The Big Eight Wine Tasting
Features the World's Top 8 Varietals in Tasting Flight
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The "Big Red" wines of El Dorado County are plentiful.
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They are the Northern California wines that fall under the category of the "Big Reds:" Syrah, Petite Sirah and Cabernet Francs are often joined by Barbera, Sangiovese and Tempranillo.
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This hearty red wine from Chile, a 50-50 blend of Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon, shows a very dark blackish garnet in the glass with a bright violet edge.
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Big Zin for Practically Nothzing
Zinfandels can be staggering big, red things, some are more appropriately described as a jammy red wine with a detonator.
Big Wine
One having strong flavor and full body, to serve with flavorsome food.
Body
The viscosity or "feeling" of a wine in the mouth--which is related in part to its alcohol content. A wine may have a thin, medium, full, or heavy body.
Big
Ample amount of concentrated fruit, character, tannins, etc.
Buttery
A smell, especially in oak-aged Chardonnay, not a tactile sensation ...
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A big wine is a large-framed, full-bodied wine with an intense and concentrated feel on the palate. Most red Rhône wines are big wines.
Big
Powerful in aroma and flavor; full-bodied.
Bitter
Usually considered a fault in but characteristic of such wines as Amarone and certain other Italian reds.
Big
Especially full-bodied and flavorful.
Bitter
A usually defective, sharp taste; a desirable flavor characteristic in certain Italian reds such as Amarone.
Big: A broad, general term for a full-bodied, strong, assertive, robust and flavorful wine. Some people like wines big, others prefer them delicate.
Big
Full of body and flavour, high degree of alcohol, colour, and acidity.
Bitter ...
Big Refers to the weight and body of the wine. A result of high alcohol, fruit, tannin, acidity and extract.
Blackcurrants Aroma of the Cabernet-Sauvignon grape.
Big
Used to describe the overall flavour of a red or white wine, that has rich and full flavours. Sometimes they imply the opposite of elegance.
Big: A wine that is full-bodied, rich and slightly alcoholic tasting.
Character: A wine with top-notch distinguishing qualities.
Crisp: Denotes a fresh, young, wine with good acidity.
Big
A big wine tastes rich and full-bodied.
Blanc de blanc
Blanc de blanc is white wine made from white grapes.
Big: a wine of more flavor, alcohol, etc. than others. A Barolo, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, late-harvest Zinfandel or the like is considered a big wine.
Big
A description of wines that are very full or very intense.
Blanc
French word meaning ‘White’.
Big: Powerful in flavours or bouquet.
Bite: A marked degree of acidity or tannin. An acid grip in the finish should be more like a zestful tang and is tolerable only in a rich, full-bodied wine.
Big
A broad, general term for a full-bodied, flavorful wine. Powerful, alcoholic, but well balanced and with a potential for further development. Also see "robust." ...
Big
A term used to describe wines that are very intense or very full.
Bin
To store bottled wine for further aging, before its release for sale.
Big
A wine powerful in aroma and flavor; full-bodied.
Blanc
The French word for white.
Big: Describes a wine with powerful flavor. (Tasting term)
Bitter: A taste you get at the back of the tongue which should not be confused with the taste of tannins (Tasting term) ...
BIG: A full, rich, ripe and extracted wine possessing full tannins and abundant fruit. Usually perceived as having high viscosity or a "heavy" feeling on the palate.
big:Term used to describe full-bodied wines that are flavoursome, high in alcohol, and in the case of red wines, are high in tannin.
Big: A wine that is powerful in flavor or tremendously harmonious in how it presents its components (see "balance") can be called big. You can also use this term if you just really really like the wine! ...
BIG
Generally positive this term refers to the overall flavor of a wine that has full, rich flavors. "Big" red wines are often tannic. "Big" white wines are generally high in alcohol and glycerin.
BIG
The overall flavor of a wine, white or red, that has full, rich flavors. "Big" red wines are often tannic. "Big" white wines are generally high in alcohol and glycerin. Sometimes implies clumsiness, the opposite of elegance.
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Big: Subjective tasting term that refers to a heavily flavored, often tannic and alcoholic wine.
Binning: Storage of newly bottled wine or Champagne in bins -- for bottle aging prior to labeling and shipping to market.
A BIG red. One bottle for that night you feel like plopping a steak on the grill. Or lamb chops. This can be cabernet, meritage, syrah, red Bordeaux, Zinfandel, Barolo-whatever chewy red you like with red meat.
The Big Names
The wine industry in Australia, as with many nations of the New World, is dominated by a few big names. Without doubt the most significant in Australia is Southcorp, a veritable giant.
How big can a wine bottle get?
