Wine

Wine

Referring to any alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of grapes.

Industry: Beverages

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Nouveau

Beverages; Wine

A style of light, fruity, youthful red wine bottled and sold as soon as possible. Applies mostly to Beaujolais.

Nutty

Beverages; Wine

Used to describe oxidised wines. Often a flaw, but when it's close to an oaky flavour it can be a plus.

Oaky

Beverages; Wine

Describes the aroma or taste quality imparted to a wine by the oak barrels or casks in which it was aged. Can be either positive or negative. The terms toasty, vanilla, dill, cedary and smoky ...

Off-dry

Beverages; Wine

Indicates a slightly sweet wine in which the residual sugar is barely perceptible 0.6 percent to 1.4 percent.

Mercaptans

Beverages; Wine

An unpleasant, rubbery smell of old sulfur; encountered mainly in very old white wines.

An invented term, used by California wineries, for Bordeaux-style red and white blended wines. Combines "merit" with "heritage." The term arose out of the need to name wines that didn't meet minimal ...