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Light & Bright wines perfect for the warmer days ahead.
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Palate Character is a much more natural and intuitive way to organize wine than the more conventional approach of grape varietal or region. It refers to the style of wine, rather than the grape varietal or where it was grown.

As you begin to shop using Palate Character not only will you receive personalized recommendations, you will learn more not only about wines you like, but more broadly about the world of wine, empowering to explore new wines with the knowledge that they fit YOUR Palate Character.

Bright & Crisp

Refreshing, due to their higher acidity, these wines tend to have little or no oak, restrained alcohol, and are very versatile with a broad range of foods. They are lighter bodied, generally bone dry, with a textural zing!

Balance & Finesse

Subtlety is the name of the game here. Whether it is acidity, body, or alcohol, the corresponding parts don’t scream for attention. Rather, the emphasis is on how well they play together.

Rich & Full

Rich & Full wines are full bodied, often with higher alcohol (or sweetness) and balanced or understated acidity. Sweetness can vary quite a bit, from higher alcohol dry California Chardonnay to sweet German Rieslings, but the commonality is a rich, weighty texture.

  1. Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Klamm Riesling Kabinett 2023
    Rich & Full
    Dönnhoff
    Niederhäuser Klamm Riesling Kabinett
    2023
    Nahe
    Germany
    $30

Light & Bright

These light bodied Red and Rosé wines are often fruit forward in style with low tannin, and elevated acidity, but please don't call these wines lightweights! The bright acidity makes these wines not only versatile with food, but also refreshing and delicious by themselves. Serve with a slight chill.

  1. Bénédicte et Stéphane Tissot Poulsard Vieilles Vignes 2020
    Light & Bright
    Bénédicte et Stéphane Tissot
    Poulsard Vieilles Vignes
    2020
    Jura
    France
    $50

Smooth & Silky

Elegant and approachable, Smooth & Silky wines are about finesse. The proportions of acidity, body, and alcohol are balanced and understated. As Aristotle wisely noted “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”

  1. Ben Haines Red 2022
    Smooth & Silky
    Ben Haines
    Red
    2022
    Victoria
    Australia
    $26

Round & Fleshy

As the name Round & Fleshy might suggest, these wines are not shy. From ripe grapes grown from warmer vintages and/or climates, these wines often have generous, ripe, almost sweet fruit and higher alcohol, with respectively lower tannin and balanced acidity.

Tone & Backbone

Tone & Backbone represents wines with proportionally higher acidity and/or tannin that combine to create medium to full bodied wines. Not flashy, these dry wines are defined more by structure and restraint. The elevated tannin and acidity mean the wines particularly sing when combined with the right food, and will age gracefully.

Powerful & Extracted

Rich in flavor, dark in color, and full bodied. These wines err towards bold and intense, without sacrificing complexity. Balance is key; Powerful & Extracted wines are also age-worthy wines that often benefit from decanting to show their true colors.

  1. Beckmen Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
    Powerful & Extracted
    Beckmen Vineyards
    Cabernet Sauvignon
    2021
    Santa Ynez Valley
    Central Coast
    California
    $38

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  1. La Bastide Blanche Bandol Rosé 2023
    Light & Bright
    La Bastide Blanche
    Bandol Rosé
    2023
    Provence
    France
    $25
  2. Tempier Bandol Rosé 2024
    Light & Bright
    Tempier
    Bandol Rosé
    2024
    Provence
    France
    $45
  3. Domaine Gasnier Les Graves Chinon 2023
    Tone & Backbone
    Domaine Gasnier
    Les Graves
    2023
    Chinon
    Loire
    France
    $21
  4. Rivetto Langhe Nebbiolo
    Tone & Backbone
    Rivetto
    Langhe Nebbiolo
    2021
    Langhe
    Piedmont
    Italy
    $37
  5. Limestone Kabinett
    Keller
    Limestone Kabinett
    2023
    Rheinhessen
    Germany
    $42
  6. Bernard Ott Am Berg
    Bright & Crisp
    Bernhard Ott
    Am Berg
    2023
    Wagram
    Austria
    $25
  7. Monteraponi Chianti Classico 2022
    Tone & Backbone
    Monteraponi
    Chianti Classico
    2022
    Chianti Classico
    Tuscany
    Italy
    $33
  8. San Salvatore Jungano 2020
    Powerful & Extracted
    San Salvatore
    Jungano
    2020
    Campania
    Italy
    $30
  9. Burklin-Wolf Ruppertsberger Riesling Trocken 2021
    Bright & Crisp
    Bürklin-Wolf
    Ruppertsberger Riesling Trocken
    2021
    Pfalz
    Germany
    $28
  10. Alvaro Palacios Camins del Priorat 2022
    Powerful & Extracted
    Alvaro Palacios
    Camins del Priorat
    2022
    Catalunya
    Spain
    $30
  11. Evening Land Seven Springs Pinot Noir 2022
    Smooth & Silky
    Evening Land
    Seven Springs Pinot Noir
    2022
    Willamette Valley
    Oregon
    $48
  12. Bénédicte et Stéphane Tissot Poulsard Vieilles Vignes 2020
    Light & Bright
    Bénédicte et Stéphane Tissot
    Poulsard Vieilles Vignes
    2020
    Jura
    France
    $50
Shop New Wines by Palate Character
Learn More
Palate Character is a much more natural and intuitive way to organize wine than the more conventional approach of grape varietal or region. It refers to the style of wine, rather than the grape varietal or where it was grown.

