Aperitif wine: Any wine served before a meal. Traditionally, aperitifs were vermouths and other similar wines flavored with herbs and spices.
The 2004 Torrontés offers lime zest and floral notes in an off-dry aperitif wine, ideal for patio weather. The 2004 Malbec is soft and velvety with cocoa-dusted berry flavors, a nice value for the price, as is the smoky 2004 Syrah.
White wines are often considered as aperitif wines, sometimes as desert wines. Many people like to drink white wine in hot weather. Its refreshing qualities are very well known. White wine is served fresh but not chilled.
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Nutty
Exhibiting aromas or flavors that suggest nuts, desirable in dessert or aperitif wines such as sherry.
Oaky
Toasty, smoky or vanilla smells and flavors contributed by the oak during barrel aging.
White Port: A heavy aperitif wine, varying in style, often with a hint of oxidation.
It is best enjoyed young but will keep well for up to 2 years. Served lightly chilled Lagrein Kretzer is delicious with full-flavoured first courses, platters of cold cuts and cheese, and smoked fish; it also ideal as an aperitif wine or for social ...
It is a naturally soft wine, not to confuse with a sweet aperitif wine (VDN). It is elaborate starting from passerillés grapes.
 See also: Wine, Oak, Long, Fermentation, Red Wine
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