Taste wine

The tasting is not guess a wine: the vintage , the name or winery. The tasting is to analyze the sensations due to wine: the eye, nose and mouth. Then practice can play a guessing game.

The wine tasting is another matter: the wine making techniques .

Abstract sommelier
Unblock in advance . Pour 6 oz (approximately) in a glass and tilt the glass front of a white surface. If you do not see any hints of orange, red wine may be decanted and any other bottles kept .


Smell with the nose above the glass. Look for the cork taint . Rotate the wine and smell again. Then pour a taste.

That’s the point.

Become a good taster

Anyone with a sense of smell can taste wine. Only you know what your senses tell you. There is no perfect word to describe a sensation, it often seems that e-novice wine that best describes the professional (who uses a vocabulary more clear).

Tasting Notes
The visual examination just mentioned. He does not enjoy the taster.
Prerequisites: The toothpaste is the enemy of the tasting (and the course of Enology ), so plan to brush your teeth more to advance (and throw your chewing gum). Some dishes should also be avoided .

The glass break before spinning is olfactory examination:

1.The first impression is it: good or questionable?

2.The aromatic intensity is it: Powerful / or discrete open / closed?

3.The aromatic complexity is characterized by the number of families of scents: floral, fruity, vegetable, mineral, woody, spicy, roasted, glades, animal, etc..

After vortex glass, the olfactory examination again

The examination Taste:
1.The first impression (the attack) it is creamy , flattering, powerful, hard?

2.The material is it light or dense?

3.freshness (acidity felt) gives a certain balance. Is it: soft, flexible, honest, firm or alive?

4.For red: enjoy tannins (quantity and quality).

5.The finish is she kidding or not?

Length:

• You it is left burning after drinking wine?
• Remains there any perfumes after wine? (The persistence aromatic )

Improve

We gives you a sound basis to improve your enjoyment of wine. You should now enjoy various wines and visit the (good) cellars.

Consumers can improve their wine tasting, if only by paying attention to what happens in the glass.

A little reading will help you progress faster. I give two references of books to help you:

1.An Introduction to the tasting of wines from Max Léglise, Editions Jeanne Laffitte.

Easier to read than:

2.The Taste of Wine by Emile Peynaud and Jacques Blouin, Editions Dunod.