As you begin to shop using Palate Character not only will you receive personalized recommendations, you will learn more not only about wines you like, but more broadly about the world of wine, empowering to explore new wines with the knowledge that they fit YOUR Palate Character.

Bright & Crisp

Refreshing, due to their higher acidity, these wines tend to have little or no oak, restrained alcohol, and are very versatile with a broad range of foods. They are lighter bodied, generally bone dry, with a textural zing!

Balance & Finesse

Subtlety is the name of the game here. Whether it is acidity, body, or alcohol, the corresponding parts don’t scream for attention. Rather, the emphasis is on how well they play together.

Rich & Full

Rich & Full wines are full bodied, often with higher alcohol (or sweetness) and balanced or understated acidity. Sweetness can vary quite a bit, from higher alcohol dry California Chardonnay to sweet German Rieslings, but the commonality is a rich, weighty texture.

  1. Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Klamm Riesling Kabinett 2023
    Rich & Full
    Dönnhoff
    Niederhäuser Klamm Riesling Kabinett
    2023
    Nahe
    Germany
    $30

Light & Bright

These light bodied Red and Rosé wines are often fruit forward in style with low tannin, and elevated acidity, but please don't call these wines lightweights! The bright acidity makes these wines not only versatile with food, but also refreshing and delicious by themselves. Serve with a slight chill.

  1. Bénédicte et Stéphane Tissot Poulsard Vieilles Vignes 2020
    Light & Bright
    Bénédicte et Stéphane Tissot
    Poulsard Vieilles Vignes
    2020
    Jura
    France
    $50

Smooth & Silky

Elegant and approachable, Smooth & Silky wines are about finesse. The proportions of acidity, body, and alcohol are balanced and understated. As Aristotle wisely noted “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”

  1. Ben Haines Red 2022
    Smooth & Silky
    Ben Haines
    Red
    2022
    Victoria
    Australia
    $26

Round & Fleshy

As the name Round & Fleshy might suggest, these wines are not shy. From ripe grapes grown from warmer vintages and/or climates, these wines often have generous, ripe, almost sweet fruit and higher alcohol, with respectively lower tannin and balanced acidity.

Tone & Backbone

Tone & Backbone represents wines with proportionally higher acidity and/or tannin that combine to create medium to full bodied wines. Not flashy, these dry wines are defined more by structure and restraint. The elevated tannin and acidity mean the wines particularly sing when combined with the right food, and will age gracefully.

Powerful & Extracted

Rich in flavor, dark in color, and full bodied. These wines err towards bold and intense, without sacrificing complexity. Balance is key; Powerful & Extracted wines are also age-worthy wines that often benefit from decanting to show their true colors.

  1. Beckmen Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
    Powerful & Extracted
    Beckmen Vineyards
    Cabernet Sauvignon
    2021
    Santa Ynez Valley
    Central Coast
    California
    $38

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Taste56, takes an uncommon approach. Though you can count on finding white, red, rosé and sparkling wines, they are presented according to what the store calls “palate character,” Consider whites that are bright and crisp, or rich and full; and reds that are round and fleshy, or offer tone and backbone, among others.

 Travel certainly broadens one’s mind and palate, and I know of no better way to understand a wine than to taste it where it was made, with the people who made it. Or sell it. I applied a variation on this strategy during a recent trip to a Brooklyn wine shop called Taste 56. 
The wines were all uniformly good and largely true to the descriptors. The Brouilly was silky, the Val de Mer, quite high in acidity. 

 We have had an overwhelmingly positive response. Not only do guests find it easier to find wines that might fit their preferences, but they also feel more empowered to try new varieties.