What we taste for in Palate 1: When the wine hits your palate, pay most attention to these key “structural” elements: Level of ACIDITY (mouthwatering), TANNINS (drying texture) or bitterness, ALCOHOL (heat – most noticed after you swallow, at the back of the throat and in the nose), SWEETNESS (from sugar, and added viscosity and weight), and BODY (thin and light or full and round).
What we taste for in Palate 1: When the wine hits your palate, pay most attention to these key “structural” elements: Level of ACIDITY (mouthwatering), TANNINS (drying texture) or bitterness, ALCOHOL (heat – most noticed after you swallow, at the back of the throat and in the nose), SWEETNESS (from sugar, and added viscosity and weight), and BODY (thin and light or full and round).  Note all textures, how smooth or rough, including any bubbles, their feel.