How does wine get different scents?!
how is that possible?
what is the procedure?
Answers: I have been reading on wine labels that a particular wine may have this fruit scent or the other flower scent...
how is that possible?
what is the procedure?
This is because wine is fermented from different sources. Be it either grapes (Bordeaux, Chardonnay) or rice (sake) etc.
After fermentation, the wine is left to "mature" in different storage containers (different oaks) for different periods of time.
All these contribute to different scents wine diffuses.
Many wines are blended and combined from different grapes...
depending on the grape's maturity, harvest time and other factors, different bouquets can be achieved.
Like the quote from a famous wine expert explains...
"The mix of volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, in a finished wine is partly responsible for “whether you find the bouquet and entry from a newly opened bottle to be a pleasant experience or the basis for a scowl and a wrinkle of the nose.”
Interesting to note the difference between "Aroma" and "Bouquet" when it comes to wine education:
Aroma...the smell of a young wine. Different from Bouquet, in that Aroma is the smell that comes from the grapes, and Bouquet, which takes time to develop, is the smell that comes from the finished wine.
Technically there are 3 forms of Aroma...
Primary, which originates in the grape itself.
Secondary Aroma, those which are aerobic (happens in air) and are due to the wine making process (this includes barrel aging).
Finally, Tertiary Aromas are those which develop in a reductive environment (without air) in the sealed bottle,
over time, these are what is usually called "Bouquet".
some wine producers use spices the same ones you use to cook with
the flavour is given mainly by the type of wood the barel where the matures is made of