Wine Tasting Terms A acidity aftertaste aerate aggressive alcoholic animalistic angular astringent Argentinean wine aroma attack AOC Australian wine Austrian wine austere awkward B backbone baked balance barnyard barrel-aged barrel-fermented berrylike big bitter black currant blending block blowsy body Botrytis Cinerea bottle-age bottle shock bouquet brawny breathe briery bright brilliance brix brooding browning buttery C Cabernet Sauvignon Californian wine carbonic maceration cedar cassis Champagne character charcoal chewy chocolate citric clarity clean closed cloudy cloying coarse colour complex corked creamy crisp cuvee D decadent decanting delicate dense depth diffuse dirty diurnal shift double decanting dry dumb dusty E earthy easy-to-drink elegant expressive extracted exuberant F fading fat fermentation finesse finish firm flabby flamboyant flat fleshy flinty floral focused forward foxy foudre fresh fruity full-bodied G garage-style glycerol grassy grapey green Grenache grip H hard harsh heavy herbaceous hollow honeyed hot hydrogen sulfide I ice wine indigenous yeast intensity J jammy K L leafy lean leathery legs length light-bodied lively lush M malolactic fermentation masculine massive meaty medium-bodied mercaptan mid-palate minerality Moelleux monocepage monopole morsellated mousse mouth-filling musty N New World noble rot nose O oaked old vines Old World opulent organic wine oxidized P palate peppery perfumed petrol pigeage Pinot Noir plonk plummy ponderous powerful precocious pricked pruney puckery Q R racy raisiny red blend refreshing reserve residual sugar reticent rich ripasso ripe robust rose rough round Roussanne S Sauvignon Blanc savory sediment Semillon shallow sharp short silky single vineyard small lot smoky smooth soft sour South African wine Southern France wine sparkling wine spicy stainless steel stale stalky steely stemmy stewed straw structure sulphur supple Sur Lie sustainable wine Syrah/Shiraz sweet T tannic tart tartrates Tempranillo terroir texture thick thin tight tightly knit tired toasty tonne transparency U unbalanced unctuous underripe unfiltered unoaked V vanilla varietal varietally correct variety vegetal velvety vigorous vintage vintner viscous volatile W watery well-balanced white blend woody X Y yeast yeasty young Z zesty Zinfandel Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
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