Decanter

Climate change and tasting

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Is climate change making blind tasting more difficult, given that accepted wine descriptor­s may no longer apply due to shifting styles and rising alcohols?

Ed Boswell, by email

Ronan Sayburn MS replies: Climate change is making blind tasting more tricky, for sure.

For example, the classic flavours thought to be found in a wine such as Sancerre would be

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