Common Aromas and Flavors

White Wines

Fruits and Nuts: almond, apricot, citrus rind, fig, grapefruit, ginger, gooseberry, green apple, hazelnut, honey, lemon, lime, lychee, melon, orange, peach, pear, pineapple

Barrel Aromas & Flavors: biscuit, butter, butterscotch, caramel, cream, nuts, oak, smoke, toast, vanilla, yeast

Vegetables: asparagus, bell pepper, green olive

Flowers: gardenia, honeysuckle, rose

Earth: chalk, flint, gasoline, grass, hay, minerals, stone

 

Red Wines

Fruits: baked cherry, blackberry, black currant, blueberry, boysenberry, cherry, cranberry, current, fig, jam, orange peel, plum, pomegranate, prunes, raisin, raspberry, red apple, strawberry

Vegetables: asparagus, bell pepper, green beans, mushrooms, olive, peppers, truffle

Chocolate & Coffee: bitter/dark chocolate, cocoa, espresso, ground coffee, milk chocolate, mocha

Herbs & Spices: black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, licorice, mint, nutmeg, tea (green or black)

Tobacco: cigar box, pipe tobacco, smoke

Flowers: eucalyptus, geranium, rose, violet

Earth: damp earth, dirt, dried leaves, game, leather, minerals, pencil lead, pencil shaving, stone, sweat

Barrel Aromas & Flavors: cedar, coconut, oak, pine, toasted nuts, vanilla, wood