wine tasting (part 2)
FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS
1. Wine tasting involves sight, smell, taste and touch.
2. ISO has standardized glasses to optimize tasting.
3. Tasting is something personal that everyone can experience.
4. This custom includes visual examination, olfactory analysis and gustatory evaluation.
5. Each step tells its story and expresses the typicality of the wine.
Wine Tasting: The Fundamental Steps for Sensory Analysis
Wine tasting is a skill that involves careful sensory evaluation, which is essential to understanding the organoleptic qualities of this excellent product. Sensory analysis has three distinctive phases: visual examination, olfactory analysis and gustatory evaluation. Each of these steps provides essential data.
Visual Examination: Color, Clarity, and Texture of Wine
The first step in tasting is the visual examination, which involves pouring the wine into a glass and tilting it against a white background to observe the color, clarity, texture, and, in the case of sparkling wines, effervescence. Color reveals information about the age, grape variety, and state of preservation, making visual evaluation a crucial element.
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