vertical tasting

American  

noun

1. a tasting of different vintages of one particular wine.

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Example Sentences

Such a deep dive, known in the wine world as a vertical tasting, helps to convey how a wine expresses the different conditions of each vintage, and shows whether it articulates a consistent sense of place despite the yearly variations.

From New York Times

Yet such a vertical tasting — as distinguished from a horizontal one, in which many wines from a single vintage are sampled — offers invaluable insights into some of wine’s greatest mysteries, which, even with all the advantages of modern science and technology, have yet to be understood:

From New York Times

A recent vertical tasting showed the 6-year-old 2011 was nothing short of magnificent, revealing the promise it showed in its youth.

From Seattle Times

There’s much to be said for opening one fine vintage and enjoying it over the course of an evening, rather than glugging a taste and rushing on to the next one, but I recommend a “vertical” tasting like this for its educational value for collectors and wine students alike.

From Washington Post

A vertical tasting is time travel, but wine can take us to faraway places as well.

From Washington Post