Community Tasting Note

• Heynetty wrote:

  June 11, 2018 - Wine Dojo - Week 13 - A Sticky Situation!!! (Annette's Place): Tasted Blind
  
  A: Pale amber
  N: Caramel, nuts (pecans and hazelnuts), salt, burnt sugar, acetylaldehyde, coffee and as K pointed out, malt. Medium (+) intensity.
  P: Dry, medium (+) acid, full body, medium (+) intensity and long finish. 19% alcohol
  C: This seems fully developed and BLIC? balanced, good length and intensity. Very Good quality. $21/bottle
  
  GUESSES:
  Guessed this was a Amontillado sherry but palo cortado is richer with more roasted flavors, coffee and molasses.
  
  MISTAKES:
  The coffee and molasses were apparent. should have called it.

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5 Comments

• Onthelees commented:

  6/16/18, 5:56 AM - I love your notes because I learn from them. What kind of tasting event was this?

• Heynetty commented:

  6/16/18, 2:08 PM - thanks onthelees, that is very kind. I am just aghast at how wrong i get it and how often. I figure the best approach is to record everything i can and then start really searching for patterns when i get a decent body of notes. Aiming for the 1000 mark before i break out the spreadsheet and start collating things.
  
  This tasting was part of my weekly wine tasting group.

• Onthelees commented:

  6/16/18, 9:44 PM - Did you assemble the tasting group? Are the attendees friends or people you met at other wine functions? This is a step I am thinking about taking

• Heynetty commented:

  6/17/18, 6:56 AM - I put an ad on the study forum of Guildsomm and got a couple of people. They invited a fellow somm, I invited some guys I taste with at my monthly group and a lady that I found via an ad on Nextdoor.com.
  
  I also recommend the Blind Six monthly wine shipment from SommSelect. It has really improved my blind tasting a lot.

• Onthelees commented:

  6/18/18, 8:53 PM - Manny thanks

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