How to Identify Clarity in Wine Tasting
The smell, the taste, the texture and yes, let it breathe. Knowing what to drink, from where and when will enhance the pleasure of choosing a bottle of wine. One of the first steps is identifying the clarity of the wine before tasting it. Clarity in wine is how clear the wine is. Does this Spark an idea?
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How to Identify Clarity in Wine Tasting
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The very first step in testing the clarity of wine is to make sure that the wine glasses that you are using are very clean. Any dingy areas, water spots and so forth might cloud the wine from the glass and have no bearing on the clarity of the wine. This is a step that is often skipped but makes a huge difference with clean glasses versus water spotted one.
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Pour the wine into a wine clean wine glass. A simple step, but it is too hard to see the clarity from inside the wine bottle. Most wine bottles are often colored and make it so we can not judge the clarity of the wine through the bottle.
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Clarity of the wine is completely dependant on the appearance of the wine. Clarity is the first step in judging a wine since it is the first thing that people will be able to see about the wine.
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Look at the wine through the wine glass. The easiest thing to spot is if the wine is cloudy, murky or even dirty looking. These are signs that the wine has poor wine clarity. Even if the wine has aged, there should not be a cloudy or murky feel to the wine itself.
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Check to see if there is something in the wine. Anything floating in the wine such as cork gives the wine a poor clarity rating. Also is often a sign that something may have gone off with the wine or that it is not the best quality. Unless when opening the wine bottle, the cork was shoved into the bottle. Once this occurs it is difficult to see if the bits were there before the cork entered the wine or if it was something there only afterwards. In testing clarity this needs to be avoided if possible.
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While judging for clarity is making sure the wine is basically clear and without anything in the liquid. This shows that the wine has good clarity.
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Tips & Warnings
This works with all types of wines; red, whites and blush.
Always drink alcohol responsibly.
