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The objective of this study was to apply a wine tasting sheet, including sensory and emotional responses, to simplify the recognition of fine white wines by consumers. First, a panel of 15 semi-trained judges evaluated eight sensory attributes through Optimized Descriptive Profile (ODP) methodology. Then, a group of 104 consumers evaluated five white wines with different sensory characteristics using an improved emotional wine tasting sheet. The emotions and sensations most frequently associated with white wines were obtained through the Check-All-That-Apply (CATA) approach. The eight sensory attributes were significant (p-value &lt; 0.05) in the distinction of wines by the ODP. Likewise, the distinction of the wines also provided significant differences in all the emotional and sensory attributes (p-value &lt; 0.05). The different wine styles could be distinguished by Principal Component Analysis (PCA) using the semi-trained judges or the consumer responses. The highest score in the \u201cglobal evaluation\u201d was given to two young, fruity wines characterized by high aromatic \u201cinitial impression\u201d. The two fine wines, including a 2004 Burgundy Pouilly-Fuiss\u00e9, were the lowest rated in \u201cinitial impression\u201d and \u201cglobal evaluation\u201d, although they were considered by the consumers among the most complex and persistent. These wines were also most frequently associated with unpleasant emotions by the CATA test. The recognition of these fine wine attributes and their incongruity with emotional responses can be used in a rapid way by professionals to explain the different wine styles to consumers.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/foods9040452","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,8]],"date-time":"2020-04-08T05:59:47Z","timestamp":1586325587000},"page":"452","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Consumers Associate High-Quality (Fine) Wines with Complexity, Persistence, and Unpleasant Emotional Responses"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Maria","family":"Souza-Coutinho","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Linking Landscape Environment Agriculture and Food (LEAF) Research Center, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Renato","family":"Brasil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Culture and Art Institute, Federal University of Ceara, 60356-000 Fortaleza, Brazil"}]},{"given":"Clarisse","family":"Souza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Culture and Art Institute, Federal University of Ceara, 60356-000 Fortaleza, Brazil"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7005-6227","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paulo","family":"Sousa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Culture and Art Institute, Federal University of Ceara, 60356-000 Fortaleza, Brazil"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7985-963X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Manuel","family":"Malfeito-Ferreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Linking Landscape Environment Agriculture and Food (LEAF) Research Center, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"554","DOI":"10.1111\/ajgw.12169","article-title":"Application of consumer sensory science in wine research","volume":"21","author":"Francis","year":"2015","journal-title":"Aust. 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