It is the first of the senses involved in the tasting, sending the brain the first sensations, predisposing the rest of the senses to be able to do the tasting.
While talking about sight as the first sense that comes into play, for purists and connoisseurs, hearing also acts in parallel because, through it, we appreciate the sound of uncorking, and of the wine’s contact with the glass, that depending on the density, we’ll perceive it as a sharp or muffled gugling. We can also perceive the crackle of the bubbles in sparkling wines (Cava, Champagne, Lambrusco, etc.)
The color of wine is given by the particles in stabilized suspension. Most people are able to perceive between 150 and 200 colors, but when it comes to defining them, each person does it according to a personal perception level.
There is also the problem of describing them, and the only choice for it is to turn to nature and use similarities: red-cherry, yellow-lemon, pink-salmon…
Therefore sight will be responsible for giving us the first information about the wine, color, age, cleanliness, etc. For white wine, the longer the aging process, the more intense the color will be, on the contrary for red wine, the longer the aging process, the lighter the color.
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WHITE WINE |
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| Pale yellow |  |
| Straw yellow |  |
| Greenish yellow |  |
| Lemon yellow |  |
| Golden yellow |  |
| Intense gold |  |
| Amber |  |
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ROSÉ WINE |
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| Violet pink |  |
| Raspberry pink |  |
| Strawberry pink |  |
| Redcurrant pink |  |
| Salmon pink |  |
| Onion peel |  |
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RED WINE |
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| Purple |  |
| Violet red | |
| Purple red |  |
| Maroon |  |
| Cherry red |  |
| Ruby red |  |
| Brick red |  |