Upfront fruit with a savoury finish…
Floral bouquet with nuances of cigar box…
Meaty and complex…

Tasting wine with a connoisseur who is able to identify many tastes and flavours, can be quite intimidating. But do not be overwhelmed. The most important part of wine tasting is deciding whether you like the wine or not.

Having said that, knowing a bit more about the wine – where the grapes originate from, whether the wine was matured in barrels, how long it was matured, what the blend is, etc. – will help you to better understand and appreciate what is in your glass. In stead of intimidating, wine tasting can become quite an exhilarating experience.

Once you are hooked, you would probably like to know more and although it is no easy task identifying a wine without its label, you will become familiar with the most obvious differences between various cultivars.

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