What makes a wine taste good is the body, texture and structure of the wine as a whole. Whether the body is light or heavy, whether the texture is oily or rough, and whether the structure is balanced or not, if these 3 factors combine to bring a pleasant feeling, then the wine is undoubtedly good.

The wine tastes salty, fresh, sour, sweet, bitter and astringent in the mouth, but these flavors, which can be perceived by the taste buds, are not the mouthfeel. Mouthfeel is just the feeling that the wine brings to your mouth. Whether you will feel dryness in your mouth, whether you will feel graininess, whether the wine will be smooth and tasty or rough and firm, and whether it will irritate your mouth when you enter your mouth, are some of the issues to be considered.

Taste is a very important element in the sensory characteristics of red wine, referring to the sensory sensation of red wine in the mouth, this feeling is not the taste buds perceived as sweet, sour, bitter, salty and fresh flavors. The mouth feel of red wine is influenced by various components within the liquid, such as tannins with astringency, acid with sharpness, alcohol with a burning sensation, sugar with a sense of thickness or viscosity, and so on.

Categorization of taste related to wine

(1) Particulate: the sensation of particulate matter in the mouth as the wine moves. Words describing particulate include Talc, Wet Clay, Powder, Plaster, Chalky, etc.

(1) Particulate: The feeling of particles in the mouth when the wine moves.

(2) Surface Smoothness: the feeling of the surface of the mouth in contact with the wine. Words describing surface smoothness include animal fur (Furry), velvet (Velvet), silk (Silk), suede (Suede), golden steel sand (Emery), and so on.

(3) Complexity (Complex): astringency, flavor and acidity balance, the three interact to form a pleasant feeling. Words used to describe complexity include Soft, Supple, Fleshy and Rich.

(4) Drying: The mouth is dry due to lack of lubrication. Words describing drying include Numbing, Parching, and Dry.

(5) Dynamic: involves the sensation of movement of the mouth. Words describing Dynamic include Pucker, Chewy, Grippy and Adhesive.

(6) Roughness (Harsh): the unpleasant sensation produced by a rough imbalance between acidity and astringency. Words that can describe the sense of roughness are hard (Hard), rough (Abrasive), aggressive (Aggressive) and so on.