Wine aromas table chart

Wine is a poetic drink. Everyone has a personal perception when tasting a wine. Hundreds of aromas and flavors can be found in red and white wines. Here are a few fine classics of combination between wine and aroma :

dried fruits - vegetal - various Fresh Fruits Apple Chardonnay, some Chenin blanc Apricot Sémillon Banana young red wines, some Beaujolais Black cherry Pinot noir Black fruit common in red wine Black currant Cabernet Sauvignon, Cotes de Nuit, some Syrah, Moulis, Listrac, young Margaux, Pauillac, St Estèphe Berries young red wine Blueberry some Cabernet Franc Cranberry red Rhone Citrus unripe Chardonnay Figs Sémillon, some oak Chardonnay Grapefruit Sauvignon blanc, Gewurzt Melon Muscadet, Pinot gris, some Riesling Orange Peel Grenache Peach Chablis Pear aged oak white, Chardonnay Plums some Cabernet Sauvignon Raspberry Beaujolais Strawberry some red Bourgogne, Beaujolais Printer-friendly
Dried Fruits Cloves oak, some great Bordeaux and Burgundy Chestnut white Burgundy Dried fig sweet white wine, Barsac Dried pineapple sweet white wine, Sauternes Green Olive a few Cabernet Litchee Gewurzt Nuts old Meursault, Jura yellow wines Truffle old red Bordeaux Vanilla Beaujolais nouveau (young) Black pepper Syrah, Grenache, Carignan, red Languedoc Roussillon, red Rhone Green bell pepper red Bordeaux, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot Printer-friendly
Flowers Asparagus Sauvignon blanc, Pouilly Fumé, Sancerre Lavender some red Provence and Languedoc Rose Gewurzt, Riesling Tarragon / Estragon Cabernet Franc, some Cabernet Sauvignon Velvet red Burgundy, Pinot noir Violet some red Bordeaux Peppermint Pinot noir Mint French old oak Flower Chenin blanc, Moselle Herbaceous Merlot Mushroom old red Bordeaux Printer-friendly
Various Barnyard / earthy / country red Burgundy, mourvèdre Burnt / cooked red Burgundy, some Beaujolais Butter some Chardonnay Cigar box (cedar / tobacco) some great Bordeaux Deer very old red wine Freshness Beaujolais nouveau Honey Sauternes, Barsac, sweet white wine, Viognier Meat some red Rhone Mineral Chablis Musk old red Wine Oak Médoc, Graves, red Bordeaux Peach Stone Riesling, Gewurzt Rising bread Champagne, white Burgundy Smoky Pouilly Fumé Tobacco red Bordeaux Toast white Wine, Champagne Printer-friendly

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