I use quite detailed tasting sheets which I have developed by amalgamating what I consider to be the best bits of all the rest. I am constantly changing them and find the whole area surrounding description fascinating. I have a question for the group concerning the description of a wine's complexity.
The only descriptors I can come up with to describe this specifically are either SIMPLE or COMPLEX. By "simple" I mean "straightforward" or "not complex" and by "complex" I mean "multifaceted" (a good tip I've picked up is that with a complex wine, you keep picking up different aromas as you continue to smell for maybe five minutes - first the primary fruit and so on).
Problem is - many times I assess a wine that is "a little complex" - that is, there are a few different aromas (eg: blackcurrant, pencil shavings and a little liquorice) but no more. I need a descriptor for a wine that's in between "simple" and "complex".
My best effort so far is to call it "uncomplicated" OR to shift the balance over towards "simple" and call wines like that one described "complex" reserving the descriptor "serious" for those with even more complexity.
What do you think?
Cheers Pete
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