How many aromas and flavors can we really distinguish through our nose and palate? – Episode #12
Mar 16
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Today’s question is from Patrick in New Rochelle who asks “How many aromas and flavors can we really distinguish through our nose and palate?”.
Video sum up: How many aromas and flavors can we really distinguish through our nose and palate?
Basically there are four flavors that we can taste:
- bitterness
- saltiness
- sourness
- sweetness
Everything else is about your nose and your ability to memorize specific odors or aromas
If you read wine description you will see everything from fruits (pineapple, blackberry, cherry,…) to peppers or even to more man made smells like asphalt, milk chocolate ice cream…
Jeremy recommands you to spend time smelling wine and smelling the things around you like wood, your car or a baby diaper (!). Also use tasting notes to discover the nomenclature of terms used to describe wine.
Finally you can smell hundreds of things in wine, it is really up to you and your experience.
To go further
- The Wine Aroma Wheel
- Unleash your inner wine geek and scoop up the Aromaster
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