Sensory characterisation and consumer preference of Hunter Valley Semillon: preliminary sensory characterisation findings

A large number of the wines selected have characteristics that distinguished themselves from other wines through ratings obtained from the trained panel. Principle component analysis (PCA) is currently being undertaken to identify structures and trends in the data. PCA will largely determine which wines are representative of particular wine styles. These representative wines will then he selected for consumer preference testing. However initial ANOVA testing indicates that the tasting panel has clearly distinguished between different styles of Hunter Semillon and we are confident of having five to seven different wine styles to present in the forthcoming consumer testing phase of this study.