Separate dimensions when useful, but do not infer production causes from descriptor families. The appendix at PDF594–597 itself mixes aroma, taste and texture and includes sulphur despite earlier exclusions; retain raw descriptors alongside category coding.
Wishart explains why he split several broad aromatic groups when building the book's 12-category profile.
Wishart expanded a prior eight-group tasting wheel because some broad groups combined descriptors that can arise or vary independently—for example smoke versus medicinal notes and wine-derived notes versus nutty or chocolate cask notes.
PDF sheet 60
PDF sheet 59
Whisky Flavours
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Wishart expanded a prior eight-group tasting wheel because some broad groups combined descriptors that can arise or vary independently—for example smoke versus medicinal notes and wine-derived notes versus nutty or chocolate cask notes.
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Start: PDF sheet 59
End: PDF sheet 60
Source section: Whisky Flavours
Context
Wishart explains why he split several broad aromatic groups when building the book's 12-category profile.
Annotation
Separate dimensions when useful, but do not infer production causes from descriptor families. The appendix at PDF594–597 itself mixes aroma, taste and texture and includes sulphur despite earlier exclusions; retain raw descriptors alongside category coding.
Verification
Status: Verified
Verified against the searchable local ebook and rendered images of PDF sheets 59–60 during the complete 623-sheet review.