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Capn Jimbo
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 Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 3:43 am Post subject: Aroma: Retro Olfaction? |
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Retro-Olfaction:
Yup, Retro Olfaction, one of my old girlfriends back in the hippie 60's. I still remember her sweet smell... no, wait - that's another one! The "Retro" I want to discuss today has to do with yet another pleasant sensation when tasting certain fine rums.
Retro-olfaction.
Now many of you are familiar with something called "aftertaste". This is an actual residual taste remaining after the finish is gone. Like drinking a small swig of a coating honey or maple syrup that remains in your throat. There are more than a few rums - example, the El Dorados, Pampero and Teresa - that leave a nice aftertaste. Cigar lovers dig this sensation. But retro-olfaction goes one better...
It is almost like a second experience!
More than a simple aftertaste. The amazing Jean-Luc Braud, Remy Cointreau expert, says it best:
| Quote: | The retro-olfaction:
Occurring several minutes after tasting, the phenomenon of retro-olfaction generally reveals a product of high quality. This step is between smell and taste and is an aromatic return from nose to mouth. The retro-olfaction often sharply pinpoints an aroma previously revealed. |
How bout dat! And it's true. Very rarely, Sue Sea and I will come upon a rum that does this - example: Ron Botran 1893. In sum, retro olfaction is not an aftertaste, it's more like porn...
You can't define it, but you know it when you see, er smell, er taste it...
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