See under buttery.
Description (also lactic from Latin lac = milk) for the typically buttery-creamy smell and taste of a wine in the context of a wine address. Especially white wines (but also red wines) that have undergone malolactic fermentation (BSA) can have this tone, which is also called bread aroma, butter tone or whey tone, which varies locally. The causes of this tone are metabolic products formed by lactic acid bacteria such as...
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