rotundone

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Noun

rotundone (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A sesquiterpene responsible for a peppery taste in wine.
   • 2008 June 4, Harold Mcgee, “What’s the Peppery Note in Those Shirazes?”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The Australian scientists may also have discovered how these highly spiced potatoes were allowed to leave the kitchen: they tested 49 people and found that about 20 percent of them could not detect rotundone at all, even at concentrations far above what’s found in white pepper.

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