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    SEASONING SHIRAZ

    Feb 25, 2022 4 minutes

    FOLLOWING on from my last article in the annual edition where I summarised some of the regional styles of shiraz, this time out, I scratch the surface into what makes a cool climate shiraz and explore rotundone.

    Rotundone, the compound responsible for the aroma of pepper in wine, is highly aromatic and can be detected in as little as 16 ng/l of wine. That is equivalent to a few drops in a swimming pool. What is equally amazing is that roughly 20% of the population is anosmic to the smell, or to put it simply, they have a blind spot for the aroma. So, if you

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