MCM College Organises Le French Gourmay
“La Dégustation de Vin, 2019” at Mandarin Oriental, Macau
MCM College organised Le French GourMay “La Dégustation de Vin, 2019” as an integral part of Le French May Arts Festival 2019 to aspire and create a “cultural exchange platform between Macau, Hong Kong and France”.
M. David Rouault, an experienced and certified Sommelier, introduced eight different wines from the Loire Valley, famed for its natural beauty, magnificent châteaux and great wine. The region cradles several distinctive wine regions: each with its own characteristic grapes, appellations and styles.
M. Rouault explained to students that:
“wine tasting is like a ritual: getting the maximum effect from each bottle, is what I’d like to share with you”.
Sommeliers look out for three aspects when assessing a wine’s appearance: clarity, colour intensity, and shade. Darker wines (such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec) are produced from grapes with thicker skin, and tend to be fuller in body, A paler wine (such as with Pinot Noir) will usually be lighter in body.
M. Rouault stressed the importance wine’s tears, or droplets that slowly trickle on the inside of the glass after swirling. Wines with more tears usually have a higher viscosity, meaning a high alcohol percentage, sweetness, or a combination of both.
As M. Rouault began to decant a bottle of red wine, exposing it to air and bringing out a more robust flavour, he poured it into a glass he explained that it was important to bring the glass closer to smell and take in the rich odors that emanate from it, enjoying the different textures, flavors and odors that rush along though all of my one’s before finally taking a sip. Students were advised to ‘swirl’ the wine glass in an anti-clockwise motion to allow air to oxidize the wine further.
Students were asked to describe the flavours for each of the different wines they tasted. This learning process will help them remember the wine, and its description.
“I learned to observe, smell, drink and feel the seven different kinds of wines including red and white. I had a vivid image of rowing a small boat along the Loire Valley, which is one of the most scenic areas of central France. Thanks to Mr. David for sharing with us the wine knowledge and MCMC for organizing this wonderful workshop”. - Rosen
“This wine tasting workshop let me know that there are many kinds of wine that I do not know. It let me have a deeper understanding of French wine. I enjoyed this workshop”. - Crystal
“I sincerely appreciate MCMC for providing me this opportunity to learn wine appreciation. Thank you, MCMC” - Helen
“The wine tasting workshop provided us with opportunities to taste different glasses of wine produced along the Loire Valley region in France. Our perspectives of wine tasting were not only enriched by learning through the presented knowledge, but we were also encouraged to make use of our eyes to see; our noses to smell; and our mouths to taste. Personally, my favourite is the sweet wine, which is perfect with desserts”.- Ariel |
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