{"id":192,"date":"2023-08-02T02:39:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T02:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cykpshekmun.direct.quickconnect.to\/wordpress\/?p=192"},"modified":"2025-07-29T17:20:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:20:49","slug":"wine-tasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cykp.biz\/wordpress\/wine-tasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine Tasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-192\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-192-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-192-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-192-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Here at CYKP, <em>Life Style<\/em> is part of the the ethos of what and why we embarked on this journey. As part of the <em>Life Style<\/em>, one of the initiatives was to <em><strong>\"bring like minded people together\"<\/strong><\/em>, and to execute on part of this initiative we are using <strong>Wine Tasting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some detail <a href=\"\/wordpress\/document-library\/\">CYKP Wine Tasting notes<\/a> which we have put together.<\/p>\n<p>Here we have created a simple forum where you can share your own wine tasting notes: <a href=\"https:\/\/cykp.biz\/wordpress\/forums\/forum\/wine-tasting-notes\/\">CYKP Wine Tasting sharing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We will encourage the use of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsetglobal.com\/knowledge-centre\/wset-systematic-approach-to-tasting-sat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSET SAT<\/a> (Systematic Approach to Tasting), either using the Level 2 or Level 3 lexicons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cykp.biz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WSET-L3-Lexicon-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-325 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cykp.biz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WSET-L3-Lexicon-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cykp.biz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WSET-L3-Lexicon-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cykp.biz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WSET-L3-Lexicon-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cykp.biz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WSET-L3-Lexicon-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cykp.biz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WSET-L3-Lexicon-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cykp.biz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WSET-L3-Lexicon-2048x1448.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Appearance:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Red<\/u>: Viewing the wine directly down\n<ul>\n<li>Pale - Clearly see the stem of the glass through the liquid<\/li>\n<li>Medium - Between Pale and Deep<\/li>\n<li>Deep - Unable to see the stem of the glass through the liquid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">White<\/span>: Viewing the wine at a 45 degree angle\n<ul>\n<li>Pale - Watery at the rim<\/li>\n<li>Medium - Between Pale and Deep<\/li>\n<li>Deep - Pigment reaches almost to the rim<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Colour:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Red<\/span>: Assess near the rim of the glass due to the \u201cdarkness\u201d of the liquid if viewed with depth\n<ul>\n<li>Purple - Blue or Purple<\/li>\n<li>Ruby - Most common colour<\/li>\n<li>Garnet - Orange or Brown, but more Red than Brown<\/li>\n<li>Tawny - More Brown than Red<\/li>\n<li>Brown - No Red<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">White<\/span>: Assess where there is sufficient liquid at depth as near the rim it will be almost colourless\n<ul>\n<li>Lemon - Most common colour<\/li>\n<li>Gold - Hint or Orange or Brown<\/li>\n<li>Amber - Noticeable level of Browning<\/li>\n<li>Brown - No Orange<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Development: <\/strong>The \u201cstage\u201d of the wine<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Youthful - Primary and \/ or Secondary only<\/li>\n<li>Developing - Has Tertiary notes<\/li>\n<li>Fully Developed - &gt; 80% Tertiary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Acidity: <\/strong>Your mouth will produce saliva depending on how acidic the wine is; the more acidic the more saliva you will produce and for how long;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Low - Little to no saliva<\/li>\n<li>Med(-) - x seconds<\/li>\n<li>Med - x seconds<\/li>\n<li>Med(+) - x seconds<\/li>\n<li>High - x seconds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tannins<\/strong>: The \u201crough\u201d sensation in your mouth;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Low - No sense or slight sense on tongue<\/li>\n<li>Med(-) - Some sense on tongue<\/li>\n<li>Med - Tongue + cheek + teeth<\/li>\n<li>Med(+) - Tongue + cheek + teeth + start on gum<\/li>\n<li>High - Tonge + cheek + teeth + gum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Alcohol:\u00a0<\/strong>The feeling of \u201cwarmth\u201d and how far the \u201cwarmth\u201d travels after taking a sip of the wine; the warmer and further it goes, such as the \u201cwarm\u201d feeling to your stomach will be \u201chigh\u201d alcohol<\/p>\n<p><strong>Body:\u00a0<\/strong>Comparison of the viscous of the wine with water to \u201cfull fat milk\u201d with water been \u201clight body\u201d and \u201cfull fat milk\u201d been \u201cfull body\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flavour Intensity<\/strong>: Using the scale of how close you need to smell the aromas of the wine will define the Nose Intensity. The Flavour Intensity is defined as if the palette is the same as the nose (then the Flavour Intensity is the same as the Nose Intensity), however if the palette is \u201cstronger\u201d than the Nose Intensity then the Flavour Intensity will be higher than the Nose Intensity (in this case, for example if the nose intensity was a Med, but the palette was stronger, then the Flavour Intensity will be a Med(+) or even Pronounced), and vice-versa if the palette is lighter than the Nose Intensity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finish<\/strong>: How long the flavours linger in your mouth, the primary, secondary and tertiary flavours; not the \u201cwarm\u201d feeling from the alcohol. For example how long can you still \u201ctaste\u201d the fruits or dried fruits (tertiary) flavours after taking the sip of wine.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Short: 1-2 seconds<\/li>\n<li>Med(-): 3-5 seconds<\/li>\n<li>Med: 10 seconds<\/li>\n<li>Med(+): &gt; 15 seconds<\/li>\n<li>Long: &gt; 20 seconds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Quality<\/strong>: Using BLIC, move down one ranking for each category the wine does NOT meet (with full marks, such as Intensity is pronounced). That is from Outstanding (meets all BLIC), Very Good (one BLIC not met), Good (two BLIC not met), Acceptable (three BLIC not met), Poor (does not have one BLIC). Note a Med(+) is counted as 1\/2 point, such as if both Length and Intensity are Med(+) then the wine has just lost one ranking.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>B - Balance<\/li>\n<li>L - Length<\/li>\n<li>I - Intensity<\/li>\n<li>C - Complexity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In general, the following are the key factors affecting wine:<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; background-color: #b4b4b4; height: 24px;\"><strong>Natural Factors<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; background-color: #b4b4b4; height: 24px;\"><b>Human Factors<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\">- Grape<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\">- Grape Growing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\">- Climate<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\">- Wine Making<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\">- Weather<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\">- Maturation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\">- Soil<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\">- Market Force<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here at CYKP, Life Style is part of the the ethos of what and why we embarked on this journey. 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