concentrated
Fine wines, whether they are light-, medium-, or full-bodied, should have concentrated flavors. Concentrated denotes that the wine has a depth and richness of fruit that gives it appeal and interest.
Concentrated
A term to describe aromas and flavors that are dense.
Concentration
A descriptor used for a wine whose flavors or fruit character are tightly knit.
Concentrated, flavourful and well balanced
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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.
Corkage. fee charged by a restaurant to customers who bring in their own wine.
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MALT EXTRACT: A concentrated syrup ('wet') or powder ('dry') made from malted barley. Widely used in beer kits, and by home brewers to save them having to mash the malt.
MALTOSE: The primary sugar obtained from malt by the mashing process.
Recioto:Extremely concentrated Italian wine made from grapes that have been dried or raisined in special drying rooms for a few months after harvest before being crushed. The wine can be dry or slightly sweet.
Robust
Strong, concentrated and full-bodied; well balanced.
Rough
Hard, acrid and ungiving.
concentratedDense aromas and flavours. concentrationWhat wines with dense aromas and flavours evidence (as opposed to weak and watery).
A fungus that causes results in shriveled, concentrated grapes. It has been adapted as a desireable condition for wines such as French Sauternes, German Trockenbeerenauslese, and Hungarian Tokaji.
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The technique involves freezing the contents of the neck of the bottle where the solids have concentrated. Dégorgement French for "disgorging." Dégustation French for "wine tasting." Décuvage French for "de-vatting." (compare encuvage).
Closed: Describes wines that are concentrated and have character, but are shy in aroma or flavor.
Complete: A full-bodied wine rich in extracts with a pronounced finish.
In wine tasting, the use of cassis over black currant typically denotes a more concentrated, richer flavor.
Cedarwood A collective term used to describe the woodsy aroma of a wine that has been treated with oak.
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mouth-filling Big, rich, concentrated wines that are filled with fruit extract and are high in alcohol and glycerin are wines that tend to texturally fill the mouth. A mouth-filling wine is also a chewy, fleshy, fat wine.
The wines are characterized as full-bodied, tannic and concentrated as well as the longest-lived of all of Bordeaux red wines.
Margaux: The classic descriptor for this region is feminine.
These grapes are picked individually at the height of their maturity, so they're very concentrated in flavor and sugar and produce extremely rich, sweet wines.
Someone tasting in a number of wines from the premiers crus may perceive them as more concentrated and interesting than the village wines, and perceive a similar jump from premier cru to grand cru.
There are a number of very good premiers crus here which are largely concentrated in the southern half of the commune, with just one, Les Cras (3.5 hectares) to the north.
Reserva wines are usually produced in particularly favorable years with grapes harvested in quality areas, they usually are more concentrated than Crianza even though they do not always have a higher structure.
The newer the barrel, the more concentrated the oak's influence will be on the wine. As vintages wear on, the oak barrels will have less flavor to offer an upcoming wine.
It is an extremely full-bodied, strong wine with a typical aroma of violets, vanilla, bilberry and blackberry, positively bitter on the palate, smooth and velvety with sweet tannins, elegant and concentrated without any of the toughness which ...
As the syrup boils, the sugar becomes more concentrated and the syrup more dense. The various stages of the cooked sugar solution can be measured with a candy thermometer.
These disgusting, mouldy looking grapes yield small quantities of extremely concentrated juice that is then used to make sublime sweet white wines of great complexity and longevity.
Another way to make an inexpensive wine at home, is to obtain unconcentrated varietal grape juice and some basic equipment from a homebrew supply store; the results are pleasant to drink.
Tannin - A natural component found to varying degrees in the skins, seeds and stems of grapes; most prominent in red wines, where it creates a dry, puckering sensation in young reds of concentrated extract; ...
DENSE: Describes a wine that has concentrated aromas on the nose and palate. A good sign in young wines.
DEPTH: Describes the complexity and concentration of flavors in a wine, as in a wine with excellent or uncommon depth. Opposite of shallow.
Describes wines that are concentrated and have character, yet show little aroma or flavor. This may be a temporary condition (akin to "dumb," below) in an age worthy wine that is past its youth but not yet mature.
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Concentrate
The juice of white or red wine grapes concentrated and usually sold in tins or packs.
Confected
This is a tasting term that describes a sweet aroma/flavour that tastes more manufactured (more like candy than honey).
It is simply impossible to make concentrated rich Barossa Shiraz wines or those equally intense and beautifully structured Margaret River Cabernets, or great Grand Cru Burgundy, if the vines are cropped too heavily.
The sap of a great wine; the concentrated aromatic savour of a luscious and ripe sweet white wine of inherent quality.
Sharp
Excessive acidity, a defect usually found in white wines.
Big
Ample amount of concentrated fruit, character, tannins, etc.
