First, here’s a quick introduction to the art of wine tasting so it holds no more secrets for you!
And who better to guide you than an expert in the field?
We hope you enjoyed the tasting 🍷
You love wine, but wine doesn’t love you back. No matter how hard you sniff the corks for faults, all you can smell is cork. You look but see nothing, sniff but smell nothing, sip but taste nothing… Is rosé a blend of red and white? You’ve still got a long way to go, but with practice and plenty of tasting, you’ll get there!
You certainly want to become a true master of wine tasting; what you lack is practice. You clearly aspire to be a sommelier, but your senses aren’t quite sharp enough yet and all wines taste much the same. But don’t despair: if Beethoven could become a musical virtuoso despite being deaf, there’s hope that one day you’ll be able to tell a Chardonnay from a Champagne. Train your nose and your taste buds – that’s the only way
Perhaps you spend too much time deciphering the label and not enough analysing what’s in your INAO tasting glass. But you have a taste for adventure: you’re curious about everything and fearlessly hack your way through the jungle of vines. You make mistakes, get lost and fall down, but you always get back up. You have the spirit of a budding wine expert: don’t despair, you’re on the right wine trail!
You’ve been initiated into the order of fine bottles. You may not yet be a grand master of wine tasting, but you have the discipline and curiosity to become one. Perhaps you can’t yet detect subtle notes of yuzu at the end of the second nose of an obscure little wine with pronounced minerality, but you know exactly what you like and what you don’t – and that’s already a lot!
Your tasting precision borders on witchcraft. You’d think you’d fallen into an oak barrel as a child! You’ve mastered the art of wine tasting, know the most advanced techniques inside out and have senses as sharp as a professional sommelier’s. You certainly know your way around a bottle… You’re not far from absolute perfection!
You’re the Mozart of wine tasting, the Picasso of the Pomerol wine cellars, the Einstein of pairing aged Savagnin with 36-month-aged Comté and a pinch of salt! At a glance, you can tell Mourvèdre from Tannat. Your senses have reached godlike heights: you can pick out the most unlikely aromas in any bottle in seconds. You’ve crossed to the other side: you no longer just taste wine, you write its destiny.
