The Five S’s of Wine Tasting: Savor
And this is the best part - the part where you experience the wine as it opens up, as it breathes, and as it takes you away. Cheers!
The Five S’s of Wine Tasting: Sip
We finally get to the best part: sipping the wine! Here are we are experiencing the aromas in the mouth; the intensity of the aromas, the character, personality, texture, dimension, weight and astringency of the palate. We experience the five core tastes: salty, bitter, sweet, sour and umami. Enjoy!
The Five S’s of Wine Tasting: Sniff
Involving the olfactory bulb [hooray CN 1]. The aroma or nose provides a bouquet that brings the flavor compounds to our nose. Remember: nothing is correct or incorrect, this is your experience.
The Five S’s of Wine Tasting: Swirl
Agitating the wine encourages oxygenation, opening up the wine and encouraging the vapor compounds to release for the next S: Smell.
The fist S of wine tasting is: See.
Here we evaluate the various colors of our wine, the intensity of the color throughout the wine, the clarity of the body and even aging.