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Taylor’s LBV 2014 – WSET Tasting note

Appearance: The wine is clear medium ruby Nose: The wine is clean with pronounced intensity of aromas of primary – red fruit (cooked strawberry, fresh raspberry, cranberry), black fruit (black plum, boysenberry), secondary – oak (vanilla, cloves, chocolate), tertiary – dried fruit (raisin, figs, dates), leather Palate: The wine is sweet, with high acidity, medium+ …

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Examiner’s feedback for WSET Diploma D5 – Fortified Wines (previous Unit 6)

Before you start reading, take into account that I took my Fortified Wines exam in November 2017 so some of the information about might be outdated. When I was preparing for my Diploma exams, one of the things that I disliked the most, were the open questions. They did not have many details about the …

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My journey towards WSET Diploma, part 3 – D5 (previous Unit 6) – Fortified wines

Before you start reading, take into account that I took my exam in November 2017 so some of the information about the fortified wines exam can be outdated. After the D1 exam (Previous Unit 2 – Wine production) I had about 2.5 months to prep for the next exam. This time it was D2 (previous …

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