Wine Tasting Technique

Question 0

Five tastes that are discernible on the human palate

Answer 0

Bitter, sour, salty, sweet, umami

Question 1

Purpose of swirling the glass

Answer 1

Volatiles the esters, releasing the aromas

Question 2

Explain why there is rim variation in a wine

Answer 2

The older the wine, the more rim variation.

A watery appearance at the rim is alcohol separation.

Question 3

Reasons for viscosity

Answer 3

Thin and fast legs = low alcohol and little to no residual sugar

Thick and slow legs = higher alcohol or residual sugar

Staining in the legs in red wine = extract, richness, and concentration

Question 4

4 steps in an analytical blind wine tasting

Answer 4

Sight
Smell
Taste
Conclusions

Question 5

Various sources of tannin in wine

Answer 5

Skins, seeds, and stems of grapes

Wood

Question 6

TCA acronym

Answer 6

Corkiness

Question 7

Brettanomyces (Bret)

Answer 7

Strain of yeast; creates volatile phenols: sweaty saddles, barnyard smells