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Volatile sulphur compounds and thiols

Table showing various VSCs and thiols with their chemical and quotidian descriptions

Sulphur-like odours (SLOs)

Reductive issues are at the opposite end of the continuum from oxidation. Too much reduction is a bad thing. But a little bit of reduction can give desired complexing characters to a wine. There’s no easy answer to controlling a little from too much.