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    Tasting - Spirits Diploma

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    WSET(r) Systematic Approach to Spirit Tasting (Diploma) CHECKLIST: EXAMPLES OF TASTING TERMS APPEARANCE Clarity Intensity Colour white golden brown coloured bright - clear - dull - hazy - cloudy ( faulty? ) water-white - pale - medium (-) - medium - medium (+) - deep - opaque colourless - green - lemon-green - lemon gold -

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    WSET(r) Systematic Approach to Spirit Tasting (Diploma) CHECKLIST: EXAMPLES OF TASTING TERMS APPEARANCE Clarity Intensity Colour white golden brown coloured bright - clear - dull - hazy - cloudy ( faulty? ) water-white - pale - medium (-) - medium - medium (+) - deep - opaque colourless - green - lemon-green - lemon gold -

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    WSET Systematic Approach to Spirit Tasting (Diploma)

    CHECKLIST: EXAMPLES OF TASTING TERMS


    APPEARANCE
    Clarity bright clear dull hazy cloudy ( faulty? )
    Intensity water-white pale medium (-) medium medium (+) deep opaque
    Colour white colourless green lemon-green lemon
    golden gold amber copper
    brown tawny mahogany brown
    coloured pink red orange yellow green blue purple brown black ( natural/synthetic? )

    Other observations ( eg legs/tears, louching )

    NOSE
    Condition clean faulty ( fault: feinty woody TCA stale - other taint )
    Intensity neutral light medium (-) medium medium (+) pronounced
    Maturation unaged rested short ageing matured very aged (rancio)
    Aroma fruit/floral vegetable/grain botanical/herbal oak sweetness other
    characteristics
    Other observations ( eg changes of character after adding water to the sample )

    PALATE
    Sweetness dry off-dry medium (-) - medium medium (+) sweet luscious

    Alcohol soft smooth integrated warming harsh


    Body light medium (-) medium medium (+) full
    Flavour intensity neutral light medium (-) medium medium (+) pronounced
    Flavour fruit/floral vegetable/grain botanical/herbal oak sweetness other
    characteristics
    Other observations ( eg tannins, texture, balance, effect of adding water )
    Length short medium (-) medium medium (+) long
    Finish balance complexity cleanness

    CONCLUSIONS
    Quality faulty poor acceptable good very good outstanding
    Reasons for quality eg balance, length, concentration, complexity, typicity
    Origins ( if applicable eg Cognac, Islay )
    Raw materials ( eg grapes, other fruits, grains, agave, sugar cane, molasses )
    Style ( eg VSOP, Reposado )
    Price ( approximate retail price ):

    Copyright Wine & Spirit Education Trust 2009

    Spirits SAT 06.09


    WSET Systematic Approach to Spirit Tasting (Diploma)
    AROMA AND FLAVOUR CHARACTERISTICS (SPIRITS AND LIQUEURS)

    FRUITY (ESTERY) fresh or cooked? natural or synthetic?


    Citrus orange, tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, lime

    Green Fruit apple (green/ripe?) gooseberry, pear

    Stone Fruit apricot, peach

    Red Fruit raspberry, red cherry, plum, redcurrant, strawberry

    Black Fruit blackberry, black cherry, blackcurrant

    Tropical Fruit banana, kiwi, lychee, mango, melon, passion fruit, pineapple

    Dried Fruit fig, prune, raisin, sultana, citrus peel, fruit cake

    FLORAL
    Blossom elderflower, orange blossom

    Flowers rose, violet, perfume, lavender, lilac, dried flowers

    SPICE
    Sweet anise, fennel, liquorice, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, cardamom

    Pungent black/white pepper, cumin

    VEGETAL
    Botanicals/herbs juniper, coriander, basil, rosemary, thyme, sage, lemongrass, mint

    Fresh asparagus, bell pepper, mushroom

    Herbaceous grass, hay, eucalyptus, blackcurrant leaf, wet leaves, conifer

    Kernel chocolate, coffee, hazelnut, almond, coconut, cashew

    OTHER
    Cereal husk, porridge, barley, rye, linseed, malt, flour

    Oak toast, coffee, cedar, char, spice, sherry, sawdust

    Sweetness corn, vanilla, butterscotch, menthol, caramel, burnt sugar, toffee, molasses

    Peat (phenolic) peat, medicinal, smoked fish, earthy, smoky, seaweed

    Animal leather, meaty, gravy, yeast extract

    Solvent peardrop, turpentine, paint, varnish

    Feinty wax, leather, biscuits, tobacco, cheese, sweat, plastic

    Sulphur rubber, spent matches, boiled cabbage, drains

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    The copyright in the WSET Systematic Approach to Tasting (Diploma) is the property of the Wine & Spirit Education
    Trust, which also owns the moral rights therein. WSET is a Registered Trademark of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.
    The WSET Systematic Approach to Tasting (Diploma) may be reproduced freely without royalty or fee upon terms that:
    i. it is reproduced in full, without alteration, omission or addition:
    ii the title WSET Systematic Approach to Tasting (Diploma) is always included therewith:
    iii the Wine & Spirit Education Trust is acknowledged as the author thereof:
    iv the foregoing copyright claim is reproduced in full in connection with every publication thereof.

    Spirits SAT 06.09

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