The Wine Atlas

Wine Style Cues

Acidity, tannin, body, and oak are four structural components you can taste in almost any wine. Each one points to classic styles of wine, so learning to spot them lets you guess a wine's style before you read the label.

Ten Cues

The Cues, One by One

Pick a cue. The wines that show it appear as bottles, each labeled with its region. Click any bottle to learn more about it.

The wines that show it
Other classic expressions
Why these wines
Check What You Know

Practice

These are benchmarks, not rules. Most wines show more than one cue, and there are always exceptions. Use them as a starting point.

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