First Look

•  Color: from the color alone, you could get a hue of wine age, grape type, type of wine. 

• Wine Age: Older wines usually have an increasing "tawny" color.
•  Grape type: e.g. Cabernet Sauvignon wines will be dark purple and more opaque. Pinot Noir wines tend to be lighter with less depth of color and a lighter hue. 
•  Type of wine: color from red wine is from the grape skin. Orange/ pink in color may indicate the wine is a rosé.
• Intensity/ Opacity: The wine color's depth or opacity is a measure of how dark it is. More opaque wine could imply a heavier body. 
• Clarity: Wines should be generally clear. Though, many great wines are unfiltered to avoid destroying the originality of the wine when it was first made. In that case, slight haze is acceptable. 
• Viscosity: "Legs" - The legs are a measure of the viscosity of the liquid in your wine glass. The more viscous, the more pronounced legs. Sugar concentration is one of the several things that can influence the wine legs. The more sugar, the more viscous. Therefore, sweeter wines such as dessert wines will always have much more pronounced legs. Another thing that increases the viscosity of wine is the alcohol content. Alcohol is more viscous than water so wines with more alcohol will have more legs. Please note though more legs does not imply a better wine quality.

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