| "... the common pattern typical for wines derived from //Vitis vinifer//, which, quantitatively, is usually dominated by isoamyl alcohol, ethyl caproate, ethyl caprylate, diethyl succinate, caproic acid, 2-phenylethyl alcohol, caprylic acid, caprinic acid, monoethyl succinate, and some others. These compounds may together represent 90-98% of the volatiles forming the wine's bouquet and are certainly important as a skeleton, but such a wine you would not just not drink. There are many more minor and trace constituents that characterize a wine, giving these elegant associations with flowers, fruits, and other natural scents, in our case, elderflower, lychee, roses, honey, cinnamon, and other spices... \\ | "... the common pattern typical for wines derived from //Vitis vinifer//, which, quantitatively, is usually dominated by isoamyl alcohol, ethyl caproate, ethyl caprylate, diethyl succinate, caproic acid, 2-phenylethyl alcohol, caprylic acid, caprinic acid, monoethyl succinate, and some others. These compounds may together represent 90-98% of the volatiles forming the wine's bouquet and are certainly important as a skeleton, but such a wine you would not just not drink. There are many more minor and trace constituents that characterize a wine, giving these elegant associations with flowers, fruits, and other natural scents, in our case, elderflower, lychee, roses, honey, cinnamon, and other spices... \\ |
| ...the famous damascenone - first discovered as an olfactory key component of Bulgarian rose oil and since than found in many natural scents, but never in that of fresh rose flowers - is of eminent importance in all white and red wines. I have found no wine made from Vitis vinifera in which it is not present. Exactly the same is true for 3-sulfanylhexan-1-ol, discovered for the first time in yellow passion fruit and later as an important impact chemical in the bouquet of Sauvignon Blanc wines... \\ | ...the famous damascenone - first discovered as an olfactory key component of Bulgarian rose oil and since than found in many natural scents, but never in that of fresh rose flowers - is of eminent importance in all white and red wines. I have found no wine made from Vitis vinifera in which it is not present. Exactly the same is true for 3-sulfanylhexan-1-ol, discovered for the first time in yellow passion fruit and later as an important impact chemical in the bouquet of Sauvignon Blanc wines..." \\ |
| 3-Mercapto-hexanol (3-sulfanyl-hexan-1-ol) with its unique grapefruit/tropical fruit scent is present in all types of white and red wines and in many cases of great importance to their buquets. The most variety-typical compound of //Gewürztraminer// is cis-rose oxide. Accompanied by nerol oxide, linalool and β-damascenone, it forms this distinct Gewürtraminer accord, which is found also in the scent of elderflower (Sambucus nigra), and in the fruit aroma of lychee (Litchi sinensis). \\ | 3-Mercapto-hexanol (3-sulfanyl-hexan-1-ol) with its unique grapefruit/tropical fruit scent is present in all types of white and red wines and in many cases of great importance to their buquets. The most variety-typical compound of //Gewürztraminer// is cis-rose oxide. Accompanied by nerol oxide, linalool and β-damascenone, it forms this distinct Gewürtraminer accord, which is found also in the scent of elderflower (Sambucus nigra), and in the fruit aroma of lychee (Litchi sinensis). \\ |
| [Meaningful Scents around the World, Roman Kaiser, Zürich 2006, 69, 183-193] | [Meaningful Scents around the World, Roman Kaiser, Zürich 2006, 69, 183-193] |
