Main Characteristics
Learn what to look out for every time you sniff or slurp a glass.
Guides>Tasting Guides>Main Characteristics
Acidity
How tangy a wine is.
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Alcohol
How much booze a wine has in it.
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Body
How rich or round a wine is.
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Earth
How to pick up the 'non-fruit' flavours in your wine
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Fruit Flavours
Picking out those all-important flavours in a glass.
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Minerality
Does a wine taste gravelly? Or salty? Could be thanks to the soils the vines were grown in.
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Oak
How to recognise the flavours that ageing a wine in oak barrels imparts.
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Sweetness
How much sugar a wine has in it.
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Tannin
How bitter a wine is, but also a textural thing - how it feels on your palate.
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