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T4 Flavors

Taste Category (Tier 1)	Primary Tastes (Tier 2)	Secondary Tastes (Tier 3)	Vintage	Notes
Carmelization	Carmelization	Butter	0
		Molasses	1
		Chocolate	2
		Soy Sauce	2
Chemicals	Odd Chemicals	Fish	4
		Soap	7
	Paper	Filter Pads	7
	Petroleum	Tar	1	See (3) below
	Pungency	Ethanol	0
		Sharp Sulf	<=3
		Ethyl Acetate	5
	?	Acetic Acid	3	See (1) below.
	Sulfur	Wet Wool	4	See (2) below
		Burnt Matches	6
		Skunk	6
		Cabbage	7
Earthyness	Earthyness	Mushrooms	1
Floral Notes	Floral Notes	Orange Blossoms	0
		Linalool	1
		Roses	1
		Geraniums	3 (or 2?)	See (4) below
Fruit	Berries	Raspberry	0
		Cassis	7	See (2) below
	Dried Fruit	Raisin	5
		Strawberry Jam	6
	Odd Fruit	Artificial Fruit	7
	Tree Fruit	Cherry	0
		Peach	0
		Apricot	1
		Apple	3
	Tropical Fruit	Banana	0
		Pineapple	1
Microbiological Smells	Animal Smells	Horsey Smells	4
		Mousey Smells	7
	Lactic Acid	Saurkraut	4	Tier 2 confirmed
	Yeast	Leesy	2
Nuttiness	Nuttiness	Almond	0
		Hazelnut	0
Pungency	Coolness	Menthol	0
	Heat	Hot Alcohol	0
Vegetables	Cooked Notes	Asparagus	1
		Green Olives	1
		Black Olives	3
	Freshness	Bell Pepper	0
		Green Beans	1
		Mint	1
		Eucalyptus	2
Woodiness	Burned Smells	Smoke	0
	Resin	Cedar	1
		Oak	1

Notes

1. Acetic Acid was seen on an 8.7k glass, but it could be a Primary rather than Secondary taste. Only Chemicals were on the lower glasses.
   1. I also saw only chemicals (5773 glass) and acetic acid(6455 and 9044 glasses), but its possible acetic acid is the middle flavour and we're missing the top - Spicy
   2. Updated: After further tasting I must have had an error in my tasting notes. It is clear now that sharp sulfur is a tier 3 as shown. This also matches the T3 chart so it makes more sense. (From my tests, I believe Sharp Sulfur is the middle flavor, but it could be Chemicals->Acetic Acid->Sharp Sulfur) - Omari
2. The tier 2 flavors didn't show up on these on my table, so pulled them from the T3 wiki-Tedra
3. Tar is the top level flavour I saw on a 9k glass, petroleum is the middle flavour that I saw on 5.5k glass - Spicy
4. Geraniums seen in wine at 3 vints old, but not tested at 2 vints - Spicy

Reading The Flavor Chart

Vintage indicates how old the wine was when the flavor first appeared in the wine.

• If a wine contains flavors that have not developed at the wine's current vintage age, those flavors will not be detectable when the wine is tasted.
• If no flavors are detectable, a wine will report as Thin and not give tasting checks for quality.
• As the wine ages and flavors come in, the wine will stop being Thin.

Note: It is the age on the Secondary Taste that brings the flavor in, not the Taste Category or Primary Taste.

For example:

• Bell Pepper (0) and Green Beans (1) are both Vegetable/Freshness flavors.
• If a wine only has the Green Beans flavor in it, it will report as Thin until it is 1 vintage old (not giving the Vegetable or Freshness flavors).
• Bell Pepper, on the other hand, will show Vegetable, Freshness, and Bell Pepper flavors on different glasses starting at 0 vintages old.

Related Pages

• Wine Flavors By Vintage
• Flavor Listing - Listing of flavors people currently have. Looking for certain flavors to finish up a wine book and can't find them? Look no further!! Also, feel free to add your flavors today!
• T3 Flavors - archived to reduce confusion/page length