Tasting Tips

There is no wrong or right way to taste. Wine Tasting is simply to find wines that you will thoroughly enjoy. But if you want to go beyond just poping, pouring, and enjoying here are some tips.

Use the same method (ritual) everytime you taste wine. This is the method Wine/101 uses:

Visual

Determine the:

• Brightness
• Clarity
• Color
• Rim Variation
• Viscosity (legs, tears)

Nose (very important step)

• Clean Vs Dirty (does the wine have any obvious flaws)
• Power of the nose, Weight, Depth
• Fruit (what fruits do you pick up if any)
• Flowers/Spices/Herbs/Botrytis/Others
• Earth
• Complexity

Taste (the most fun step and crucial)

• Sugar ( is there any there
• Alcohol
• Tannins
• Fruit/Vinosity
• Wood ( was oak used )
• Acidity
• Flowers/Spices/Herbs/Botrytis/Others
• Power/Weight/Depth/Texture
• Earth
• Length
• Balance
• Complexity

This method is extremly usful in blind tastings. But all in all, drink what you want, with what ever foods you want, and just enjoy wine.

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