vinegar

Volatile

This is a negative term that describes a wine that has an aroma of a vinegar caused by too much acetic acid, lactic, and other steam acids. This is a defective wine.

Sour

Sour wines are described as an unbalanced wine with an extreme and powerful acetic acid causing it to taste like a vinegar.    

Pricked

This is a negative term indicating that the wine has an excessive acidity that has an aroma and flavor similar to a vinegar.  

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