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Black Fruits
A general term for wine aromas and flavours that suggest blackberries, blueberries, black cherries, blackcurrants, or other black fruits.

 


Black fruit: A catchall term for mixed black-cherry, blackberry, plum and similar fruit aromas, commonplace in many good red wines.

Black fruits
Wine aromas and/or flavours that suggest black currants, black cherries, blackberries, blueberries, or other black fruit.
Black grapes
Wine grapes with a blue or reddish skin pigmentation that are used to make red wines.

Mild black fruit, pepper, and unidentified herb aromas barely beget interest, but the sour red and black cherry flavors on the palate are an ideal match for marinara sauce.

Akin to black fruit (above), a delightful fruit combination often noted in good red wines.
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Zinfandel - black fruits (often jammy), black spices - often called "briary"
Syrah (aka Shiraz, depending on vineyard location) - black fruits, black spices - especially white and black pepper
Pinot Noir - red fruits, floral, herbs ...

FOOD MATCH: Black fruit, tannins and acidity make it a natural with steaks, specifically rare pan-seared locally produced rib eyes.
VALUE: Good structure and complexity makes it a real value at $10.

Bitter
A taste sensation generally experienced on the back of the tongue.

Black fruits
Wine aromas and/or flavors that suggest black currants, black cherries, blackberries, blueberries, or other black fruit.

black fruitsAromas and flavours found typically in red wines including those of blackberries, black currants, blueberries and black cherries. black grapesGrapes with reddish or blue pigment in their skins used to make red wine.

However a glass of good Sagrantino begins to fascinate the taster with its dark and deep red color and, after passing it under the nose, it is pretty hard to be indifferent to its strong aromas of black fruits, especially blackberry, ...

Merlot- "Juicy blueberries and ripe strawberries lure the palate into a meandering river of black fruits, spicy clove and lush plum."
Shiraz- "Generous ripe berry fruit leads to a lush, soft, balanced finish." ...

Good syrah offers a captivating aroma of ripe black fruits, black pepper, and a distinctive gamey scent aficionados often compare to the smell of roasting meat.

Although the vintage is likely to favour red fruit flavours over the intense black fruit flavours of the 2006 vintage, producers say many wines have surprising levels of intensity and concentration, ...

These concentrated sugars ferment to complete dryness, which creates a wine with high alcohol (often 14%-16%), black fruit flavors and a rich, dark color.

Bonarda: Intense red with violet hues; strong tannins; black fruit and plums; ages well.
Cabernet Sauvignon: Adapts well to all Argentine regions. Complex aromas of tobacco, black pepper, red fruits. Full-bodied and structured through aging.

Popular in Italy, where its produces dark red wines that are filled with black fruit aromas and flavour, sometimes with a shadow of anise. Can be touch austere, sometimes light and fruity.
Also known as, Charbono, Douce Noire, Ormeasco.

Syrah is a red grape variety known for its spicy, peppery black fruit aromas, as well as a tell-tale smokiness; even scents of leather or tar.

Because today's cooler English climate could not always develop a full black fruit color in the grape skins, the Wrotham fruit in England was treated as a Champagne grape. It was used only for sparkling "Blanc de Noir" wines.

At their best these wines can have a spicy, earthy perfume and rich black fruit flavors mixed with hints of smoke.

See also: Fruit, Wine, Aroma, Red, Tannin