On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:08:21 GMT, "Craig Winchell/GAN EDEN Wines" > said:

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] "Emery Davis" > wrote in message
] . ..
] > On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 19:42:24 GMT, "Nils Gustaf Lindgren"
] > said:
] >
] > ][]
] > ] Anybody has any idea what was the matter?
] > ]
] >
] > Interesting discussion. Nobody has mentioned carbonic (I think that's
] what it is)
] > gas? I recall tasting some Font de Michelle Blanc from the barrell that
] had a real
] > rotten egg smell. M Gonnet said it was some sort of carbonic (carbolic?)
] gas that
] > would blow off before the wine was bottled.
]
] What you are speaking of is hydrogen sulfide gas, which can also be
] dissolved in wine, and which can react with various components in wine,
] creating mercaptans and the like. However, that obviously has nothing to do
] with the original post, since the wine smelled and tasted just fine to the
] poster, except that the mouth feel was different than his expectation due to
] the spritz.
]
]
Thanks Craig. Apparently I responded to the wrong thread! A combination of
trying to catch up and a new news reader, my only excuse. There was another
thread hereabouts where the wine smelled like rotten eggs...

-E


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