Dense: A textural descriptor for a tactile, mouthfilling wine that conveys an impression of thickness and weight.
Dense: Describes a wine that has concentrated aromas on the nose and palate. A good sign in young wines.
The dense, chewy, rich, deeply-colored 2005 Shiraz is a full-bodied, ripe, intense wine, but does not reveal quite the same thrilling level of quality as the Cabernet. Nevertheless, it is ... more ...
Big, dense, juicy fruit laid along miles of well-engineered structure and loads of Cabernet character make this a top wine pick vintage in and vintage out.
Ripe, dense, flavourful wines with firm tannins and good structure - especially from Chile. Just has the edge on the 1997 vintage.
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Deep, dense, purplish and magenta color suggests that it is still young. Forward nose of rich, ripe, complex, yummy smelling red and black berry fruits: mulberry, boysenberry, raspberry, and currant, along with mild tobacco, earth, and a hint of tar.
Meaty and dense, Olorosos get their dark amber to brown color from exposure to oxygen during aging. These are more fortified than Fino-types (18-20%) and are rich with nutty and raisiny characters. Oloroso is still considered dry.
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Thick-Dense and heavy in texture.
Thin-Lacking body and flavor.
Tired-Past its peak of flavor development; old.
Denso (dense) Thick, full bodied, well structured wine.
Denominación de Origen (DO) With the exception of one (Cava), all Quality Wines from Spain have DO status.
Full-bodied
Dense with flavor and texture, and typically higher in alcohol content; See also Big, Fat.
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.
concentratedDense aromas and flavours. concentrationWhat wines with dense aromas and flavours evidence (as opposed to weak and watery).
Malic acid levels are higher in grapes grown in cool climates or under dense shaded grapevine canopies.
Dense-looking; locking clarity and transparency.
Open. Yielding all its qualities. A fine wine, aged to the right degree, may be said to have opened out.
Oxidized.
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DENSE - Generally a reference to color depth, but sometimes of depth of flavor.
DRIED OUT - Said of the fruit qualities of a wine too old and lacking.
DRY - Describes wines that have no sweetness. Dry is the opposite of sweet.
Creams are pretty dense with aromas of chocolate, licorice, jams and dried fruit
Pedro Ximénez - this style of Jerez is exclusively produced with Pedro Ximénez grape, as opposed to the other styles where Palomino is the predominant grape.
Perhaps the noblest of them all, Cabernet Sauvignon makes big, dense, structured red wines capable of long aging. It forms the backbone of the top red wines of Bordeaux, where it is usually blended with Merlot and Cabernet Franc, among others.
If a wine has a rather dense, viscous texture from a high glycerin content, it is often referred to as being chewy.
Excessively heavy and dense.
Thin
Light and without body; watery. Thin is not a synonym of light, although the words are often incorrectly interchanged. Similar to "light-bodied" but more critical.
When you drink the Shiraz, you'll notice your tongue feeling gripped with that dry, puckery, steeped tea flavor and the wine will seem very dense and thick.
Canberra, Australia
Plum fuirt aromas and flavours are typical of these quite fine, densely flavoured wines.
Cowra, Australia
Very charming, tasty reds with a raspberryish note and dark, close grained character.
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.
When Chardonnay vines are planted densely, they are forced to compete for resources and funnel energy into their grape clusters.
Smith writes all of his own signs, such as this simple one on a bottle of Cougar Crest Cabernet Franc from Washington state: "Dense and sinful." Ms.
These dense, perfumed red wines need years to reach their best, and from a good vintage they'll go on improving for decades. A little bit of white wine is made from Marsanne and Roussanne, and these can also be very long-lived.
Texture: Description of how the wine being tasted feels on the palate. "Texture" is used more often when describing heavy, dense wines with a big mouth feel.
Closely resembles a thermometer and is used to measure the density of liquids by floating it in the liquid. Basically, the lower it sinks, the less dense the liquid is.
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Grüner Veltliner finds its finest balance in loess, the fine-grained, densely compacted glacial dust that has blown in over many thousands of years.
Can either be a positive or a negative. In a positive sense it can denote powerful characters of clean, rich and hearty soil, as in 'an earthy complexity', but it can also describe wines that are too dense and sometimes dirty.
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New, modern expressions of traditional Spanish grapes continue to emerge from these regions, from simple co-op wines that rank among the world's best values to rare, densely concentrated monsters zealously sought by collectors.
Before tasting, try and determine the order the wines should be assessed in, by appearance and nose alone. Heavy wines will be deeper in color and generally more intense on the nose. Sweeter wines, being denser, ...
Green bell Peppers: Cabernets (franc and Sauvignon), Sauvignon blancs, Merlots and other varieties are said to produce a green bell pepper character, especially when the grapes are grown in cooler climates or under dense foliage conditions.
Tart - Sharp; acceptable if not too acidic.
Thick - Dense and heavy in texture.
Thin - Lacking body and flavour.
Tired - Past its peak of flavour development; old.
Tough - Astringent or hard; wiry; tannic.
Heavy wines will be deeper in color and generally more intense on the nose. Sweeter wines, being denser, will leave thick, viscous streaks (called legs or tears) down the inside of the glass when swirled.
Reported as derived from a Cabernet Sauvignon x Lemberger cross by the Weinsberg/Württemberg Research Station, Baden, Germany, this V.vinifera variety was released in November, 1999. Red wine is claimed to possess a dense, ...
it is notable that estates in possession of a lower ranking, but a gravelly terroir, are often properties that punch well above their weight when the wines come up for tasting. And further north past St Estèphe, where the gravel gives way to denser ...
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