Things You Might Smell or Taste in Red Wine

  • Dark ripe fruit: black cherries, raspberries, blueberries, cranberries, raisins, currants
  • Candied or fermented dark ripe fruit
  • Smoke
  • Wood: oak, cedar, pine, eucalyptus, lead pencil
  • Chocolate
  • Vanilla
  • Butter/butterscotch
  • Earth/damp earth
  • Leather/suede
  • Herbs: menthol, mint, liquorice, fennel, anise, grass
  • Spices: cinnamon, clove, nutmeg
  • Minerals: petroleum, talc, slate
  • Cola, root beer
  • Coffee

Things You Might Smell or Taste in White Wine

  • Tart or ripe fruit: melon, apple, pear, pineapple, lemon, lime, grapefruit
  • Stone fruit: peach, nectarine, apricot
  • Tropical/exotic fruit: Gooseberry, guava, quince, papaya, mango, litchi
  • Candied/fermented fruit
  • Smoke
  • Vanilla
  • Cream
  • Oak
  • Butter/butterscotch
  • Honey
  • Floral: gardenia, jasmine, rose, lavender, chamomile
  • Nuts, almonds, almond blossom
  • Spices: cinnamon, clove, nutmeg
  • Minerals: talc, slate, petroleum






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