Enjoy 3 hours of Wine Tasting, courtesy of King Henry Leognan Tour of RusticVinesTours

Mainly wine tasting aims at driving those involved in the challenge towards appreciating the wine as well as its makers. One starts with the basic senses and with time, and through learning, you get to taste like the pros. While scents go up to the thousands, tastes are quite a few; bitter, sweet, sour and salty to mention but a few. Over time, and with practice, you will be able to draw the thin line between these tastes and express yourself like the wine tasting experts do.

Once you get handed a glass of wine, the first thing you note is the color and what follows in most cases is the scent. To get the right color, it is important that you place the glass on a white background. When it comes to smelling, whirl your glass for a few seconds. It helps vaporize the wine’s alcohol, and this comes out with the scent for your sniffing. Now, to the part most relevant to us, tasting. When it comes to tasting, you should first take a small sip and let it spool in your mouth. While different people divide tasting phases differently, the most common get split into three phases.

The first tasting phase is called the attack phase. Here your palate determines the first impression by gauging alcohol levels, residual sugars, and acidity levels. The first stage is not definitive, and you need the evolution phase, which helps determine the wine’s flavor. Here you hear comments such as fruit names, herbs and anything else associative to taste. Finally, you get to determine how long the wine’s taste stayed on. Here, you also get to decide whether you would want to take another sip or not.

Having been briefly introduced to wine tasting it is now time for you to take up the challenge, and attend Wine Tasting King Henry Leognan Tour of RusticVinesTours. Using the 10% April discount code oolala and for only 60€ you get to enjoy a whole three hours of exotic wine tasting experience. King Henry – Pessac Leognan, located in the Pessac Leognan region, starts at 09:30 and ends at 12:30 hrs and is available on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. The itinerary is as follows.

Pick up: pick up is usually at 09:30 hrs in front of 8 Allée de Tourny, situated between the carousel (50 meters up from Le Grand Hotel) and BNP Bank. Make sure to arrive early for your fellow explorers cannot afford to be kept waiting. Also, look out for a Rustic Vines Black or White van.

Drop off: the drop off takes place in the center of Bordeaux and is usually at around 12:30 hrs

The tour is inclusive of the following:

1.      Tastings of at least 5 Bordeaux wines

2.      Transport to and from Pessac Leognan

3.      Freshwater

4.      Photos of the whole experience

5.      French taxes.

The tour is, however, exclusive of Breakfast and lunch. There are also provisions for cancellation, and you can do that one week before the event. You can also pay a deposit as a confirmation or attendance.