Gamey Overripe flavour.
Glycerol Colourless, sweet-tasting flavour that adds body to a wine.
Gravel/ly Minerally, earthy quality ...
Gamey
Imprecise taste term usually reserved for older wines that exhibit smells and flavours associated with damp undergrowth, mushrooms, well hung pheasants and unwashed farmers' feet.
GAMEY/GAMELIKE
Descriptive term for one of the flavors/aromas considered particular to Burgundian style Pinot Noir red wines. Reminiscent of taste and flavor associated with cooked wild duck and other "gamey" meats.
Gamey
Another spin on "earthy," this one very much as the name implies, marrying meaty and organic qualities. Quite common in older red Rhone wines.
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Gamey
Used to refer to game meat-type aromas in some wines. This quality in wine is not particularly flattering.
Glycerine
Product of fermentation which has a sweetening effect on dry white wines and adds texture and character.
As in "gamey," above, a specific kind of "earthy" quality, quite literally reminiscent of raw beef, sometimes found in red Rhones.
Medicinal ...
Deep red, firm in texture and almost gamey in its rich flavor, it is undeniably excellent fish, and its quality - enhanced, perhaps, ...
Good syrah offers a captivating aroma of ripe black fruits, black pepper, and a distinctive gamey scent aficionados often compare to the smell of roasting meat.
Smell of barnyards, fecal and gamey horse aromas
Cork taint
Smell of a damp basement, wet cardboard or newspapers and mushrooms ...
Although, if braised beef cheeks, lamb steaks, venison stew, or similarly gamey dishes are frequent in your home, you may disagree.
Its taste varies greatly according to area, but often has a wild, gamey or earthy flavor, with soft fruit flavors of blackberry.
On their own, Mourvèdre wines tend to be deep-colored, quite tannic, somewhat alcoholic, and have generally "spicy" aromas and, sometimes, "gamey" flavors in their youth.
Typical Mourvèdre Smell and/or Flavor Descriptors ...
This is widely grown in southern Portugal, aka Castelão Francês, where it makes fruity reds sometimes with a gamey edge to them.
Petit and Gros Manseng (white) ...
Flavors of strawberry, raspberry and cherry are common in young wines, becoming earthy and gamey as the wine matures. Outside of Burgundy, Pinot Noir does very well in cooler climate areas of New Zealand, Australia, California and Oregon.
Cherished aromas and flavors often detected in varietal wines include cherry, mint, raspberry, truffles and the ubiquitous gamey odor in new wines often referred to as "animalé" by the french winemaker.
In the late 1980s and 1990s, California vintners also became increasingly fascinated by the grape. The wine often has an unmistakable whiff of white pepper along with wild gamey, boysenberry flavors.
American west coast wineries. Cherished aromas and flavors often detected are cherry, mint, raspberry, truffles, and the ubiquitous gamey odor in new wines often referred to as "animale'" by the french winemaker.
 See also: Wine, Fruit, Red, Aroma, White
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