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Taste a wine
       
Visual exam
  Once the glass is filled with wine (not more than 3/4 of the bowl) keep it up towards a light source to ensure the wine is clean and clear. Now gently swirl the glass so the wine touches the inner surface of the bowl. Carefully examine the transparent trace left by the wine, called tear: if it slides slowly and shows a somewhat oily look this means the alcoholic gradation is high (generally a good sign) but if it evaporates then the wine has practically no body.
       
Olfactory exam
A good wine should have a pleasant bouquet which can taste of plum, cherry, citrus, tropical fruits and sometimes of fresh fruits, resin or even lacquer.
Bring the glass to the noise and skew it, then gently sniff the wine first with the left nostril then with the right nostril since every nostril perceives different properties: left nostril perceives bitterness and tannins; right nostril perceives aromatic intensity.
 

To make a balanced olfactory judgement wine must be sniffed with both nostrils at the same time, not more than three or four times. Wine's scent might differ according to its age: an old wine could have a spicy scent like coffe grains, chocolate or even leather.

It is important that the scent would not suggest anything weird, therefore it is wise to not hasten this exam.

       
Tasting
 

The secret is to hold the wine in mouth for a few seconds before letting it pass through. The wine in the glass should be gently swirled before savoring it to expose it to the air to enhance its taste.
The first contact with wine is through the papillae on the top of the tongue which perceive sweetness. Wine must be slightly inhaled with half-closed mouth.
Then it must be warmed up between tongue and palate, where bitterness, tannins and mineral salt are perceived. Finally the wine passes through leaving behind its general structure or body.

A good wine is made so by the persistance of the pleasant taste of fruits it leaves in the mouth.

       

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