Dumb

Dumb
Tasting description referring to young wines with yet-to-develop flavours and aromas.
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Dumb: Describes a phase young wines undergo when their flavors and aromas are undeveloped. A synonym of closed.
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Dumb
Not revealing flavor or aroma; closed; typical of wines that are too young or too cold.
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Earthy
Smell or flavor reminiscent of earth. A certain earthiness can be appealing; too much makes the wine coarse.

Dumb
Closed, and unlikely to open up. Typical of wines that are too high in tannins or too cold.
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Dumb
A wine tasting term to mean a wine that is not showing up to its potential. Dumb in this context refers not to intelligence but inability to speak. While trying to avoid words that are anthropomorphic, this one seems particularly well suited.

Dumb: A wine with very little or no nose, common in youthful well made wines.
Dry: Dry is a term to describe the absence of sweetness in a wine. This is a description, which all sugars have been converted to alcohol.

Dumb: See "closed" above: An ageworthy wine that has lost its youthful fruit but not yet gained the complex bouquet of bottle age, and not showing much of anything during the interim.

Dumb
An ageworthy wine that has lost its youthful fruit but not yet gained the complex bouquet of bottle age. Often applied to an immature fine red wine with yet undeveloped bouquet. See also Closed.

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.

Dumb Tasting term for a phase in young wines when their initial freshness has faded and bottle character has not yet developed.

Dumb. a wine with limited flavors and aromas-often temporary due to bottling, storage, aging or refrigeration.
Earthy. Refers to aromas and flavors that suggest wet or dry earth or minerals.
Enology. the science of making wine.

Dumb
Tasting term for wines that are too young, too cold or have not developed yet, therefor not revealing flavor or aroma.
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DUMB
Characteristic description of a young wine with yet-to-develop aromas and flavours. A synonym for "closed-in". Named so because it seems "unable to speak".

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See "closed" - though usually used in a more negative sense, denoting wines with less development potential.
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It's not a dumb question at all.
Well, the answer is, "Vintage" indicates the year that the grapes are harvested.

Dumb. A description often applied to an immature fine red wine with an undeveloped bouquet. See also Closed.
Earthy. A smell or taste reminiscent of soil.
Elegant.

Some geeks might say the wine was backward, or in a "dumb" stage. I say it smells funky, because it doesn't really show any specific nor ripe fruit; the aroma seems to be a musty mixture of earth, herb, and unripe, maybe dried fruit.

Closed - No obvious tastes or smell (also dumb).
Cloudy - Hazed, protein, whether stored too cold or badly made; a fault.
Cloying - Over sweet, sickly.

Showing little aroma or flavor. May be a temporary condition (akin to "dumb," below) in an ageworthy wine that is past its youth but not yet mature.
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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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Closed
A wine that doesn't smell much. Many fine wines go through a 'closed' or 'dumb' period as part of their development.

Expressive: Displaying its aromas and flavors. Similar to "open"; the opposite of "closed" or "dumb." ...

Unyielding, closed; dumb.
Strong
Robust, powerful, big.
Structure
The way a wine is built; its composition and proportions.
Stuffing
Big, flavorful, full-bodied wines are said to have "stuffing."
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It was all dumb smiles at the table as this bottle slowly met its doom. If this is an accurate representation of the Cienega Valley, which is located outside of Hollister, CA, then it would seem this is a viticultural area to watch.

See also: Wine, Grape, Red, Fruit, Sweet