I wanted to highlight this event a little bit more for because Im certain we have some wine lovers out there who would love to know a bit more about how to know whats what within that glass of wine. So if this is for you, read on......... Not all are green ๐ข - Live Class June 10, 3:00 PM EDT
Here's what happens when you stop being sensory curious.
And it almost cost me the chance to attend an amazing tasting experience.๐ท
I hadn't signed up for this tasting because I have little affinity for this varietal. However, when I was offered a free ticket, I hesitated and accepted "to be polite."
Here I was, in the Sensory Theatre of the Robert Mondavi Institute, seated in front of 12 glasses, filled with a different Cabernet Sauvignon sample.
For me, Cabernet Sauvignon is both ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต: two descriptors that make me usually say "no, thanks."
If you have tasted different varietal wines for some time, chances are that you have also built representations of certain varietal wines.
Maybe:
โข Banana candy for Beaujolais nouveau
โข Oaky and buttery for Chardonnay
โข Grapefruit and peach for Sauvignon blanc
But this tasting changed my mind.
These 12 wines tasted all different.
Yes, there were two, which I described as "green and astringent."
But the other samples had different flavour profiles.
โข Some were floral and spicy
โข Some were dark berries with sweet aromatics
โข Some were very complex, with floral, spicy, chocolate, and fruity flavours .
That's why I'm excited to host ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ next Wednesday.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
๐๐'๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ป๐ฒ๐
๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ:๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฝ.๐บ. ๐๐๐ง (๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ).
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐น๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด. Each month, we expand our wine palate through sensory practice.
Not only will you have ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ in Cabernet Sauvignon wines and their origin, but you will also have ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ in wine.
๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด.
That way, you'll be ready to start unlocking your senses and improving your wine palate, one wine style at a time.