Re: White Wine and Odors

On 25 Nov 2003 21:08:50 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Radium) wrote:

>Why does over-fermented, over-aged, acid-deficient white wine have a
>cheesy odor? It resembles socks, feet, or ripe cheese.

Are you talking about malolactic white wine?  If so, it may or may not
have this nose.  The major factor, I think, is whether it saw oak or
not.  Some wines are double fermented malolactic.  This imparts a
buttery palate taste.  Single or partial sur lees with or without oak
is totally different.

You can find and review our tasting experiences in Napa, Sonoma and
Healdsburg at

http://www.photoweb.net/pw_trav/12/napa.html


Gary Gaugler, Ph.D.
Microtechnics, Inc.
Granite Bay, CA 95746
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