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Taste Notes

OENARI lets you record structured tasting notes for any wine — whether it's a bottle from your cellar or something you're tasting at a restaurant, event, or friend's house. Every note becomes part of your personal tasting archive, building a history of what you've tried and how your palate evolves over time.

Creating a Tasting Note

There are two ways to create a tasting note, both via the FAB button:

  • Taste Wine — For any wine, whether you own it or not. Search or scan to identify the wine, then record your note.
  • Consume Wine — When you open a bottle from your collection. As part of the consumption flow, you can add a tasting note before the bottle is moved to your consumed history.

What You Can Record

OP Score

Every tasting note starts with your personal OP Score — a rating from 0 to 100 using a slider. As you adjust the score, OENARI shows you the quality category:

Score Category
95–100 Extraordinary
90–94 Outstanding
85–89 Very Good
80–84 Good
70–79 Mediocre
Below 70 Not Recommended

Your OP Score contributes to the wine's community rating — the aggregate score visible on wine cards and detail views throughout the app.

Tasting Notes (Free Text)

A free-text field for your personal impressions. Write as much or as little as you want — from a quick "loved it, great with lamb" to a detailed paragraph.

Aromas

Select from 15 aroma categories to describe what you smell and taste: Citrus, Stone Fruit, Tropical Fruit, Red Fruit, Black Fruit, Dried Fruit, Floral, Herbal, Spice, Oak, Vanilla, Toast, Earth, Mineral, and Other.

Date & Location

Record when and where you tasted the wine. The date defaults to today but can be changed.

Occasion

Tag the context: Restaurant, Wine Tasting, Friends, Home, Dinner Party, or Special Occasion.

Vintage

Confirm or adjust the vintage year. You can also mark a wine as NV (non-vintage) for Champagne and other multi-vintage blends.

Visibility

Control who sees your note:

  • Private — Only you can see it.
  • Public — Visible in feeds and on your profile.

WSET Evaluation

Supporters and above can expand the optional WSET Details section for a professional-level structured evaluation aligned with the WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust) Systematic Approach to Tasting.

The evaluation adapts to the wine color — for example, tannin fields appear only for red wines, and appearance color options change based on whether you're tasting a red, white, rosé, sparkling, or orange wine.

Appearance

  • Clarity — Clear or Hazy
  • Intensity — Pale, Medium, or Deep
  • Color — Options vary by wine type. For white wines: Lemon-Green, Lemon, Gold, Amber, Brown. For reds: Purple, Ruby, Garnet, Tawny, Brown. For rosé: Pink, Salmon, Orange, Onion Skin. Colors are shown as visual buttons in the actual wine color.

Nose

  • Condition — Clean or Unclean
  • Intensity — Light through Pronounced (5 levels)
  • Aroma characteristics — Free text for specific observations

Palate

  • Sweetness — Dry through Luscious (6 levels)
  • Acidity — Low through High (5 levels)
  • Tannin — Low through High (5 levels, red wines only)
  • Alcohol — Low, Medium, or High
  • Body — Light through Full (5 levels)
  • Flavour intensity — Light through Pronounced (5 levels)
  • Finish — Short through Long (5 levels)
  • Other observations — Free text for texture, mouthfeel, pétillance, and other details

Conclusion

  • Quality level — Not Recommended through Extraordinary (6 levels)
  • Readiness — Too Young, Can Drink Now (Has Potential), Drink Now (Not For Ageing), or Too Old

Saving Your Note

You have three options when you're done:

  • Publish — Save and make the note visible based on your visibility setting.
  • Save as Draft — Save without publishing. You can come back and finish it later. Draft notes are marked with a "DRAFT" label in your Tasted list.
  • Cancel — Discard the note.

You can edit any published or draft note later from the Tasted list.

Tips

  • You don't need to fill in everything. A quick OP Score and a sentence is a perfectly good tasting note. The WSET section is there when you want depth, not as a requirement.
  • Use Draft for restaurant tastings. Jot down your score and a few aromas at the table, then flesh out the note at home later.
  • Occasion tags help you remember context. Six months from now, knowing you tried that wine "at a dinner party" adds meaning to the score.
  • WSET evaluation builds your palate. Even if you're not studying for a WSET exam, the structured approach trains you to notice details you'd otherwise miss.

Video Walkthrough

A video walkthrough of tasting notes will be available here soon.