Licorice and rose petals come through on the mid palate and an under-lying earthy complexity is evident all the way through. The tannins are powdery and subtle on this juicy ready to drink red.
Complex
Depth of flavor and nuances, an interesting wine that reveals lots of different aromas and flavor characteristics
Crisp
Has generous amounts of acidity, generally a fresh, clean wine in a lighter style ...
Complex
Having multifaceted aroma and flavor; a hallmark of greatness.
Complexity: The term used when a wine has multiple flavor and aroma characteristics from the vineyard source, winemaking techniques and/or bottle development.
Complex
Denotes wines judged to have reached their optimum expectations of aroma, balance and structure. A complex wine combines all flavour and taste components in a marvellous harmony.
Complexity:
A combination of richness, depth, flavor intensity
balance, finesse, and lots of other fancy words
that let you know this is a really good wine.
Complex
Multiple aromas and/or flavors. Evidence of a high quality wine.
Cooked
Heavy, jammy, overripe, prune-like flavors often found in wines from very hot growing regions.
Complex
Multifaceted aroma and/or flavor. Most wines considered great exhibit a combination of flavor and aroma elements.
Cooked
Heavy, pruney flavor; also said of wines from very hot growing regions or wines that are overripe.
Complex: Describes a wine that combines all flavour and taste components in almost miraculous harmony.
Delicate: Used to describe light- to medium-weight wines with good flavours.
Complex: A wine with numerous odors and flavors, each one usually rather subtle.
Corked: A moldy odor and flavor from a fungus-infected cork.
complex
One of the most subjective descriptive terms used, a complex wine is a wine that the taster never gets bored with and finds interesting to drink.
Complex/ity Beneficial adjective to describe a fine wine. layered with many flavours on the nose and palate. Usually achieved with age, ...
Complex - This describes a wine which has a myriad of aromas and flavors. The opposite of a "simple" wine, a complex wine has various aromas and flavors that compliment each other.
Complexity: Complexity in a wine indicates many different, well-merged flavours to add interest and personality to a wine to the point of being fascinating.
Complexity: An element in all great wines and many very good ones; a combination of richness, depth, flavor intensity, focus, balance, harmony and finesse.
Complex: The best wines display a fairly broad range of qualities that render their taste complex and challenging - in contrast to simple wines that lack depth and character.
Complex
Containing many elements with none necessarily dominant. Characteristic of great wines, with many facets of smell and taste. May or may not be "delicate" or "subtle." ...
Complex/Complexity: Describes the rich variety of bouquet and flavors in one of your finer wines.
Complex
A wine that exhibits many different odors and flavors.
Concentrated
A term to describe aromas and flavors that are dense.
Complex: a complex wine is many-faceted; it contains not only acids, alcohols, tannins, etc., but more. Each sip brings another flavor, reveals another nuance.
Complex
Wines with a combination of flavors and aromas.
Crisp
A wine with fresh, brisk character, usually with high acidity.
Complex. A descriptive term for a multifaceted, multi-layered wine that continues to reveal different flavors as you drink it. A complex wine, because it is so fascinating, has an almost magical ability to draw the wine drinker in.
Complex: Describes a wine with multiple layers of flavors and bouquet that are well balanced. A common attribute of a classic wine.
Cooperative: A winery owned jointly by multiple grape growers.
Complex: In wine-speak, this is a positive term, referring to lots of different flavor and aroma components in a wine.
Dry/Off Dry: Little or no sugar = "dry", slightly sweeter = "off dry".
Complexity: The various fragrances noted by small, created by the development of wine from the fermentation and aging process, whether in barrel or bottle.
Complex: A descriptive term that refers to the many flavours, aroma and in-mouth texture found in a single wine.
Complex
Wines with a combination of flavours and aromas.
Corked/corky
A musty, wet cardboard smell and taste. This is most often caused by TCA (trichloroanisole) found in a defective cork, hence the name.
COMPLEX
Almost a synonym for breed. Possesses that elusive quality where many layers of flavor separate a great wine from a very good one. Balance combines all flavor and taste components in almost miraculous harmony.
Complex, with many flavors working together, but not overbearing. If it were a painting, it would be in pastels, not poster paint.
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complex, variety, elegant and/or close to perfect for its type
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Complex combination of the olfactory, gustatory and trigeminal sensations perceived during tasting. The flavour may be influenced by tactile, thermal, painful and/or kinaesthesic effects.
complexity and character
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Complex. Opposite of simple. A wine that has a lot going on
Concentrated. Dense aromas and flavors.
