How do You Know a Good Wine Taste Really Good?
It’s not possible to know by looking at the bottle and reading the notes on the back label if the wine is going to be good. Only a corkscrew, a glass, and your taste buds can do that. But isn’t it enough to say a wine is good if you like it? Choosing a good wine is completely subjective.
The good news is good wine is neither expensive nor old. So how do you know what makes for a good bottle of vino? Well, for starters, it’s deep, complex and stays with you long after you’ve tasted it. You’re saying, but there are so many. How do you choose? The general tasting rules of swirl, sniff and sip are a start, but there’s more to learn when determining if a wine is worthy of your taste buds and cash. Here there are 4 simple aspects of a wine to consider when deciding if the wine is of good quality:
Smell
The first is the smell. Even before you take a sip, stick your nose in the glass and take a whiff. Does it smell like wine? What do you smell? Chances are, the more you smell, the better the wine may taste. If so, it’s passed the first test. If however, it smells really bad, it probably is most likely to be corked and therefore, no good. If that’s the case, then pour it down the sink and open another.
Balance
There is a saying when you swirl the wine in your wine glass, does it have nice legs? You know those slender lines of liquid that slowly drip down the sides of the glass. Balance is an important aspect of a wine. If the high level of acidity makes your eyes water or the searing levels of tannins feel like you drank wool instead of wine, the wine is not balanced. If however, you notice a nice freshness to the wine, the tannins are supple and proportioned, the fruit is plentiful but not overpowering, and the alcohol is imperceptible. Then your wine has balance.
Depth
Wines with a depth of flavour are a lot of fun and if you are sipping one with dinner, you will notice how the wine changes during the course of the meal. It develops in your glass and more and more aromas and flavours come forward depending on what you are eating. A wine with a depth of flavour is certainly a candidate for good wine.
Taste
Use your taste buds to figure out how many different flavours you can pick up on. Hint: as long as it’s in balance and isn’t putrid-smelling, the more you can taste the more complex the wine. You simply swallow the wine and see how long the flavour lasts on your palate the longer it lingers, the better the wine. Once you’ve swallowed, the flavour drops right off and goes away in a split second, it’s probably not such high quality. When you can still taste the wine after 10 or more seconds, you may have hit a good quality wine indeed!
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