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T4 Flavors

Taste Category (Tier 1)	Primary Tastes (Tier 2)	Secondary Tastes (Tier 3)	Vintage	Notes
Carmelization	Carmelization	Butter	0
		Butterscotch	1
		Molasses	1
		Chocolate	2
		Soy Sauce	2
Chemicals	Odd Chemicals	Fish	4
		Soap	7
	Paper	Filter Pads	7
	Petroleum	Tar	1	See (3) below
		Kerosene	8
		Diesel	9 or 10
	Pungency	Ethanol	0
		Sharp Sulfur	1 (or 3?)	See (5) below.
		Acetic Acid	3	See (1) below.
		Ethyl Acetate	5
	Sulfur	Wet Wool	4	See (2) below
		Burnt Matches	6
		Skunk	6
		Cabbage	7
		Hydrogen Sulfide	8
		Mercaptan	4
Earthyness	Earthyness	Mushrooms	1
		Dust	4
	Moldyness	Mildew	14
Floral Notes	Floral Notes	Orange Blossoms	0
		Linalool	1
		Roses	1
		Geraniums	3	See (4) below
Fruit	Citrus Notes	Grapefruit	1
		Lemon	1
	Berries	Raspberry	0
		Cassis	6	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	1
		Pineapple	1
Microbiological Smells	Animal Smells	Horsey Smells	4
		Mousey Smells	7
	Lactic Acid	Saurkraut	4	Tier 2 confirmed
	Yeast	Leesy	2
	Buteric Acid	?	0 or 1	Unsure if 2nd or 3rd Tier
Nuttiness	Nuttiness	Almond	0
		Hazelnut	0
		Walnut	4	On Flavor Listing page so added here
Oxidation	Oxidation	Acetaldehyde	9
Pungency	Coolness	Menthol	0
	Heat	Hot Alcohol	0
Spicyness	Spicyness	Cloves	7
		Licorice	7
Vegetables	Cooked Notes	Asparagus	1
		Green Beans	1
		Green Olives	1
		Artichoke	2
		Black Olives	3
	Freshness	Bell Pepper	0
		Mint	1
		Eucalyptus	2
		Stemmy	0	see (8) below
	Deep dried notes	Straw	3
		Tobacco	6
Woodiness	Burned Smells	Smoke	0
		Burnt Toast	2
	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. Edit: got Pungency as the 2nd flavor on a different Acetic Acid yard with a 4573 quality glass.
   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 Can confirm 3-Tedra
5. This was seen in T3 as vintage 1, can anyone confirm this is true for T4? I have a pungency flavour detected at vintage 3 and suspect this might be it. - Linalia
6. I now have two vineyards that have a "Spicyness" flavor, but do not resolve to the Tier 3 flavor. I am growing more grapes with a higher quality and covering more of the area to track down the exact flavor - Telanoc
7. After drinking the same Spicyness wine a few times on different glasses I found Licorice on a 9204 quality glass, the wine is 28 vintages old though - EvilSnowman
8. 95% certain this flavor goes here. It's vegetables for sure. I got 'Stemmy and Bell Peppers', 'Stemmy and Freshness', 'Freshness and Vegetables', and 'Vegetables' at different glass qualities. - KasumiGhia

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