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How to Judge A Wine's Taste · Tuesday April 1, 2008
There are hundreds of wines to choose from while shopping nowadays. Many inexperienced wine drinkers don’t know what to choose so they pick the best package they can find. This often leads to the consumer buying a low-quality wine.
With that in mind, here are a few tips for properly judging a wine.
1. Always look for a wine that is clear of any floating particles or sediment. Most homemade wines usually have some sort of residue leftover in the bottle. This is because most wine makers forget to sanitize their equipment from time to time.
Try to avoid wines that are cloudy, these wines are usually dull. Fortified wines have a pale yellow color. Red wines should have a deep purple color. Amber, mahogany, and white wines are all either colorless or pale yellow or a darker shade of gold or amber.
To determine the substance of the wine, pour the wine into a clear glass and then swirl the wine around the glass. Take note of how long it takes for the wine to flow down the sides of the glass. Heavy, full bodied wines will flow down the sides in sheets. Medium bodied wines flow in lines. Light bodied wines will not flow down the sides of the glass.
2. You can always distinguish the wine’s taste by its smell. If a wine tastes good, then the ingredients that were used to make the wine release a very pleasant aroma. Wine’s that taste bad will normally smell like rotten eggs or mold. This is normally caused by metal contamination during the aging process. You should never drink these wines as they could be unsafe for consumption.
3. Good tasting wines normally have strong, distinct flavors. Most of the time you should be able to identify the type of wine you are drinking because of this flavor. A good wine should also have a healthy balance among its ingredients and should not have excess tannin or acidity.
You can get an accurate picture of the wine’s taste by taking a sip of wine and letting it sit in your mouth for a few seconds. This will allow your taste buds to identify the flavor and the texture of the wine.
Good wines should not leave an unpleasant aftertaste, and they should always leave a crisp and clean finish. They should not be too watery, and should have a slight aftertaste.
You should always begin judging a wine’s taste by looking at the wine’s appearance. Don’t bother looking at the bottles or packaging that the wine comes in, just look at the wine, and pay attention to its clarity. If the wine looks good, then it will most likely smell and taste good.
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