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BRAWNY: Used to describe wines that are hard, intense, tannic and that have raw, woody flavors. The opposite of elegant.
BRIARY: Describes young wines with an earthy or stemmy wild berry character.
Brawny
Tasting term used to describe red wines with high alcohol and tannin levels.
brawny: A hefty, muscular, full-bodied wine with plenty of weight and flavor, although not always the most elegant or refined sort of wine.
BRAWNY
Term used mainly to describe young red wines with high alcohol and tannin levels. Certain red wines from Amador County, California, can be examples.
19 at every store we visited, far more than better wines, and that pattern was repeated over and over. Had a Petite Sirah recently? Several stores had Bogle Vineyards' good example of this brawny red varietal for just $9.99.
Sierra Foothills - a high elevation growing area known for big, brawny Zinfandel. Riesling has also been doing well. Eldorado and Amador are perhaps the most well known wine growing counties within this region.
Zinfandel is a heady, full-bodied red with ripe raspberry fruit accentuated by pepper and spice. When done right, it is often described as dusky, brooding, briary, brambly, exotic, brawny, exuberant, or opulent.', '', 300)"; ...
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