The Court of Master Sommeliers teaches a deductive method of tasting, and the grid is that method written down: six stages, taken in order, most of them with a short scale of terms to choose from. Its purpose is to taste and describe a wine accurately, and to build taste references that lead to logical conclusions.
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The deductive tasting grid, step by step
The Court’s tasting grid in order, from the first look at the glass to the final conclusion, as the Deductive Tasting Workbook sets it out.
- Document
- CMS Deductive Tasting Workbook 24.2
- Inside
- The grid, descriptor sheets, a worked example and a worksheet
- Stages
- 6
Inside the document
- Court of Master Sommeliers — Deductive Tasting Grid
- Court of Master Sommeliers — Aroma/Flavour Descriptors
- Example — Logical Progression of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Aromas/Flavours in Three Wines
- Tasting Worksheet Template
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