We all know that wine is made from grapes, but why can we taste other fruits like cherries, pears and passion fruit in wine? Some wines can also smell buttery, smoky and violet. Where do these flavors come from? What are the most common aromas in wine?
The source of wine aroma
If you have a chance to visit the vineyard, be sure to taste the wine grapes, you will find that the flavors of the grapes and the wine are very different, such as the taste of fresh Chardonnay grapes and the taste of Chardonnay wine is very different, because Chardonnay wines tend to have apple, lemon and butter flavors, so why?
Scientists have found that the aroma of wine is produced during the fermentation process, and at room temperature, alcohol is a volatile gas. During the volatilization process, it will float to your nose with aromas that are less dense than air, so We can smell it. Almost every wine has a variety of aromas, and the various aromas balance each other, thereby affecting the flavor of the entire wine.
Fruity aromas of red wine
The flavor of red wine can be roughly divided into 2 categories, red fruit flavor and black fruit flavor. Knowing how to distinguish between different types of aromas is helpful for blind tasting and picking your favorite type of wine.
In general, full-bodied, dark-colored red wines have aromas of black fruit; while lighter-bodied, lighter-colored red wines have red fruit aromas. There are exceptions, such as Lambrusco, which is usually light-bodied and lighter in color, yet tastes like blueberries, which are typically dark fruit flavors.
Fruity aromas in white wine
The flavor oThe more we gain experience in wine tasting, the more we discover the impact of terroir on the flavor of a wine. For example, although the aroma of Chenin Blanc wines is generally dominated by apple and lemon aromas, compared with Chenin Blanc in Anjou in the Loire Valley of France and Chenin Blanc in South Africa, due to the climate In the heat, the Chenin Blanc grapes are more ripe and juicy, so the wines produced have a more mature aroma.
The next time you drink white wine, you can pay special attention to its aroma and flavor, and take a guess at the ripeness of the grapes.f white wine is mainly divided into two types: tree fruit flavor and citrus fruit flavor.
There are also some red blends with aromas of both black and red fruits, for example, Grenache-Syrah-Mou from the Cotes du Rhone in France A typical example is the Mourvedre blend (GSM), in which Grenache grapes bring soft red fruit aromas to the wine; Syrah and Mourvèdre bring black fruit aromas.
Factors that affect people’s perception of aroma
There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand readers, and almost everyone has a different sensitivity to aroma, so there are some differences in the conclusions drawn. For example, one person may feel that the aroma of this wine is similar to pear, while another person may It is considered to be similar to nectarine, but everyone has the same view on the macro classification of aroma, which belongs to the aroma of fruit and fruit; at the same time, our perception of aroma is also affected by the environment, such as when we light aromatherapy in a room. Drinking in the room, after a few minutes, the aroma of the wine is covered up, we can only smell the aroma of aromatherapy