Swirling

[Innkeeper]

Hi Ron, and welcome to the Wine Board. Swirling and sniffing should be a part of enjoying all wine. The latter is enhanced by the former. Opening the olfactory sense contributes mightily to the overall sense of taste. Frequently the same fruit and sweet sensations the the nose picks up are also detected by the taste buds concentrated on the front or tip of the tongue (all taste buds are distributed all over the tongue, but some are concentrated in different parts). This is why you will see, in many tasting notes (TNs), descriptors that go: Such and such was on the nose and upfront.

Sediment should not be in the wine you are drinking. Properly poured wine will have very little. Sometimes, even in the best of circumstances, you need to look out for that last glass in the bottle.