Ooooo...That Smell: Using the Aroma Wheel

A very useful resource in Wine Tasting is the Aroma Wheel. It provides a visual graphic of the different categories and aroma components that one encounters in wine. The terminology used is standardized for use by both professionals and amateur wine tasters. Aroma is identified by the olfactory bulb through inhalation of the wine's scent and is used to identify the flavors from the grape itself. Bouquet refers to compounds that can affect the flavors, such as sugar, oak, and acid. The Aroma Wheel can be used to identify both a wine's unique favorable attributes as well as it's faults.

Learn more about the Wine Aroma Wheel or purchase one for your home or wine cellar.