Summarizes interesting taste phenomena including: taste blindness; taste modification; the role of heavy metals in taste perception. Describes the additional taste sensations that have been proposed such as: umami; water鈥恡aste; metallic; alkalinity and other gustatory effects such as pungency (burning...
Mouth (neat): curious and excellent. Loads of lemon, camphor, natural rubber, and always litres of Mediterranean seawater—where it’s at its saltiest, off the west coast of Sicily (according to our friends in western Sicily, ha). With water: superb juice, not complicated but as sharp ...
use your nose. Lift your fingers with the melted chocolate to your nose and cup your other hand around your fingers in front of your nose. This will help to capture the aromas. It should smell like deep, rich chocolate with floral, fruity or sugary (caramel) aromas—not metallic or medic...
It may also be found alongside notes like ‘mineral’ or ‘steely’, because certain high acidity wines can feel almost hard-edged in the mouth, lacking in sweet fruit flavours. Accompanying notes of more sour fruits, like green apples or pears, are relatively common. In wine, citrus is ca...
Mouth: rather rougher than the others this time, spicier, grittier… In a way, we’re closer to the XO that started this wee session. Lime, a touch of curry, some spicy (ginger) oak, a wee bit of turmeric… Really excellent, but it hasn’t quite got the ‘wow’ effect of both ...
the 1991. It shows an animal-poop-like, spicy nose that is actually quite attractive. On the palate the brett really shows, with cheesy, meaty, poopy flavours and a metallic finish. It is intensely savoury, and somewhat perversely, I quite like it. But there’s no doubt that this is ...
Puy BlanquetSaint Emilion: nose is a bit discrete, palate as well. tannins are somewhat metallic. not sure if this is really going to develop all that well; it seems just a bit stumped. 85 La SerreSaint Emilion: much better nose. the palate is more fluid, smoother. but I am not so...
Cherry and berry fruit on the nose with some spiciness. Complex and dense with lovely purity. The palate is earthy and spicy with firm tannins that really grip the mouth. Lovely acidity, too. A really dense, tight, complex wine that’s really structured. Needs time, but will probably be ...
Finish: warm and slightly metallic. Comment; no obvious distillery character could have come from Craigelllachie, Linkwood or Glen Elgin. Kavalan '"Solist" (Peaty Cask)' (54%, OB, for Whisky Live Paris,, C#R070507001, 114 Bts.) Krishna Nukala, Rich, restrained smoke, some fruits. ...
Tight Describes a wine's structure, concentration and body, as in a "tightly wound" wine. Closed or compact are similar terms. Tinny Metallic tasting. Tired Limp, feeble, lackluster. Toasty Describes a flavor derived from the oak barrels in which wines are aged. Also, a character that somet...