The tasting a wine is a simple process that can highlight the value of both the wine and the production. Make a gift to yourself or a friend a kit with all the essentials for a proper tasting and enjoy the magic of a particular wine.
What you need
1 bottle of excellent wine,
1 opener,
1 glass tasting
good mood.
Basic steps
Appearance - color
Put a small amount of wine tasting in the glass, remove and tilt it so clearly see the color. It helps to use a white background behind your glass, e.g. a sheet of paper.
Observe the color of the edge toward the middle.
Think color beyond the basic red, white, rosé. For red is purple, violet, ruby? For whites respectively are golden, pale yellow, amber?
Perfume
Bring the glass to your nose, do not hesitate to put your nose into the glass. Smell and then rotating the glass shake for a few seconds so the wine to release the aromas. Now smell the wine again.
For white wines, look for fruit aromas, citrus scent of freshly cut grass, flowers and even butter!
For the red wines, look for the aromas of red ripe fruits like raspberry, strawberry, blackcurrant. If the wine has gone from barrel will smell aromas of caramel, tobacco, cinnamon and spices.
Rosé tend to have a combination of features white and red.
Taste
Try the wine by putting a small amount in your mouth and try to savor the tongue, even without swallowing. You can tell the sweetness, the aromatic character, acidity and tannins. Put a second amount of wine in his mouth and try to take a little air to feel it to release its aromas in your mouth. The aftertaste is the sensation that leaves in your mouth after you swallow.
