Same wine – Cabernet Sauvignon, same vintage, but 3 different barrels: Hungarian, American and French oak. We tasted all them blind to find out the difference. This barrel struggle was fun!
We have learnt the difference in taste between same wine matured in different barrels, it was a real magic to compare the influences of different kinds of oak, even though we struggled to decide which one is which.
This tasting experience also gave us a good example of the influence of different styles of wine on the palate. Be careful if you taste dry wine after sweet wine, this may not work properly! for you and your palate.
This kind of Wine Edutainment is a great experience for everyone, especially for wine students. I study for DipWSET recently and I found this tasting experience really helpful for developing my palate.
While organizing wine tours, I always include this kind of a blind tastings in our program. This amazing winery “Gürbüz Winery” is just one hour ride from Istanbul, Turkey and you can easily join my next wine tours and tasting events here:
www.wineinturkey.com
Thanks a lot to:
Akın Gürbüz and Gürbüz Winery for this Barrel Struggle Experience 🙂
Nadiya Bıçakçı for Co-Tasting