Wine Descriptors - Part III

Gus Clemens On Wine In our investigation of wine descriptors, we continue our plunge into wine’s weird words. • Petrol/diesel: Associated with Riesling. Aroma is not the smell you get filling your farm truck but does suggestdieselorgasoline.Itis causedbygood-thingantioxidant TDN(1,1,6-trimethyl-1,2dihydronaphthalene if you are a chemist geek), which formsfrombetacaroteneand lutein as Riesling…