Definition: Taste (examination)

Analysis of a wine on the palate and in the aftertaste, which can be called gusto-olfactory analysis, because wine is "drunk" more with the nose than with the mouth and almost all of the aromas are discovered via the retro-nasal passage, or retro-olfaction. The palate perceives the four basic tastes (sweet, salty, sour, bitter) and their balance. It also appreciates tactile sensations (consistency, fluidity, smoothness), thermal sensations (temperature) and chemical sensations (astringency, gas). The examination ends with the perception of the length in the mouth or persistence, with the finish or end of the mouth.