Fined
See fining.
Fining
Fining is a finishing clarification process, performed before bottling, where floculant coagulants, such as egg white or bentonite are added to the barrel in order to remove suspended solids.
Fined
A winemaking process to remove small particles from the wine in order to clarify it. Some vintners believe that this removes some flavor and body from the wine, and therefore do not use the technique.
FINED
Use of various materials for clarifying wines. These materials precipitate to the bottom of the fermentation process vessel carrying any suspended particulate matter with them.
Fined and Filtered: Fining causes the undesirable materials in a wine to settle to the bottom of the tank, along with the fining agent.
Once defined, you can then identify these same characteristics in other wine, and learn those tastes and aromas you prefer and those you don't.
More refined pairings can be realized by considering other elements of wines' composition.
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pucker power
Definition: A wine's pucker power, generally more dominate in younger red wines that haven had the time to soften up with age. Tannins are derived from the skins, stems and seeds of the grapes used to produce the wine.
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Legally defined wine-growing region under French law.
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Refined character, distinguished quality, stylish, well-balanced wine.
Extract
Soluble non-volatile solids that are not sugars that can be found in wines . Particularly red wines have some extract that precipitates as sediment during ageing.
Barbera Defined
Contrary to Barolo or Barbaresco, a Barbera wine is not a dark and sinister purple but a brighter ruby red. Also, Barbera has negligible tannins and does not age as well.
Usually defined as the Chardonnay coming from the cold, Chablis wine has been for years the reference model for the production of wines with this famous white grape ...
Elegant-Refined character, distinguished quality, stylish, not heavy.
Extra Dry-A term used on Champagne labels to indicate not-quite-dry; not as dry as Brut.
Fat-Full of body and flavor; fleshy.
Traditionally defined as the smell that wine acquires from the grapes and from fermentation. Now it more commonly means the wine's total smell, including changes that resulted from oak aging or that occurred in the bottle--good or bad.
The Egyptians refined the process of winemaking, somewhat, and produced very sweet red and white dessert wines.
What are well defined, however, are the various climats which Corton possesses, including evocative names such as Clos-du-Roi, Le Corton and Les Bressandes. All these may appear, in suffixes, on the label.
Barbecue, as defined by the Kansas City Barbecue Society, the pre-eminent authority when it comes to barbecue, consists of cooking meat, poultry, seafood, or vegetables with an indirect source of heat in a closed pit.
Supple Soft, refined, elegant.
Sulphury Sulphur has a volcanic or match smell. Can be detected by a prickly sensation in the nostrils and the back of the throat. Used as a preservative, an antiseptic in cleaning casks and bottles.
American Viticultural AreaGrowing regions in the United States, distinguished by geographical and terroir features, that are defined and regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
As for the wines with label of origin (AOC and VDQS), their encépagement, obviously made up of type of vines recommended, is strictly defined by a decree published in the Official Journal, ...
Fat, with all elements strongly defined. See also Fat.
Gamy. Recalling the odor of the flesh of game birds, small furred game or venison; a characteristic of the bouquet of older wines.
Generous.
In some wine growing regions such as Bordeaux, the Rhone and, dare I say it, the Hunter Valley, it is now acknowledged that some wine producers have developed 'house styles' over time that have actually been defined by some form of Brett character.
At present over 140 AVAs are defined. An area that wishes its own designation must convince the BATF that its climate and geographic conditions are significantly different from its neighbors.
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Wine could be dyed if the color were too pale, or fined to remove suspended particles and (to a degree) off colors; more serious fining would reduce tannin.
brawny A hefty, muscular, full-bodied wine with plenty of weight and flavor, although not always the most elegant or refined sort of wine.
carbonic maceration This vinification method is used to make soft, fruity, very accessible wines.
PRIMITIVO (DI GIOIA): Minor variety mainly confined to Apulia in southern Italy where it is used to produce a heavy, robust portlike red wine made from raisined grapes.
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Initially, it was confined to the southern tip of the island but more recently has spread throughout the island. It is also known as Calabrese, suggesting origins in Calabria on the mainland.
The best producers green-harvested after de-budding and confined their yields to 45 hl/ha or so. These have made delicious, intensely-flavoured expressions of the Pinot Noir, medium to medium-full bodied, with good acidities. Keep these until 2007.
Arbor Mist's flavors are defined on the Arbor Mist web site as 'a blend of varietal wines such as Merlot, Pinot Grigio, White Merlot, Zinfandel, White Zinfandel, or Chardonnay that is combined with natural fruit flavors like Blackberry, Cranberry, ...
