Claret
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Claret is the name used in English for red wine from the Bordeaux region of France, along the valleys of the rivers Gironde, Garonne and Dordogne.
Claret Is a British term that was adopted by Australia to describe a dry red wine, resembling the characteristics of the French wine Bordeaux. Sometimes Australian 'Claret' was predominately Cabernet Sauvignon but not always so.
Claret: In England this refers to red Bordeaux; elsewhere a generic term for red wine.
Hock: An English term for German wine, sometimes from the Rhine region.
Claret
Originally the British name for Bordeaux wine. The lesser appellations are sometimes referred to as Clarets.
Claret :
A light and fruity red wine produced in the region of Bordeaux.
Clear : ...
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.
Claret
Claret wines are red wines from Bordeaux.
Clarity
A wine's clarity refers to its clearness and absence of sediment.
Claret: An English term referring to Bordeaux reds.
Cork Taint: Or corked, is the term used to describe wine that has been spoiled after bottling - usually occurring because of improper storage, ...
Claret: An English name for red Bordeaux.
Clos: Pronounced "Cloh," this French word once applied only to vineyards surrounded by walls.
Claret - British name for Bordeaux wine. Is also a semi-generic term for a red wine in similar style to that of Bordeaux.
Claret: Fruity, light red wine whose fermentation process includes very slight maceration of the grape skins, best to drink young.
Clean: A wine with no offensive odors or tastes.
Claret
English term for red wine of Bourdeaux
Clarify
allowing sediment in juice to settle at low temperature (before fermentation for white wines) ...
Claret (clare-eht)
A term without legal meaning. In some parts of the world in refers to a light red wine. In England, where the term is most widely used, it means a red wine of the Bordeaux, France region.
Clean ...
Claret (CLARE-it) - Old synonym, particularly British, for red Bordeaux.
Classico (CLAH-see-koe) - Legally delimited central part of an Italian wine region, generally producing wines considered the region's best. See "Chianti." ...
Claret (Clairet): In England, "Claret" refers to English-style Bordeaux or wines from Bordeaux.
Claret: An English name for dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine.
Clarity: Refers to the cloudiness or sediment in a wine.
Claret: The traditional English term for red Bordeaux wine. Generically it refers to a full bodied dry red wine.
Clean: A wine devoid of any faults.
Claret
Old-fashioned English term for red wines from the *Bordeaux region.
Clarification
Removable of insoluble material from wine, usually through fining agents or filtration. Is that clear enough?
Claret: Common name, especially in Britain, for the red wines of Bordeaux.
Clarity: In wine evaluation, clarity is a subjective term for the absence of cloudiness or sediment in a wine.
clarete
Although this word was originally the equivalent of claret, i.e.
Claret. traditional term for the wine of Bordeaux.
Classico. Italian term indicating that wine comes from the heart of a specific region.
Clairette or Claretta di Nizza is probably of French origin and is used in Tuscan and Sardinian white blends
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Tuscany
Sardinia ...
The traditional claret sangria recipe from the 1800s can be found on a wonderful website that is a treasure trove of sangria recipes, Wine Intro.
ClaretTraditional term for the wine of Bordeaux. clarityUsed to describe the a wine that is not hazy or murky, but visually clear. ClassicoItalian term indicating that wine comes from the heart of a specific region.
Claret: Properly, the English term for the red wines of Bordeaux, but more commonly the term for any light red wine.
I have already argued that the wines of St Julien are perhaps the epitome of claret, but I am sure that many would argue in favour of this commune, just to the north of St Julien.
My father used to decant his dinner claret after lunch, but for someone known to 'vintage' his grocers' port by adding a dash of brandy to the decanter, perhaps his claret was 'portified' for it never tasted tired.
In this period, English people were already used to call Bordeaux wines with the term claret - initially introduced for commercial purposes - a custom being still popular in England.
Claret
Claret is a British term for Bordeaux red wines, it comes from an old French term.
Clone
A clone is a sub-variety of a given grape variety. Some varieties such as Pinot Noir have multiple clones.
At the beginning of the second millennium the Bordeaux region was under English domination. Hundred of boats loaded with barrels of "Claret" left for England.
In California it is a popular varietal on its own and also as a percentage constituent of the red wine blend resembling Bordeaux claret called "Meritage". It does extremely well in the state of Washington and shows great promise on Long Island, N.Y.
Wine crystal glasses were frequently fabricated in sets of dozen during the nineteenth century, each set for burgundy and claret, port and sherry, liqueur glasses, and champagne glasses.
Zinfandel as a red wine can be made light and fruity, much like French Beaujolais, or lively, complex and age worthy, like Cabernet or claret. It can also be made into big, ripe, high alcohol style wines that resemble Port.
The bill for a celebration party for the 55 drafters of the US Constitution was for 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of claret, 8 bottles of whiskey, 22 bottles of port, 8 bottles of hard cider, ...
King of the ''Noble'' grapes, famous for its use in Bordeaux Claret.
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Dumb: usually refers to the odor, or lack thereof, in a wine of some future. Many young classic clarets or Cabernet-Sauvignons are considered dumb.
CLARET
Name given by the English to the red wine of Bordeaux.
CLARIFICATION
Operation of joining and filtering having for goal to make the wine limpid while making disappear suspended particles.
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