Do you keep a diary? Why you might wonder, the simple explanation is borne from listen to our customers over the years, ” I had a lovely bottle of wine recently but I can’t remember the name. If your a keen diary person lets take it one step further, why not a wine diary it is easy to do.It is as simple as this , a note book , a pen and the self discipline to fill it in every time you taste a wine. Start at home with a quite room, good lighting. (Wine journal available from otisocherished.co.uk if you feel like buying that some one special a gift , but an ordinary jotter or note book will do)Its just this simple a good quality shaped glass
a quiet space and good lighting and the wine of course, plus a piece of white paper or white napkin.
Let us begin:
NAME; The Accomplice Shiraz. VINTAGE; 2009 COUNTRY of ORIGIN; Australia, Alcohol 13.5% Price £5.99 Wine Shop; Bennett’s Wine Warehouse.
You need three headings
APPEARANCE, NOSE, PALATE. Pour a small amount of wine into your glass, and tilt at an angle to observe.
Appearance: Ruby colour with a pale pink rim v a deeper core, clear and bright with good legs on the glass.
Nose: Clean , with black fruit aromas(blackcurrant, blackberries and plums) with a hint of spice and white pepper. Youthful and fruity.
Palate: Take a mouthful of wine and swirl it around in your mouth for 15 plus seconds and spit it out unless your only tasting one or two wines.
The wine is dry with balanced tannins, with plenty of black fruits and a hint of spice, it is medium bodied with good lenght and a balanced finish.
Conclusion: Drinking very well , a good wine at this price, the fruit , tannins and alcohol are well balance and the finish is smooth, drinking well. Drinking now or 1-3 years.
And there you go your first tasting note. Professional tasters keep notes for many years as a reference “Bordeaux expert David Peppercorn has tasting notes going back to the late 1950s www. decantor.com)
Over the next month or so I will go into the detail of a wine tasting note, the terms you might hear when your at a wine tasting or reading a wine review .
One final though keep it simple, it is all about enjoyment and developing a keen palate. Until the next time keep tasting!
WINE NOTES
Do you keep a diary? Why you might wonder, the simple explanation is borne from listen to our customers over the years, ” I had a lovely bottle of wine recently but I can’t remember the name. If your a keen diary person lets take it one step further, why not a wine diary it is easy to do.It is as simple as this , a note book , a pen and the self discipline to
fill it in every time you taste a wine. Start at home with a quite room, good lighting. (Wine journal available from otisocherished.co.uk if you feel like buying that some one special a gift , but an ordinary jotter or note book will do)Its just this simple a good quality shaped glass
a quiet space and good lighting and the wine of course, plus a piece of white paper or white napkin.
Let us begin:
NAME; The Accomplice Shiraz. VINTAGE; 2009 COUNTRY of ORIGIN; Australia, Alcohol 13.5% Price £5.99 Wine Shop; Bennett’s Wine Warehouse.
You need three headings
APPEARANCE, NOSE, PALATE
. Pour a small amount of wine into your glass, and tilt at an angle to observe.
Appearance: Ruby colour with a pale pink rim v a deeper core, clear and bright with good legs on the glass.
Nose: Clean , with black fruit aromas(blackcurrant, blackberries and plums) with a hint of spice and white pepper. Youthful and fruity.
Palate: Take a mouthful of wine and swirl it around in your mouth for 15 plus seconds and spit it out unless your only tasting one or two wines.
The wine is dry with balanced tannins, with plenty of black fruits and a hint of spice, it is medium bodied with good lenght and a balanced finish.
Conclusion: Drinking very well , a good wine at this price, the fruit , tannins and alcohol are well balance and the finish is smooth, drinking well. Drinking now or 1-3 years.
And there you go your first tasting note. Professional tasters keep notes for many years as a reference “Bordeaux expert David Peppercorn has tasting notes going back to the late 1950s www. decantor.com)
Over the next month or so I will go into the detail of a wine tasting note, the terms you might hear when your at a wine tasting or reading a wine review .
One final though keep it simple, it is all about enjoyment and developing a keen palate. Until the next time keep tasting!