Is tasting red wine really such a mysterious thing?

To be honest, there are too many "tasters" in China now, and not many of them truly understand their tastes. It is not difficult to distinguish the taste when tasting wine. Next time you go to the market to buy food, pay more attention to the smell. Many common food smells in daily life can actually be found in wine. If it's too much trouble, just buy a set of wine noses and remember the aroma firmly. In fact, many people think that there is nothing special about wine tasting. It is just that wine tasters will pay more attention to the common tastes in daily life, and then look for the corresponding feelings in the wine. There is actually no threshold for wine tasting. As long as you have a normal sense of smell and taste, practice more, and learn more about wine, anyone can taste it. For example, I have been studying wine for about 5 years, and only one or two years have passed when I really studied systematically. Now I can go into the specific common grape varieties and production areas during blind tasting. Now let’s go back to what I said at the beginning, why I say that there are too many “tasters” in China. It may be influenced by TV, especially TV series such as God's Drops. The impression given to everyone is that the sommeliers are all awesome. They pick up the wine, smell it, take a sip, and then talk about a bunch of aroma terms and wineries. , the year is revealed. This is indeed a skill that sommeliers need, but it is not all. What everyone should understand is that the job of a sommelier is to correctly evaluate a wine. How to correctly evaluate a wine, my personal understanding is that there is no mistake, it must be in line with the variety, production area, craft characteristics, and finally see if there is anything new. Wine tasting is a skill that requires experience and knowledge. The questioner should be able to understand the process and psychological activities during wine tasting. Let’s take the wine tasting words in the title question as an example. Although there is nothing in this wine review, only the aroma, a description of the wine body, the length of the aftertaste, the feeling of tannins, the skeleton, the structure, etc. are not mentioned. "The nose has aromas of earth, black cherry, licorice and black olives, followed by blackberries, ripe umeboshi and spices on the palate, ending with an aftertaste of black currants, cloves and a hint of leather." Get it For a wine, first look at the color. The aroma in the wine tasting is the aroma of red wine, so let’s talk about red wine. First look at the color. The depth of the color can tell the age of the wine. It can also help exclude certain varieties and give us a preliminary clue. Then start the olfactory part, earth, black cherry, licorice, black olive, here we need to classify, black cherry is fruity, licorice, black olive is spicey, the reason for the fruity flavor may be the characteristics of the grape itself, or it may be the brewing process Or the reason is climate, so it can only give us a basic concept. As for the spice, it's probably from the grapes themselves, so keep that clue in mind. The same goes for the entrance. Blackberry is a fruity flavor, and the flavors of ripe ebony and spice should be brought by the oak barrel. This is a craft feature, remember. As for the fact that it has such a complex aftertaste, it shows that the level of this wine is definitely not low. Blackcurrant and clove are respectively fruity and spicy, which are very similar to the previous characteristics. As for the leather smell, it should be because the soil where it was grown contains iron, which brings the aroma of animals. Based on these clues, this wine is likely to come from a more tropical area (because the fruit aroma is very strong, and the subject also said that it feels sweet, indicating that the grapes are highly mature), and will be aged in oak barrels ( Mainly inferred from ripe ebony plums). The appearance of fruity and spicy flavors gave me the idea that it might be a blend, so I thought that this wine might be a village wine from Bordeaux, or a wine from the southern Rhone Valley. What I said is just my guess, it may not be correct because my knowledge reserve is not enough. Wine tasting is an essential skill for those engaged in the wine industry. Wine tasting itself is not difficult, but the accumulation of knowledge and experience is difficult. The job of a sommelier is not just to give such wine reviews. The job of a sommelier is to evaluate a wine and understand whether it is good or bad and whether it can be marketed to the corresponding audience.