One of the volatile acids contained in wine (also valeric acid); see there.
In contrast to non-volatile acids, volatile acids evaporate during distillation or volatilise over time (turn into a gas). However, the borderline between volatile and non-volatile cannot be drawn exactly, as there are also "medium volatile acids". The volatile...
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