Dirty socks

Dirty socks
As the name implies, always an unpleasant flaw and a sign of incompetent wine making.

They have aromas of cabbage, dirty socks, rubber and the like, and when found in wine are considered a major fault. The term 'reductive' is used to describe when such aromas are detected in wine.

See also: Dirty, Aged, Winemaker, Vineyard, Tank