This document discusses how wine tasting sheets can help new wine enthusiasts systematically evaluate wines. It provides templates for wine tasting sheets that guide users to record key details about the wine's appearance, aroma, flavor, and their overall impressions. The sheets promote close examination of wines using all the senses and create a written record of tastings that can help users remember specific wines over time.
2. Wine Tasting Can Be Bewildering
Or Intimidating To New Wine Enthusiasts
There Are Just Too Many
Things To Remember
3. Wine Tasting Sheets
1. Remind you what to look for in a wine.
2. Let you write down what your observe.
3. Help you remember specific wines.
They help you observe using your
senses of sight, smell and taste.
4. Basic Wine Tasting Steps
1. Open the wine.
2. Look at the wine.
3. Smell the wine.
4. Sip the wine.
5. Savor the flavor.
6. Swallow or spit.
7. Write down your impressions.
5. Record The Basic Information
• Name of the wine
• Producer of the wine
• Vintage year
• Country or Region of production
• Alcohol percent
• Price
• UPC
6. Record What You See
• The Hue (color) • The Color Depth (Intensity)
• greenish • pale
• yellow • medium
• gold • deep
• amber • dark
• purplish
• ruby
• red
• garnet
• brick
• brown
• pink
• salmon
• orange
• copper
7. Record What You Smell
• Aromas • Aroma Depth (Intensity)
• woody • low
• earthy • moderate
• pungent • strong
• chemical
• floral
• fruity
• spicy
• herbal
• nutty
8. Record What You Taste
• Sweetness • Acidity • Flavor Intensity
• dry • tart/bitter • weak
• off dry • smooth • moderate
• medium sweet • strong
• sweet
• exceptionally sweet
9. Record The Flavors You Taste
• Red Wine • White Wine
• juicy • bone dry
• fruity • tangy
• silky • nutty
• strawberryish • ripe fruit
• black currantish • aromatic
• spicy • rich sweetness
• herby
• earthy
10. Record Your Overall Impression
• How you score it from 1 to 10
• Would you buy it again
• What was your overall impression (in your own words)
