Evaluating Wine Terms

Common Words Used As Evaluating Wine Terms

Evaluating wine terms are specific words and/or terms that are commonly used when tasting wine and evaluating its quality and style.

These specific evaluating wine terms gives you an idea as to what flavors may be in the wine. Fruity or earthy, maybe woody or spicy are a few of the common terms you will see when reading tasting notes that were written by wine tasters, the winemaker or the winery.

This helps to keep the descriptions of the tasting notes consistent. The more you taste wine and read about a wine you will find that all these terms will assist you when you buying wine.

Evaluate Wine

Wine is evaluated to determine the wine's quality and style.

The sense of smell is probably the most important element when evaluating wine. We smell the wine's aromas and then its bouquet. The aromas are formed from the more than 400 organic molecules which naturally comes from the grape. The "bouquet" we smell is developed when the wine matures or ages which is noticeable in older red wine.

When we evaluate a wine's appearance it determines aesthetically how a wine looks. The right lighting plays an important role and using a white background for the glass of wine is helpful. This white background allows the light to be reflected which assists in the proper evaluation of the wine without altering the look and color of the wine.

Wine Evaluation Sheet

Here is a sample of a wine tasting evaluation sheet. You can adjust it to your preferences if necessary. Use it as a guide to make your wine tasting notes.

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