○○○
RoséDry pink wine●○○○○●●●●○-●●○○○
ChampagneDry sparkling wine●○○○○●●●●●-●●○○○
ProseccoLight, fruity sparkling wine●●○○○●●●○○-●●○○○
CavaDry sparkling wine●○○○○●●●●○-●●○○○
PortSweet fortified red●●●●●●●●○○-●●●●●
Sauternes & dessert whitesSweet white●●●●●●●●●○-●●●○○

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