Cork. Quercus Suber, the bark of the cork oak tree, which is boiled, punched, washed, and coated for use as a wine stopper.
COMPLEX: A very subjective term that refers to a wine or beer exhibits a variety of (usually subtle) flavours and/or aromas, consequently these drinks are always very interesting to drink. 'Classic' beers generally seem to contain some complexity.
VALUE: Complexity and flavor interest make it a good buy at $10; but it may pay to shop around, as Wine-Searcher.com reveals many U.S. retailers offering it for a few dollars less.
PEREL: Complex vinifera cultivar with Perle von Csaba prominent in its pedigree. Currently mainly grown in South Africa for use as a tablegrape. (No other details available as yet).
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Port is a complex and charming wine, produced in many styles - precisely eleven - each having its own personality.
This is a complex process, because a wine consists of over 300 different chemical compounds, many of which are identical or similar to those found in fruits, vegetables, spices, herbs, and other substances.
It is this complexity that means this simple guide could never be enough to truly understand Burgundy.
Pectins: Complex carbohydrate chains naturally occurring in fruits that can contribute to the viscosity and haziness of a wine.
Complesso
Complex, a wine that combines many aromas or tastes
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Complejo (complex) Wine which offers a variety of sensations in its taste and bouquet.
At this stage, complex operation will prove the talent of the winemaker: dissolution, extraction, excretion, diffusion, decoction, infusion.
This is the least complex and it's called Ruby because that's its color. It's blended in large wood barrels or tanks for two or three years from different harvests, different vintages, and different quintas.
Depth Describes the complexity of flavors in a wine, as in a wine with many layers of flavor that unfold on the palate. Contrast with vinous.
Dirty Describes wine with foul, off-putting smells resulting from poor winemaking.
In the case of Champagne and sparkling wine, bottle aging allows the wine to acquire, complexity, depth and fine texture; it is also known as aging "on the yeast" or "en tirage".
Aging the balance and complexity of some wines can improve over time; this is influenced by the type of grape, when it was designed to be consumed, and how it is stored.
Usually the hallmark of a complex wine.
Aging
Holding wines for a period of time in barrels, tanks or bottles.
Aggressive
A term used to describe a wine with harsh flavors, often the result of too much tannin or acid.
Aroma ...
Complex. Characteristic of great wines, with many facets of smell and taste.
Cooked. A heavy, often caramel-like smell and taste, sometimes due to heating the juice before vinification.
Complex: Describes a wine that combines all flavor and taste components in harmony.
Corked: The wine smells of cork, it is unpleasant to smell and taste, slightly musty. The flavor of the wine will typically be flat and dull.
As the wine matures and takes on more complex characteristics, the term can change to "bouquet".
Balance: Good balance refers to a wine in which the acids, tannins, alcohol, fruit and flavour are all in pleasing proportions.
Complex and supple, aromas of concentrated blackberry and cassis are most commonly found. One of the most planted top-quality wine varieties in the world.', '', 300)"; onMouseout="hideddrivetip()"
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The majority of these wines are thus preserved in containers which support this process: barrels of oak or tanks incompletely filled, which confer a ambrée hue and a complex bouquet to them, where interfere with the cocoa odors, coffee, plum...
It is a complex aspect of the bouquet.
chewy If a wine has a rather dense, viscous texture from a high glycerin content, it is often referred to as being chewy.
SIMPLE - One dimensional flavors, no complexity, a quaffer.
SPRITZY - Refers to dissolved CO2. Pubescence of intensely matted, woolly hairs covering a leaf surface ...
this wine has been on the decline in recent years/vintages--Robert Parker, for one, thinks the Mondavi wines lack the hedonistic, fully extracted quality he seems to favor, but the 1999 reserve is one I can vouch for as an excellent and complex ...
Simple - Opposite of complex; straightforward.
Smoky - Aroma and flavour sometimes associated with oak ageing.
Some red table wines appreciate in quality, developing less astringency and colour, and a greater complexity of flavour with aging in oak cooperage of up to 500-gallon size for two to three years.
This adds some complexity to the wine, and also imparts toasty, nutty and vanilla-like flavours to the wine, especially when the barrels are new. Red wines are rarely fermented in barrels, but will often spend a lengthy period of ageing in them.
 See also: Wine, Grape, Fruit, Red, Aroma
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