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 The fruit Lychee is produced by the tree Nephelium litchi and is indigenous of China, India and the Asian archipelago. Lychee fruit has a very nice aspect: hard brown shell, translucent delicate flesh and a shiny oblong seed. Many different odorants are found both in this fruit and in wine, especially Gewurztraminer: cis-rose oxide, ethyl hexanoate/ethyl isohexanoate, beta-damascenone,
linalool, ethyl isobutyrate, geraniol, ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, 2-phenylethanol, furaneol, vanillin,
citronellol, and phenethyl acetate. Of all these compounds, cis-rose oxide is the one that more than anything else causes similarities between the aroma of the Lychee fruit and Gewurztraminer.
Gewurztraminer The aroma of Lychee is also recreated in parfumes by using the compound 2-phenylethanol. In wine, Lychee aroma creates a pleasant seansation of sweet floral and fruity notes. According to the ripeness of the grapes and extraction of the wine, the floral or fruity odors can be predominant on each other.
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