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TCA (2,4,6-Trichloroanisole): A chemical compound that can give wine a musty, dirty, bitter, chalky character often described as moldy newspapers or damp cardboard. TCA can be formed in many ways; ...

But not everyone can pick that up. There are a number of ways a wine can be flawed (heat damage, oxidation, bacterial problems) but corkiness is caused by trichloroanisole, or TCA, a compound that can ...