I am currently fermenting the BK special edition Pinot Blanc. It really tastes great out of the fermenter, and has the most unusual (and pleasant) aroma. I am trying to come up with a desriptive word for the aroma.
It smells like the initial fermention of beer when the hop aromas are blowing out of the fermenter, but the fermentation hasn't reached the sulpher or ester aromatic phase.
My initial thought is that it is the yeast. However, I have used Lalvin EC 118 many times and have never gotten this aroma. Thus, it must be from the grapes.
Would you call it an herbaceous aroma?
Bk Pinot Blanc Aroma - How To Describe
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lash
, May 12 2004 09:05 AM
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Posted 14 May 2004 - 09:10 AM
Lash,
I can't speak to your kit, but I buy several commercial pinot blancs - Chalone, Wild Horse and I have a Cellar Craft Okanagan Valley kit bulk ageing. Based on tasting these could you be getting a tropical fruit, melon, pear, mango aroma?
I'm sure you'll enjoy the wine. The real advanage of the wine is that it goes well with a very broad range of foods. Its is my favorite white.
Let us know how it turns out.
Rick
I can't speak to your kit, but I buy several commercial pinot blancs - Chalone, Wild Horse and I have a Cellar Craft Okanagan Valley kit bulk ageing. Based on tasting these could you be getting a tropical fruit, melon, pear, mango aroma?
I'm sure you'll enjoy the wine. The real advanage of the wine is that it goes well with a very broad range of foods. Its is my favorite white.
Let us know how it turns out.
Rick
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