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Não sinto qualquer acidez intensa neste vinho branco.

Não sinto qualquer acidez intensa neste vinho branco.
I do not feel any intense acidity whatsoever in this white wine.
From Lesson 364:Emphatic negation (nenhum / qualquer)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about Não sinto qualquer acidez intensa neste vinho branco.

How does qualquer mean "any whatsoever" here? Doesn't it usually mean "any" as in "any one"?
In an affirmative sentence, qualquer does mean "any" in the sense of "it doesn't matter which". But when paired with a negative word like Não, placing qualquer before the noun creates an emphatic negation. It shifts the meaning to "not any whatsoever".
How would I rewrite this sentence using nenhuma to get the exact same emphatic meaning?
To keep the strong emphasis ("whatsoever"), you must place nenhuma after the noun phrase: Não sinto acidez intensa nenhuma neste vinho branco. If you placed it before the noun (Não sinto nenhuma acidez intensa), it would just be a standard, neutral negation rather than an emphatic one.
We are talking about drinking wine. Why use sinto (feel) instead of a word for tasting?
In Portuguese, sentir is the standard verb for perceiving specific flavors, aromas, or textures in food and drink. While you use provar or saborear to talk about tasting a drink generally, you "feel" (sentir) its acidity, sweetness, or hidden notes.
If I wanted to say "I don't feel any intense flavors whatsoever", how would qualquer change?
Because "flavors" (sabores) is plural, you would need the plural form of qualquer, which is the highly irregular quaisquer. The sentence would become: Não sinto quaisquer sabores intensos...

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