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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	?	Acetic Acid	3	see (4) below
Chemicals	Pungency	Ethanol	0
Chemicals	Odd Chemicals	Fish	4
Chemicals	Tar	Petroleum	1
Pungency	Coolness	Menthol	0
	Heat	Hot Alcohol	0	Pung no glass, Heat mid-range, HotA high glass--Tedra
Earthyness	Earthyness	Mushrooms	1	See (1) below.
Floral Notes	Floral Notes	Orange Blossoms	0
		Linalool	1
		Roses	1
Fruit	Berries	Raspberry	0
	Tree Fruit	Cherry	0
		Peach	0
		Apricot	1
		Apple	3
	Tropical Fruit	Banana	0
		Pineapple	1	getting tropical fruit only at 1 vintage with 9k glass so may be another flavor here - Cravat
Microbiological Smells	Yeast	Leesy	2
	Animal Smells	Horsey Smells	4
Nuttiness	Nuttiness	Almond	0
		Hazelnut	0
Vegetables	Cooked Notes	Asparagus	1
		Green Olives	1
		Black Olives	<=2
	Freshness	Bell Pepper	0
		Green Beans	1
		Mint	1
		Eucalyptus	2	See (2) below.
Woodiness	Burned Smells	Smoke	0
	Resin	Cedar	1
		Oak	1

Notes

1. I got both Mushrooms and Roses on a v1 single yard bottle. Two flavors from one vintage? Or is Mushrooms actually 0? Also, my spouse only got the Roses, so Mushrooms may require a higher palate. --Shebi 22:28, 27 February 2009 (EST)
2. I got Freshness with Bell Pepper (0) and Green Olives (1) in a v3 wine all in the top glass. A neighboring vineyard gave Vegetables/Freshness/Eucalyptus, so they may be the same, or there may be another veggie still out there. --Shebi 22:46, 27 February 2009 (EST)
3. 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.

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
• T3 Flavors - archived to reduce confusion/page length