Your nose doesn't need to take a dip in your wine, but make sure it's close enough that you can pick up important notes (notes is wine-speak for aromas or flavors).
Give it a sniff: Your nose does a lot of the heavy lifting in identifying flavors. Do you smell a fruit? Now give it a swirl. Your nose doesn't need to take a dip in your wine, but make sure it's close enough that you can pick up important notes (notes is wine-speak for aromas or flavors).