A disagreeable odor of sulphur. If the smell does not disappear after pouring, it indicates the wine is faulty.

The hot and nose-tickling smell often given by cheap wine in which sulphur is used as a preservative. It will go off with age or when the wine gets enough air

Disagreeable odour reminiscent of rotten eggs. If the smell does not disappear after the wine is poured, it is an indication that the wine is faulty.

Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur.