This is essential counterweight to the source's stronger rhetorical uses of terroir. Draft only the new-make result and keep maturation and compound-to-sensation survival unresolved.
The limitation follows the reported chemistry and sensory correlations and precedes Arnold's turn to sensomics.
Arnold explicitly limits the Texas result: the work examined only new-make bourbon and could not definitively identify which of the thirty-six treatment-affected compounds actually played a sensory role. Detecting a compound does not mean it changes perceived flavor.
PDF sheet 139; printed p. 131
PDF sheet 139; printed p. 131
Chapter 9 — The Chemistry of Terroir
Freshly checked 2026-09-28 against supplied PDF 139 / printed 131 using enlarged rendered pages and sequential reading. Verification establishes faithful source representation, not independent validation of every author claim.
Evidence
Arnold explicitly limits the Texas result: the work examined only new-make bourbon and could not definitively identify which of the thirty-six treatment-affected compounds actually played a sensory role. Detecting a compound does not mean it changes perceived flavor.
Locator and context
PDF sheet 139; printed p. 131; end PDF sheet 139; printed p. 131. The limitation follows the reported chemistry and sensory correlations and precedes Arnold's turn to sensomics.
Assessment
This is essential counterweight to the source's stronger rhetorical uses of terroir. Draft only the new-make result and keep maturation and compound-to-sensation survival unresolved.
Fresh verification
Freshly checked 2026-09-28 against supplied PDF 139 / printed 131 using enlarged rendered pages and sequential reading. Verification establishes faithful source representation, not independent validation of every author claim.