Wine Grading

Body Notes

The ‘body’ of the wine is generally classified as three varying types, light, medium, and heavy. This refers to the alcohol content of the specific wine, resulting in varying richness and complexity of each wine.

The tasting ‘notes’ refer to the underlying flavors that hit your pallete and continue to develop as you continue to taste. This may range from mineral to floral and many more depending on each specific process.

Sweetness Aroma

Depending on the type of wine, the sugar content will vary much-like the alcohol content. During the fermentation process, some wines will be topped with sugars to aid in the fermentation, thus resulting in a sweeter wine.

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Old Wine or Old Vine?

Depending on the type of wine, the sugar content will vary much-like the alcohol content. During the fermentation process, some wines will be topped with sugars to aid in the fermentation, thus resulting in a sweeter wine.

did you know that oftentimes wineries that are making high quality wine practice what is called fruit thinning? It is also known as cluster thinning. This is a process where a certain amount of fruit is removed from the vine to leave less grapes for the vine to support. This process results in the remaining fruit being better quality due to there being less fruit sharing nutrients from the vine.

What’s interesting is that this process happens naturally as vines age. As grape vines age, they produce less and less fruit. The less fruit that is produced, the more intense the concentration of nutrients is in the grapes that are produced and this can lead to phenomenal wine.