Lecture 2 Wine Tasting Technique

Question 0

Examples of glassware styles

Answer 0

White 
Red burgundy bordeaux
Flute
Goblet 
Snifter
Saucer
Co pita

Question 1

Glassware criteria

Answer 1

Transparent
Thin, smooth lip
Seamless stem
Enhances flavor and olfactory impressions
Fits image of restaurant
Fits budget or restaurant
Machine washable
Storage 
How many diff types of glasses

Question 2

Tasting glass used in class

Answer 2

Schott zwiesel red
Congress’s line
Embellishes aromatics in wine

Question 3

Temperature of wine served in class

Answer 3

60 F

16 C

Question 4

5 main tastes on tongue

Answer 4

Bitter
Sweet
Sour
Salty
Umami

Question 5

What is umami

Answer 5

1909 discovered by Ikeda 
Savory 
Soy
Earthy
Msg
Deliciousness
Eg mushroom and beans

Question 6

What is Kokumi

Answer 6

Discovered by japanese scientists in October 2010
Taste associated with calcium
Chalky minerality

Question 7

Olfactory sense of flavor

Answer 7

Through the retro nasal passage
Up from mouth
In through nose

Question 8

What clues does looking at a wine give

Answer 8

Age
Condition
Growing climate
Grape variety

Question 9

Deductive tasting

What to look for in a wine

Answer 9

Clarity
Brightness
Color… hue and intensity, secondary colors
Rim variation viscosity

Question 10

Color

As white wines age they become

Answer 10

Darker

Oxidative process

Question 11

Color

As red wines age they become

Answer 11

Lighter

Browner pigments and tannins precipitate out as sediment with age

Question 12

What color can be found in young or cool climate wines

Answer 12

Green

Question 13

Color

Can be found in young reds

Answer 13

Purple

Question 14

Color

Can be found in older reds

Answer 14

Orange
Yellow
Brown

Question 15

Color

Sometime found in Grenache Nebbiolo

Answer 15

Orange

Question 16

What is rim variation

Answer 16

The difference in color btw wine at the centre of the glass and the wine at the edge (rim) of the glass

Question 17

What happens to rim in older wines

Answer 17

More rim variation
Wide band
Multiple layers…age rings

Question 18

A watery appearance at the rim can mean

Answer 18

Alcohol separation due to high alcohol

Question 19

Thin and fast legs can mean

Answer 19

Low alcohol

Little to no res sugar

Question 20

Thick and slow legs mean

Answer 20

Higher alcohol or

Residual sugar

Question 21

Staining in the legs in red wines means

Answer 21

Extract
Richness
Concentration

Question 22

What can legs be influenced by

Answer 22

Shape or cleanliness of glass

Question 23

How to smell wine

Answer 23

Smell
Swirl
Smell

Question 24

What does swirling the glass do

Answer 24

Introduces oxygen Volatiles esters Releases aromas

Question 25

TCA

Answer 25

From tainted corks Wet moldy cardboard Mustiness Can be found in other wood item in winery barrels pallets

Question 26

Brettanomyces

Answer 26

``` Strain of yeast Creates volatile phenols 4 ethyphenol 4 ethylguaicol Sweaty saddles, stables, barnyard smells ```

Question 27

Oxidation

Answer 27

``` From age or poor cellar conditions Dull fruit Secondary and tertiary aromas and flavored.....leather Flat finish Acetaldehyde converts to acetic acid ```

Question 28

Volatile acidity

Answer 28

Vinegar aromas acetobacter | Varnish, finger nail polish aromas ethyl acetate

Question 29

Excess SO2

Answer 29

Burn t matches Wet wool Introduce O2 to remove

Question 30

Hydrogen sulfide h2s

Answer 30

Rotten eggs | Mercaptan problems

Question 31

FEW

Answer 31

Fruit Earth Wood

Question 32

Deductive tasting | Smell

Answer 32

``` Intensity Age Fruit Non fruit Few Wood ```

Question 33

Earthy aromas may indicate

Answer 33

Old world or European wine Inorganic notes, chalk, wet stones, minerality Organic aromas, damp leaves, mushrooms

Question 34

Wood aromas indicate

Answer 34

Oak aging | Barrel fermentation

Question 35

Taste wine to determine

Answer 35

``` Weight Acid,tannin,sugar,alcohol Changes from entry to finish Fruit non fruit Few Wood Finish Complexity ```

Question 36

ID keys | If wine is old or new world

Answer 36

Acidity level Earthiness Use of wood

Question 37

ID keys | Cool mod or warm climate wine

Answer 37

Acidity level | Alcohol level

Question 38

ID keys | Grape variety or blend

Answer 38

``` Color Rim variation Youth vs vinosity Quality of texture Quality of finish ```