Exercise 5.1 113
STEPS
1.Buy the wines.
2.Chill the white wines.
3.Distribute the placemats (Figures 2.4a and 2.4b) and set up the glasses.
4.Open the white wines and pour them in order of driest to sweetest.
5.Taste the wines in order and evaluate them (consider the six S’s). Record your observations on the Wine Sweetness Level sheet
(Figure 5.1).
____________________________________________________________Wine: ________________________ Producer: ___________________ Vintage:_______0 5 10
Dry to SweetWine: ________________________ Producer: ___________________ Vintage:_______Wine: ________________________ Producer: ___________________ Vintage:_______Wine: ________________________ Producer: ___________________ Vintage:_______Wine: ________________________ Producer: ___________________ Vintage:_______Wine: ________________________ Producer: ___________________ Vintage:_______0
0
0
0
0
5
5
5
5
5
10
10
10
10
10
Dry to SweetDry to SweetDry to SweetDry to SweetDry to SweetEvaluator’s Name:Figure 5.1
Wine Sweetness Levela.Focus on identifying the differences in sweetness level. Do the differences you perceive match those in Table 5.1? Is it difficult
to determine differences in sweetness level?
b.What are the taste differences? Does acidity or alcohol impact your perception of sweetness?