CHAPTER 10
After the visual phase, we turn our attention to the second phase: the nasal. This is surely the most hedonistic phase because it connects to our emotions and memories with amazing ease. The chapter outlines, step by step, how the nasal phase occurs and how interpretations are made, examining, among other things, the condition of the wine, frequent defects, the wine’s aromatic intensity and complexity, families of aroma compounds, the ordering of aromatic perception, and the state of the wine’s evolution.
