Wednesday, 26 October 2011

How to taste


This blog is dedicated to wine and spirits a pedagogical approach through sensory evaluation, tasting, entertainment.


We will never taste for you but we just want to help you understand and engage your attenation to analyze, establish a simplified tasting chart and finally to translate your feelings and talk about it.






Easy Wine Tasting Chart



1.       IDENTITY
Name of the wine :
Year :
Origin :
Variety of wine/Grapes :
Grower :

2.       APPEARANCE

Colour/Clarity
White : translucent, pale yellow, yellow with hints of green, lemon yellow, bronze, amber
Red : peony, ruby ​​clear, dark ruby​​, garnet, carmine, red, brown
Rose : pale gray, pale pink, pink, cherry, raspberry, salmon

Intensity : pâle, faible, légère, claire, foncée, sombre, intense, profonde
Clearness : limpide, voilée, flou, trouble


3.       NOSE
Aroma
Bouquet : cherry, vanilla, cinnamon, strawberry, blackberry…
Wood : smoke, toast…
Off-smells : mashroom, mold, carboard…


4.       TASTE

Style : Dry (1) to Sweet (10)
Body : Light (1) to full (10)
Acidity : Crisp (1) to flat (10)
Tannin : None (1) to strong (10)
Oak : None (1) to strong (10)
Complexity : Simple (1) to complex (10)

5.       AFTER TASTE/ CAUDALS

Length : Short (1) to long (10)
Personnal Comments :