Notable, with a refined character.
DOLCETTO
A red-wine grape widely grown in the Piedmont region of Italy. Primarily used for making fast maturing, fruity and robust dark reds with a faintly bitter flavor.
Minor grape mainly confined to Apulia in southern Italy where it produces a heavy, robust portlike red wine made from raisined grapes.
A much used, little defined French term. Literally it means "taste of the soil." Often used to describe the earthy flavors found in some wines.
Defined by the level of residual sugar in the final liquid after the fermentation has ceased.
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[edit] Sweetness of wine Defined by the level of residual sugar in the final liquid after the fermentation has ceased.
AVAs are defined officially by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) based on geographic, climatic and historical criteria.
America also has as native grapevines the subgenera Muscadinia, with only two species: rotundifolia, most prevalent throughout the Southeast, and Munsoniana, confined to Florida.
Distinctive - Elegant, refined character that sets the wine apart on its own.
Dry - Opposite of sweet; somewhat subjective in that tasters may perceive sweetness to varying degree.
Distinctive
Elegant, refined character that sets the wine apart.
Dominant
The aroma or flavour in question outweighs everything else in the wine. Not usually a favourable description; opposed to 'balance.' ...
Fat, with all elements strongly defined. See also Fat.
Garnet
A color description, reddish-purple. Wine tasters enjoy the metaphor of precious metals and jewels (ruby, garnet, gold) to describe the luxurious appearance of fine wines.
Quality protection for food-stuffs defined in Council Regulation 2081/92 (EEC) of 14 July 1992 and others.
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Geschützte Herkunftsbezeichnung, Geschützte Ursprungsbezeichnung (gU) ...
Microclimate: The climate within a small, defined area which can dramatically affect the character of the wine produced there.
Minty: A nice aroma in some aged red wines.
Mistella: Mixture of wine alcohol and must.
Elegant Describes balanced, harmonious, refined wines; subtle rather than a highly-extracted blockbuster.
Fading Describes a wine that is losing color or flavor, usually as a result of age.
Processes or substances defined as antibacterial are capable of inhibiting the growth .
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RUSTIC: Describes wines made by old-fashioned methods. Less refined and elegant.
SALMANAZAR: An oversized bottle holding 9 liters, the equivalent of 12 regular bottles.
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There are pleasures to be found in every glass of wine, from the simplest house white to the most refined first-growth Bordeaux. You needn't have a wine cellar or subscribe to arcane wine magazines to know how to make the most of a glass of wine.
Vino de la Tierra (VT or VdlT) Literally 'wine of the land'. These wines are from a defined geographical area which have local identities and characteristics.
Wines are naturally full of good qualities. These qualities themselves are defined by the grape variety or varieties used to make the wine.
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France, for example, legally defined organic farming in 1981 as "farming which uses no synthetic chemical products." In most cases, organic wines are fermented from grapes grown without the use of synthesized fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides.
The initials DOC stand for the Denominazione di Origine Controllata. This is a quality rating for wines in Italy. It was defined in 1963 and sets quality levels for wines from the various regions.
Hazy: Used to describe a wine that has small amounts of visible matter. A good quality if a wine is unfined and unfiltered.
Heady: Used to describe high-alcohol wines.
Muscat ŕ Petit Grains is a candidate for the oldest cultivated wine grape in the world and is certainly the most refined member of the Muscat family, ...
Microclimate: A term of climate scale. The climate within a small, defined area. Can dramatically affect the character of the wine produced there.
Old vines or vieilles vignes. Theoretically, older vines produce fewer, but more flavorful, grapes, but the problem is that no one has defined what an "old vine" is, so anyone can put this on the label. Again, ignore it.
Earthy
Aromas or flavors reminiscent of rich soil. Very desirable in some reds, but can make a wine course if overpowering. Elegant
Refined character and distinguished quality. Also called "stylish." ...
Appellation: The specific area a wine comes from. It can refer to a region, such as Bordeaux or Burgundy in France, for example. It can refer to an even more tightly defined sub-region within, say, Bordeaux, such as The Médoc.
The use of bentonite removes some protein, and protein adsorption is increased if the wine is warm when fined.
Vine
The vine is of upright and vigorous growth. The leaves are small to medium in size, bright green, with a smooth, flat upper surface, and a lower surface with hairs on the clearly defined veins. They are 5-lobed and slightly irregular in shape.
Century-old vines still exist in many regional vineyards and allow production of long-aging, robust red wines with intense fruit and enhanced tannic content. Plantings in North America are mostly confined to the warm western coastal regions.
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