Often the choice of a suitable glass is more difficult than the choice of the right wine.
What is more important to the connoisseur? A cupboard full of glasses or a cellar full of wine?
René Gabriel, a renowned wine writer from Switzerland has designed
the ultimate multi purpose glass where every little detail counts.
Our Secret is the Bouquet Drive.
Every little detail, each millimeter matters when it comes to wine enjoyment. And this is why you will experience such incredible enjoyment with the GABRIEL-GLAS©
We’ll start with the foot: The flat execution provides stability and elegance to the glass. The weight of the foot determines whether the glass has the proper balance in your hand. And in conjunction with the length of the stem, which is designed in a barely perceptible x-shape, it can also be elegantly held with all five fingers.
The glass cup itself combines several, extremely important features that differ significantly from the conventional wine glass!
The lowest cup portion is held in a slightly outwardly curved V-shape. With this design a small amount of wine creates a «push-up» effect and reaches the largest surface area in the glass. This is ideal for rare wine tastings, for winemakers, who provide tastings, for restaurateurs, who offer bottles of wine as an eighth or tenth of a liter and for private enjoyment because even in a half empty glass so much fragrance is absorbed.
In the center of the bottom of the glass there is a V-triangle that provides maximal color density. Unfortunately, many expensive wines often lose much of their original color in a flat-bottomed glass and then appear rather thin which creates a less attractive first impression.
The largest width of 95 millimeters allows a certain instant decanting effect, in that the just poured wine gets a lot of air. This precisely calculated width also allows not only the “fast”, highly volatile substances to spread, but also the “slow” aromas to develop, because, as with spirits, the nose of a wine consists of a top, heart and base note. The selected width guarantees even the enjoyment of Pinot, Chardonnay and classic Syrahs. No other universal glass can do that!
The position of the widest area in the glass is only 90 millimeters from the glass rim. This permits a maximum of conversation with the wine and there is no loss of flavor as usually occurs with a longer distance.
The lower, special glass shape provides an incredible «bouquet-drive»! While in normal bulbous glasses the wine moves like thick bangles centrifugally through the glass and this action causes the aromas to be caught like hamsters on a wheel. With the GABRIEL-GLAS©, however, fine ranging turbines are created, which propel the released aromas upward in a multifaceted spiral and bring out a never before experienced perfume from the wine.
The glass shape between the bowl and rim is subtly conically curved inward. This allows for optimal bundling of the bouquet. When drinking the wine, the heavy volatile substances are again mixed with the lighter flavors, because they are overturned like the action when a wave breaks. This phenomenon is not possible in a bulbous glass.
The machine blown GABRIEL-GLAS© weighs only 150 grams.
The mouth blown Gold Edition weighs only 90 grams..
Because both versions are produced using a single manufacturing process (bowl and stem!) their break resistance is extraordinary. The glasses are so stable that they can be washed in the dishwasher without any worries.
High quality crystal glass is used for both variations (standard and gold edition), which compared to lead crystal is stronger, more scratch resistant and break-resistant.
