WSET Level 3 EXAM
1. Clarity: clear or hazy (faulty)
2. Intensity: pale - medium - deep
3. Color:
White: lemon green-green-gold-amber-brown
Rose: pink - salmon - orange
Red: purple - ruby - garnet - tawny - brown
4. Other: legs/tears, deposit
WSET Wine tasting approach:
APPEARANCE
1. Condition: clean or unclean
2. Intensity: Light - M(-) - M - M(+) -pronounced
3. Aroma: fruits, flowers, spices, vegetables..
4. Development: youthful - developing - fully developed - tired/past its best
WSET Wine tasting approach:
NOSE
1. Sweetness: D-off D-M D-M S-S-Luscious
2. Acidity: Low - M(-) - M - M(+) - High
3. Tannin: Low - M(-) - M - M(+) - High
4. Alcohol: Low - M(-) - M - M(+) - High
Fortified wines: Low - M - High
5. Body: Light - M(-) - M - M(+) - High
6. Flavor int: Light - M(-) - M - M(+) - High
7. Flavor characteristic: Fruits, flowers, etc..
8. Other: texture, balance..
9. Finish: short - M(-) - M - M(+) - Long
WSET Wine tasting approach:
PALATE
1. Quality level: faulty-poor-acceptable-good-very good-outstanding
2. Level of readiness & potential for drinking:
1. Clarity: clear or hazy (faulty)
2. Intensity: pale - medium - deep
3. Color:
White: lemon green-green-gold-amber-brown
Rose: pink - salmon - orange
Red: purple - ruby - garnet - tawny - brown
4. Other: legs/tears, deposit
WSET Wine tasting approach:
APPEARANCE
1. Condition: clean or unclean
2. Intensity: Light - M(-) - M - M(+) -pronounced
3. Aroma: fruits, flowers, spices, vegetables..
4. Development: youthful - developing - fully developed - tired/past its best
WSET Wine tasting approach:
NOSE
1. Sweetness: D-off D-M D-M S-S-Luscious
2. Acidity: Low - M(-) - M - M(+) - High
3. Tannin: Low - M(-) - M - M(+) - High
4. Alcohol: Low - M(-) - M - M(+) - High
Fortified wines: Low - M - High
5. Body: Light - M(-) - M - M(+) - High
6. Flavor int: Light - M(-) - M - M(+) - High
7. Flavor characteristic: Fruits, flowers, etc..
8. Other: texture, balance..
9. Finish: short - M(-) - M - M(+) - Long
WSET Wine tasting approach:
PALATE
1. Quality level: faulty-poor-acceptable-good-very good-outstanding
2. Level of readiness & potential for drinking: