Beaujolais!
Added 2022-09-05 08:32:20 +0000 UTC🍇It's been a while since ive splashed some love for my go-to grape Gamay. Let's nerd out and quickly touch on the chemical compounds found in this humble variety.
What’s your favourite wine aroma?!
📓Rotundone, responsible for the pepper in your wine, to my surprise a whopping 20% of the population have a blind spot for this aroma. Gamay grown in cool climates with low levels of sun exposure have the highest concentrations.
🌹Cis-Rose-Oxide, big thank you to this guy! The compound adds that pretty rose/floral character to Gamays profile
🍌Isoamyl acetate, this is a natural by-product of Carbonic Maceration, a type of fermentation commonly used in Beaujolais and to make Gamay. Mostly prevalent in Beaujolais Noveau, this compound is responsible for that candy banana aroma you love to hate
