Complexity
A professional tasting term for coffees that exhibit depth and resonance of flavors.
Continuous Roaster
A large commercial roaster that roasts coffee continuously, as opposed to in batches.
Complexity: The term used when a wine has multiple flavor and aroma characteristics from the vineyard source, winemaking techniques and/or bottle development.
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.
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.
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/Complexity: Describes the rich variety of bouquet and flavors in one of your finer wines.
complexity and character
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- Complexity: A diversity of harmonious smell sensations.
- Cleanliness: Absence of winemaking faults.
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It is this complexity that means this simple guide could never be enough to truly understand Burgundy.
Intensity Complexity depth of flavour.
Lean Thin in texture.
Lees / Leesy Created by dead yeast cells and other solid matter which collects at the bottom of the container after fermentation.
Character and complexity, usually refering to high quality.
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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.
Complexity
A balanced, rich, nuanced wine demonstrating finesse.
Corked
A moldy odor and flavor from fungus-infected cork attributed to small amounts of trichloroanisole (TCA) in the wine.
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There are nine types of Port that vary in quality, complexity and oak aging. Ruby Ports are the youngest style, with the light ruby-red color and vibrant red fruit aromas.
Depth: Describes the complexity and concentration of flavors in a wine. Generally refers to a quality wine with subtle layers of flavor that go deep. Opposite of shallow.
Developed: Refers to the maturity of a wine.
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.
The red wines from Cõte de Nuits have a higher structure and organoleptic complexity than the ones from Cõte de Beaune and are considered the best Pinot Noirs of Burgundy and of the world.
Columbia Winery's "entry level" bottle is a fine example of American Syrah, offering distinction, complexity, and character - a stark contrast from the myriad labels of "me-too" Shiraz flooding retail shelves.
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.
Winemakers build more complexity into this easy-to-manipulate wine using common vinification techniques: barrel fermentation, sur lie aging during which the wine is left on its natural sediment, ...
By the time it is 40 years old, it has mellowed from a hot plum like flavor, to a soft nutty taste, full of complexity. As the port continues to age, it starts to loose some of its strength and intensity, but gains complexity and character.
Helps make wines of classic breed, intensity and complexity that often need to bottle-age for at least 5-10 years in order to reach peak flavor condition.
At low levels it not only adds complexity but may be responsible for traditional regional characters (Rhône, Burgundy). When it occurs at levels that overwhelm fruit or varietal attributes, it should be considered a flaw.
Can be used both positively (pleasant, clean quality adding complexity to aroma and flavor) and negatively (barnyardy character bordering on dirtiness).
Flinty: Describe the aroma or taste of some white wines; like the odor of flint striking steel.
In addition to softening some of their austere tannins, as Cabernet wines age new flavors and aromas can emerge and add to the wines' complexity.
Most of these elements lend complexity to wine flavors with nearly insignificant nutritional impact, either positively or negatively, on the diet, other than to assist in digestion.
Oak provides flavor and aromatic support to the wine, while adding richer, fuller impressions and complexity.
There are many benefits to aging the better whites (additional complexity and richness), but there are also some risks. That is part of the fun. Wine is like other aspects of life: no risk, no reward! ...
Champagne author Tom Stevenson describes the house style as "classic, Pinot-dominated Champagnes of great potential longevity and complexity" which "tends to go toasty.
Black raspberry scents gain intriguing complexity from a distinct mineral note that's pleasantly reminescent of rainwater over rusty iron.
Rather than inoculating with an introduced yeast, using the wild Yeast: One-celled organisms that, in winemaking, convert sugar to alcohol.', '', 250)"; onMouseout="hideddrivetip()"yeast results in added complexity and seamlessness in the wine.
An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. In short, these are terrific wines.
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A barely above average to very good wine displaying various degrees of finesse and flavor as well as character with no noticeable flaws.
The wines you are looking for in a barbeque are bold (so it can stand up to the rich flavors) and uncomplicated (meaning that you don't always have to go for the depth and complexity factor). This translates into inexpensive for you.
Many Americans have drinking problems, and abuse wine for its alcoholic properties, caring nothing for the complexity and substance of the flavour. Their attention should be drawn to the related wikiHows section below.
A subjective description for a heavy, intense red wine with depths of complexity; may also refer to a wine of this type that's "closed" or "dumb" (see below) but that shows a sense of hidden glories.
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Oak adds flavour, texture and complexity to wines. Barriques hold 225 litres, hogsheads 300 litres and puncheons 500 litres. French oak is usually more subtle in its impact than American oak.
Pinot Noir - Pinot Noir is a red wine of light to medium body and delicate, smooth, rich complexity with earthy aromas. They are less tannic than a cabernet sauvignon or a merlot.
Closed
Not yet showing complexity or layers of flavor, common in young reds.
Coarse
Rude, crude or harsh flavors.
Style
Rather than possessing individual style, it adds complexity and fullness to other Bordeaux reds.
Body, Dry/Sweet
When blended, produces intense, full bodied wines.
Quality
The degree of excellence of a wine, often judged by complexity, harmony and intensity.
Racking
Pumping wine from one container to another to clarify it by leaving the sediment behind.
Allowing a white wine to sit on its dead yeast for a while, often giving it extra complexity and mouthfeel. Tannins. Naturally occurring substances that give red wines their backbone and often their longevity. Sometimes cause mouth to pucker.
You'd be surprised but many people like a little stink in their wines, adding to the complexity. Too much may be off-putting, but a bit can be nice.
Producer of the finest dry whites, full bodied, richly flavoured and capable of great complexity. Can be fresh and minerally, nutty and mellow, or lively and tropical.
Skilful vinification by one of the principal producers of the region has now produced a style that is less harsh and emphasises the fruit, but does not lose the complexity.
Leafy
Describes wines that smell like leaves and sometimes herbs. A hint of this can add to the complexity of the wine, however a strong whiff of it is unpleasant and vegetal.
Earthy: Often used as a pejorative descriptor for a rustic wine that's not entirely clean, but can also be a component of complexity deriving from the wine's distinctive soil character.
Malolactic Fermentation
is a secondary fermentation which converts sharp malic acid into softer lactic acid, contributing complexity and softness to reds and imparting a buttery quality to whites ...
Advocates believe that barrel fermentation contributes greater harmony between the oak and the wine, increases body and adds complexity, texture and flavor to certain wine types.
Malolactic Fermentation: A bacterial fermentation that converts malic to lactic acid and carbon dioxide and can add complexity to wines.
Tannin: This taste sensation comes from seeds, stems and skins of grapes, imparting a "pucker" to the taste as well as complexity and structure.
LEAFY (see YEASTY/YEASTLIKE).
Somewhat analogous to "vegetal". Desirable in minute detectable amounts, if adding to notes of complexity in the wine.
Controversial; some wine lovers detest the "organic," "barnyard," "leather," "metallic" or even "fecal" aroma that it imparts; others regard it -- at least in minute amounts -- as an element of complexity and a classic characteristic of older red ...
An undesirable characteristic, wines that smell and taste vegetal are usually made from unripe grapes. In some wines, a subtle vegetable garden smell is pleasant and adds complexity, but if it is the predominant character, it is a major flaw.
Depending on the level of Brett contamination, the flavors may be thought of as nice or unpleasant. At low levels, Brett can add flavors of spice or general complexity.
Unfiltered Wine
Wine that has been bottled without filtration. Fashionable in quality wines, it avoids a process which many believe strips wine of some flavour and complexity.
 See also: Complex, Wine, Grape, Fruit, Red
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