Taste alone does not prove acidification, micro-oxygenation or a winemaking mechanism. Fruit-on-tongue and sweetness-at-tip language is subjective focus, not exclusive receptor anatomy. Wood and grape tannin descriptions cannot be transferred mechanically to whiskey.
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The glossary separates pH from titratable acidity and describes phenolic grip, texture, malolactic conversion, lees stirring, micro-oxygenation, whole-cluster effects, acidification and oak tannin. Carbonic maceration is specifically said to obscure structural signatures. Mid-palate can describe time or place; sapidity groups several savory/fresh impressions.
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Glossary: sensory observations cannot uniquely identify processes
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The glossary separates pH from titratable acidity and describes phenolic grip, texture, malolactic conversion, lees stirring, micro-oxygenation, whole-cluster effects, acidification and oak tannin. Carbonic maceration is specifically said to obscure structural signatures. Mid-palate can describe time or place; sapidity groups several savory/fresh impressions.
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Context and limitations
Taste alone does not prove acidification, micro-oxygenation or a winemaking mechanism. Fruit-on-tongue and sweetness-at-tip language is subjective focus, not exclusive receptor anatomy. Wood and grape tannin descriptions cannot be transferred mechanically to whiskey.
Interpretation
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