3.6. Sensory Evaluation
The experimental wines were evaluated by a team of 15 experienced wine tasters (five females and
ten males), all employees of the Chemistry and Food Technology Department (Madrid, Spain) and the
Estación Enológica de Haro (Haro, Spain). Two visual descriptors, four taste parameters and five aromas
were used to evaluate the final fermentations. No specific training was carried out prior to tasting
sessions. Twelve wines were evaluated in randomized order. The wines were presented in clear tasting
glasses [54] identified by numbers from 1 to twelve and in an air-conditioned (20 °C) tasting room
equipped with individual booths. Twenty five milliliters of each wine were served at 14 °C in
randomized order. The panelists were asked to rate typicality regarding their personal Tempranillo wine
concept after testing on an unstructured 10 cm scale, from 0 (no defect) to 10 (very strong defect
perceptible), to rate the intensity of the 12 attributes. Additionally, the panelists were asked to name
descriptors as free comments for each wine.