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Weekly Wine Quiz: Octalactating1 min read

Posted on August 24, 2012August 21, 2012 by 1WineDude

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Welcome back to the Weekly Wine Quiz, my friends!

Based on feedback from ever-so-vocal-and-intelligent peeps like you, I supply the quiz question each week, but do *not* supply the quiz answer directly in the post. That’s because YOU are supposed to supply the answer in the comments, and then tune back in later today in the comments section for the official answer. This week, we’re wrapping the foray into the science of oak aging, with a not-so-easy question to put your wine smarties through the staves…

Octalactating?

Methyl octalactones imparted to wine by the wood from aging in oak barrels can be an important source of aroma development in wines meant for aging. What aroma characteristic do they give to a wine?

  • A. Leather
  • B. Vanilla
  • C. Toasted bread
  • D. Coconut

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13 thoughts on “Weekly Wine Quiz: Octalactating1 min read”

  1. masi3v says:
    August 24, 2012 at 10:25 am

    Aruba, Jamaica, oooh I wanna take ya down to Coconut. Sorry, the best I can do this morning….

    1. 1WineDude says:
      August 24, 2012 at 11:26 am

      Masi – HA!!!

  2. Orlando says:
    August 24, 2012 at 10:42 am

    thumbs up.

  3. christine says:
    August 24, 2012 at 11:23 am

    toasted bread?

    1. 1WineDude says:
      August 24, 2012 at 11:27 am

      christine – thanks… to be revealed later… ;-)

  4. passionatefoodie says:
    August 24, 2012 at 11:47 am

    E. Octolactating is how the Octomom breastfeeds all of her children.

    1. 1WineDude says:
      August 24, 2012 at 11:52 am

      Richard – HA!!!!!

  5. 1WineDude says:
    August 24, 2012 at 8:11 pm

    Alrighty, folks, here is the Official Wine Quiz Answer:

    D. Coconut

    The coconut smell that often marks older wines that have been aged in oak is the result of methyl octalactones, isomers that originate from lipids. These are often seen in older Gran Reserva wines from Rioja, which undergo significant periods of aging in American oak.

    Cheers!

  6. zed says:
    August 28, 2012 at 8:30 pm

    I would have thought vanilla…

    1. 1WineDude says:
      August 28, 2012 at 9:37 pm

      zed – me, too, actually. But my source says differently. :)

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