Amyl alcohol: locut. Higher alcohol in wine (alcohol with 3 or more carbon atoms). When, during a tasting, we talk about amyl alcohols felt on the palate, it is mainly amyl and isoamyl acetates formed and possibly other esters of these two alcohols. This tangy flavor with the tastes of varnish, solvent, banana, English candy is due to an excess of amyl alcohol. It usually comes from vinification at too low a temperature ....
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