Have you ever encountered this situation when you were at a party? When you open a bottle of wine, there are always people around you who can easily tell a variety of aromas, but we have no feeling, and we are in a state of self-doubt! Why can everyone smell the aroma of wine, but I can't! Don't worry, after reading this article, you will get new skills!
When I first practice smelling, I always have a “familiar smell, but I don’t want it to come out”. To truly understand the smell of fragrance, the first thing to know is: the most common type of aroma in wine.
Generally speaking, the aroma of wine can be divided into three types according to the source:
1. Variety aroma or fruity aroma _span strong Every wine must have the most basic fragrance, which can be subdivided into several fragrances such as flowers, fruits, plants, spices, and soil.
For example: red wine has dark flowers, red and black fruits and spices, etc. The aroma will be more obvious; white wine usually has rich fruit, white flowers and honey aroma. In addition, some varieties will have a unique smell. For example, the black currant flavor of Cabernet Sauvignon, the black pepper flavor of Syrah , and the lychee flavor of Ginger Jelly .
2. Fermented aroma
two types of aroma, mainly derived from fermentation and winemaking process.
The two most common aromas in wine are yeast, bread dough, cream, etc., in oak barrels fermented, mature wine, vanilla, smoke Chocolate and other flavors.
Third, aged aroma or mellow
three types of aromas, which are long-aged wines.
This means that young wines generally do not have this type of aroma. For example: leather, nuts, Chinese medicine, soil and other scents can be smelled in aged wine.
The above three types of aromas are the aromas that may appear in wines of normal quality. But there is some taste,It shouldn't appear in normal liquor. Their existence shows that the quality of this wine is problematic. If you smell the wine with wet cardboard, rotten fruits, vinegar, rotten eggs, onions and other unpleasant or even pungent odors, it is mostly because the bottle of wine has defects: cork contamination, sulfide Excessive and excessive oxidation, etc.
So how can we train to smell more scent accurately?
Because everyone has different perceptions of flavors and how much they smell, it is difficult to remember all the flavors, so you need to drink as much as possible and practice and practice. So how do we practice?
01. Shake the cup to smell the fragrance
When smelling the fragrance, pick up the wine glass and gently shake it to allow the wine to fully contact with the air Go out, wait 1-2 seconds, concentrate, take a deep breath at the wine in the glass, and slowly feel the most natural and pure aroma of the wine.
If you are tasting a wine, please note whether the aroma is pure, whether the aroma is concentrated and strong, and what the aroma makes you think of.
02, drink more
second,Just drink more. Drinking more is not just drinking casually, but subconsciously choosing a single variety of wine with typical aromas, so that your sense of smell, taste buds and brain can remember: how these aromas behave in the wine .
03. Communicate more
We can meet a few like-minded drinkers to train, learn, communicate, and share the money. And it’s so lonely and depressing to drink alone~
Because the sense of smell is very subjective, if you practice alone, you can’t ensure that your judgment is correct. Furthermore, in the process of communication, we should stick to ourselves and not be easily “led away”. After all, different people's personal experiences and taste preferences will affect the judgment of the aroma of the wine. Therefore, different people have different evaluations of the same wine.
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