Capacity (Liters) followed by the number of standard size bottles contained:
Standard (.75) 1
Magnum (1.5) 2
Jeroboam (3) 4
Rehoboam (4.5) 6
Methuselah (6) 8
Salmanazar (9) 12
Balthazar (12) 16 ...
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Big, full wines of concentrated colour and flavour that should last well, especially those from the Napa Valley.
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Big, blowsey smelling wines from this abundant variety make up for in enthusiasm what they lack in subtlety. Usually sweet and fiercely intense.
Big
A wine with above average amounts of flavour, body and alcohol. This wine can also be high in tannins which is not necessarily a compliment as such wines may be coarse, heavy and unpleasant to drink.
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"Big", meaning full-bodied, intense and vigorous.
Round
Describes a texture that is smooth, not coarse or tannic.
A big jammy wine - so big it seems to be jumping out of the glass. The aromas are open, with ripe fruit of blackberry, black raspberry, menthol, alcohol, with hints of earth and spice.
One big push in winemaking today is to be organic and biodynamic. No industrial strength pesticides that run-off into the Pacific Ocean and poison the tuna you're eating tonight. No chemical fertilizers that were invented in a laboratory at UC Davis.
Beyond Big Sales
Harlem Vintage opened two years ago to fill "an obvious need" in the neighborhood, says Lee Campbell, the manager. The store is 900 square feet, featuring about 350 labels.
Akin to "big" as a description for a full-bodied, full-flavored wine, but perhaps even more so.
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A big container for fermenting, ageing or storing wine in.
Verdelho
Portuguese grape variety, originally from Madeira but now becoming popular in the Hunter Valley of Australia, where it produces fresh lemon and melon flavoured dry white wines.
Amplio (big) A full bodied, powerful wine with complex nuances and well defined components.
Andana A group of wine casks stacked on top of each other, usually to a height of five tiers.
Then take a big, deep sniff of the wine to reach the deep-seated nasal receptors and cross the threshold of sensitivity. That first impression of a wine is really important.
Impériale (Big Bordeaux Bottle) :
Bottle containing about 6 liters ( 8 bottles of normal size Bordeaux) and which is used for the conservation of the Great Bordeaux wines.
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Chewy: A big wine with noticeable tannins is usually described as "chewy".
Claret: What the red wines similar to those of Bordeaux in France were commonly called until recent years whereby mimicking French wines has been outlawed.
Your smile is big and bright, it reminds me of (insert attractive movie star of choice here).
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Full-bodied: A big wine - high in alcohol content and robust with flavor.
We owe to Syrah the big Cõtes du Rhõne such as Cõte Rotie or Hermitage and also Languedoc-Roussillon wines.
Syrah perfectly acclimated itself in California, Australia and South Africa.
Aromas: raspberry, black pepper, licorice, violet ...
Big. Powerful, alcoholic, but well balanced and with a potential for further development.
Bitter. Acrid. Generally a fault, although in some Italian reds bitterness is considered normal and desirable.
Body.
Soft wines from very ripe grapes that contain big fruit flavors and low acid levels
Hard
Aggressive wines high in acidity or tannins.
Hogshead
Usually a 60-gallon oak barrel
Hot
Unbalanced high alcohol wines.
Big: A wine that is full-bodied, rich and slightly alcoholic tasting.
Bite: A marked degree of acidity or tannin. An acid grip in the finish should be more like a zestful tang and is tolerable only in a rich, full-bodied wine.
Big is a term used often to describe a wine high in alcohol, usually also heavy in body. Too much alcohol in a wine makes it hot.
AROMATIC - Plenty of aromas (the opposite of reticent).
Big A wine with intense flavor, or high in alcohol.[5]
Biscuity A wine descriptor often associated with Pinot noir dominated-Champagne. It is sense of yeasty or bread dough aroma and flavors.
massive In great vintages where there is a high degree of ripeness and superb concentration, some wines can turn out to be so big, full-bodied, and rich that they are called massive.
meaty A chewy, fleshy wine is also said to be meaty.
Applies to the bouquet of a wine pointing out the odor of big game.
VENDANGES TARDIVES (LATE GRAPE HARVEST)
Lawful Expression to indicate certain wines in Alsace.
VÉRAISON (RIPENING) ...
Environmental and cultural characteristics and needs : he leaves medium or large, pentagonal, three-lobed or five lobes, big bunch and elongated, pyramid-shaped cylinder, with two wings, sometimes only one, aspect of semi-compact or compact; ...
When wine and brandy is aged, it is often aged in a big oak barrel. These oak barrels are not airtight - some tiny amounts of wine can seep through the tiny holes in the seams of the oak barrels.
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