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earthy

Description for the typical odour and/or taste of a wine after dry earth in the context of a wine talk or wine evaluation. Dry earth notes are usually perceived as neutral to positive and are a typical terroir characteristic in many red wines. Such impressions are reminiscent of dry soil components such as dust, sand, loam or cool minerals and thus differ clearly from musty (dull and stale) or mouldy (damp and dull) tones as well as from distinctly mouldy notes (mushroomy and contaminated). The spectrum of sensations is further defined by associations with earth, potatoes, mushrooms and stones.

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