Buttery
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Ukranean wine which is concentrated and rich in alcohol drawn from the saperavi
Zikhron-Yaacov :
Israeli vine grown on the slopes of Mount Carmel.
The sweetening agent is often concentrated grape juice from the Pedro Ximenez grape (PX is also increasingly being used on its own to make very sweet styled Sherrys).
A. Crushing of grapes B. Must preparation (concentrated, sterilized, and fresh juices) C. Stabilization D. Bottling
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This concentrates both the flavors and the sweetness of the now-shriveled grapes, and the wine made from these grapes is of a much more concentrated flavor than it could have been without the friendly fungus.
"The juice of the grape is the liquid quintessence of concentrated sunbeams."
Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866),
English satirist and author.
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Fining: The last step before the wine goes into the bottle. A process where a concentrated ingredients (egg white, bentonite, gelatin, or isinglass) is added to adhere to proteins and other imperfections to help improve clarity.
The new Zinfandel vines are dry-farmed and head pruned. We expect highly concentrated wines from this low yielding style of farming with the first vintage planned for 2001.
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Yield: The amount of wine produced from a given area of vines. The less produced the more concentrated the wine will be. Too high a yield will make for dilute, watery wine.
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Meaty
Describes highly extracted red wines that are so full-bodied and concentrated, they seem chewy. Can also describe the aromas of cooked meat, bacon and game that are sometimes associated with Syrah and Pinot Noir.
Humidity affects the kind of constituents that escape, with alcohol becoming more concentrated in wine stored under conditions of low humidity and weakening with high humidity.
Madre: Sediment or leas left at the bottom of the barrel. Wine that has been concentrated by boiling and is added to poor wines to give them more body.
Magnum: A bottle containing twice the normal amount of 75cl.
vieilles vignes - French for 'old vines', which generally produce more concentrated wine than young ones.
vigour - a vine's natural tendency to sprout forth leaves.
It's hard to avoid this word in any discussion of wines these days. Essentially it means just what it sounds like: a wine that's concentrated and intense. Even normal people these days like to argue about whether various wines are overly extracted.
This dry, full-bodied red wine has a slight tartness with a raisiny sweetness of concentrated black cherries and the aroma of cedar or tobacco.
Austria's serious winemakers have discovered that, with lower yields and higher ripeness, Grüner Veltliner can produce stunningly intense and concentrated wines.
For red wines, this juice is often left to sit with its skins so that tannins are extracted, giving the wine a fuller, more concentrated structure, and often adding some bitter flavors. With carbonic maceration, the grapes are not crushed.
Because much of the water in the grapes is frozen, the resulting juice is concentrated-rich in flavor and high in sugar and acid. Ice wines are renowned in Germany, where they're called Eiswein (pronounced ICE-vine).
CORNALIN: (a.k.a Rouge du Pays). Vigorous ancient variety indigenous to Switzerland and used to produce rich, plummy, concentrated red wine claimed by some to be reminiscent of french central Rhone versions and often requires similar aging.
"Noble rot," a kind of mold that may appear on late-harvested grapes, causing them to shrink and dry so the natural sugars become highly concentrated.
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Finish: The final taste left by a wine after you spit or swallow it. Wines made with dilute or underripe fruit tend to have very short finishes while those that are highly concentrated or strong in extract can linger for 30 seconds or more.
Touriga Nacional is the most revered Port grape variety. Small berried, tannic and with a concentrated flavour. It also is a required minimum constituent (20%) of Dăo.
A lower yield may often mean a higher quality crop, as the vine's output is concentrated in fewer grapes. Italy legally defines the maximum yield for many wines.
Alluvial: Soil that contains clay, silt, sand or gravel deposited by running water is said to be alluvial. Grapes grown in mostly sandy and stony alluvial soil produce wines with more concentrated fruit flavors.
A grape precondition necessary for making certain styles of Californian Zinfandel wines. Left on the vine to dry in the sun, certain grape varietals will develop the desirable "raisiny" character and concentrated sugar necessary for making specialty ...
referred to as a poor man's Chardonnay because of its similar flavor and texture profile, Pinot Blanc is used in Champagne , Burgundy , Alsace , Germany , Italy and California and can make a terrific wine. When well made, it is intense, concentrated ...
Old vine
'Old vine' refers to wines produced from grape vines that are notably old. Grape vines can grow for over 100 years. After about 15 years, vines produce smaller crops, leading to more concentrated and intense wines.
Eiswein
German term (Icewine in English). Grapes are left on the vine until they freeze. Temperatures of -7C are required. The water content is removed as ice, and the resulting wine is sweet, concentrated and luscious.
Left on the vine to dry in the sun, certain grape varietals will develop the desirable "raisiny" character and concentrated sugar necessary for making specialty wines such as the famous Hungarian Tokay.
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