Tasting the wine is tasting it carefully; the purpose of wine tasting is to analyze its qualities using the 6 senses, which in turn in this case are only used 3 sight, smell, taste. Tasting by sight, it is through the shades of wine color that we can evaluate the intensity, the opacity and the viscosity.
The color of the wine can change even if the type of grape used is the same.
Smell Tasting: Just like the color tones of the wines, it will take you some time to differentiate the scents. Practice will improve results.
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To smell a wine comes the cup tilted and approaches the nose inhale at a time. Rotate cup and inhale again, this second time, longer and slower. Do it multiple times if necessary. Turning the bowl helps release the aromas of wine.
Wine Labels and Bottles
Knowing how to read the label of a wine bottle is extremely important because it is through it that we have the knowledge of the grape varieties to which the wine is derived used in it, it is essential that we may have some knowledge about the wine that we intend to buy as it may be useful for a better combination with the occasion.
Types of wine glasses
Red wine needs to breathe, as they have very intense aromas and flavors. Therefore, the glass must have a large body, so that it can thus release its aromas. For this reason, it is also important to note that the beaker should only be filled to one third of its capacity.
There are 2 similar types of red wine glasses: Bordeaux and Burgundy, bowls named with these names because of the producing regions in France.
Bordeaux
They have a large bulge and a more closed edge, concentrating the aromas inside the cup. The thin edge allows the fruity flavors to be felt by the tongue before the tannins in the back of the mouth.
Borgonha
Normally it has a larger bulge than those of Bordeaux, so park allows the wine to have more contact with the air, that is, so that the wine can breathe better and release its aroma.
For whites
Usually they are smaller than those of the red, because it allows to conserve the temperature with the environment, since white wines must be consumed in low temperatures. The shape of the cup guides the wine in areas of the tongue that emphasize the sweetness and acidity.
For the Rosés
Rosés wines have the tannins of the reds, but the aromas of the whites. For this reason, the glass has to be smaller than that of the whites, but with a larger bulge. It should accentuate the acidity of the wine, thus balancing its sweetness.
There is an ISO (International Standards Organization) glass, created in 1970. Basically, this glass is suitable for all types of wine. It is widely used for tasting techniques, so that a reference can be maintained between different types of fermented
Champagne
For a Champagne or a common sparkling wine, the appropriate glass is called flûte. The narrow glass also directs the effervescence and the aromas to the nose, while controlling the flow above the tongue, maintaining the balance between acidity and the tasty depth.
How to hold a glass of wine
All cups have a stem and it is not there to give a nice shape to the glass. The rod serves to hold you correctly, without filling the cup bulge with fingerprints, for example, in addition to minimizing the heating of the liquid when in contact with the hand.