VinoLoverA blind tasting is a real challenge for any sommelier or wine lover. Here, we offer you some tips that we learned during our trip to Galicia, where our CEO Claudio Comella did a blind tasting together with two greats in the field, José Luis Aragunde and Eulogio Pomares.
Some expert tips
1. First impressions are everything
The first impression you get when you smell and drink the wine is the one that counts the most. If after smelling the glass you are clear about the area, the producer or the variety, listen to your intuition. It is very easy to get lost. Therefore, if you are clear from the beginning, do not stray from that origin.
2. Group wine styles by zones
One strategy to start narrowing down the options is to associate which areas usually offer wines of the style you are tasting. For example, there are usually similarities between California and Bordeaux; Rhône and Piedmont; Burgundy and Galicia for red wines, etc. From there, we can then go further and further down the line.
3. Go layer by layer
Strip the wine as if it were a Russian doll, investigating the texture, the type of maturity, the style of vinification, with the aim of narrowing it down and thus being able to point to a specific area.
4. Taste, taste and taste a lot
There is no better way than training your palate to compose ideas. Besides, the more wines you have in your mental and sensory repertoire, the more you will be able to guess what is in each bottle.
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