Grassy: A signature descriptor for Sauvignon Blanc and a pleasant one unless overbearing and pungent.
Green: Tasting of unripe fruit. Wines made from unripe grapes will often possess this quality. Pleasant in Riesling and Gewürztraminer.
Grassy
Tasting term applying to a slight vegetal undertone.
Green
Tasting term referring to the taste of wines with under ripe fruit.
Grassy
Aromas or flavors of mown grass. Often found in lesser quality Sauvignon Blanc.
Green
Unripe, tart flavors lacking in fruitiness.
Grassy: Walk through your lawn after cutting the grass, and you'll never mistake this aroma, often found in Sauvignon Blanc.
Grassy
Having the scent of grass, including freshly mown grass and hay. A pleasant signature descriptor for Sauvignon Blanc unless overbearing and pungent.
Grassy
Wines that have slight vegetal-tasting undertones as part of the overall character like Sauvignon Blanc and certain other grape varietals.
Grassy: Sauvignon blanc-based wines remind many tasters of grass.
Green: usually said of younger, raw, acidic white or red wine; a rough aspect that usually softens with age; ...
GRASSY
Slightly vegetal-tasting undertone often part of the overall character of Sauvignon Blanc and certain other grape varietals. European tasters sometimes use the word "gooseberry" to describe this flavor.
Grass/Grassy: A term used more for white wines, and as the term might indicate, a subtle taste of grass or greens, and is nice and refreshing
Green: A young wine that has not developed enough to balance out the acidity.
Fruity Grassy, spinach, artichoke, green banana, leafy, tomato leaf, bean sprout, green tomato, herbaceous, hay, nutty, almond, pine nut, orange, lemon, floral, spicy, apple, eucalyptus, perfumed, confectionery, buttery.
Herbaceous Grassy hay-like, thatch.
Honey / honeyed Honey or beeswax taste or flavour found on mature wines. Characteristic aroma of Noble Late Harvests.
Intensity Complexity depth of flavour.
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Grass is an aroma and flavor that typically appears in wine made with the following grapes: Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, and Cabernet Franc.
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The term can also be used to suggest a herbal or grassy quality in a wine.
Hard. Young, undeveloped, with excessive tannin still masking its qualities.
Harmonious. Perfectly balanced.
Harsh.
Las Brisas has a wide open, ripe array of fruity and grassy aromas that attack the nose on first sniff.
A very distinctive grape variety giving very zesty, grassy, refreshing wines.
Green: A tasting term describing the grassy, herbaceous or vegetal taste of wines which were grown in too cool a climate.
Nevertheless many are not, some displaying a grassy and grapefruit character that makes them quite indistinguishable from Sancerre.
"Let me just tell you that the wine is closer to a really top class California Sauvignon Blanc than anything as grassy as a New Zealand Sauvignon or as mineral and severe as a Loire Sauvignon.
Most noticeable were the variations in the wine's pungent, grassy aromas, which were most pronounced on the bottle resealed with the original screwcap, and almost absent from bottles sealed with gas. The latter had more delicate and floral aromatics.
Lighter than Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc usually has a grassy citrus aroma. Flavors range from apple, pear, green tea, limes and freshly mowed grass. You can often detect a little smokiness. California Sauvignon Blancs sometimes have a melon flavor.
But a lightly vegetal, grassy, leafy or herbaceous aspect may be a characteristic of certain varieties, such as bell pepper in cabernet sauvignon or grassiness in sauvignon blanc. ??
Sauvignon Blanc: Aroma that is grassy, herbaceous, and citrus. Crisp, bracing flavour of apples, lemons, and grapefruit.
Semillon: Soft, smooth flavour with some herbal spiciness. A good grape to blend with Sauvignon Blanc or Chardonnay.
Describes a wine that smells or tastes grassy or green. Often a characteristic of wines made from Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon grapes. Can also be found in very young wines that will change flavor as they age.
Herbaceous
for wines with "green," "grassy" or "haylike" aromas. Grassy, smelling of fresh herbs or hay.
Herbal
Smelling of herbs, such as lemon balm, lavender, mint, rosemary, sage, savory, thyme or verbena.
Herbaceous - Aromas reminiscent of fresh grass or hay; grassy, as in certain Sauvignon Blancs; also the green pepper character of some Cabernets.
Herby - Reminiscent of herbs, such as mint, sage, thyme, or of eucalyptus.
Vegetal
A notable grassy or herbaceous "off" odor reminiscent of flavors such as bell pepper or asparagus; undesirable when excessive.
Vin
The French term for wine.
Sauvignon Blanc. White grape that makes grassy dry wines all over the world. Also used in dessert wines. Same as Fume Blanc.
Sauternes. Great dessert wine from Bordeaux. Most famous and best: Chateau d'Yquem.
A green, vegetable smell in wine. For example, Sauvignon Blanc is grassy when subtle, herbaceous when overpowering. It is not considered a positive attribute when it is more than subtle.
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When the fruit is from the cooler areas, the wine will have a high acid and vegetal fresh palate with a grassy, gooseberry nose. Fruit grown in the warmer areas will produce a more tropical, herbaceous nose with a broader, fruity, soft palate.
Sauvignon Blanc - Sauvignon Blanc is a white wine best known for its grassy, herbal flavors. Sauvignon Blanc is also called Fume Blanc, and is a popular choice for fish and shellfish dishes.
It shows a tendency towards a grassy, herbaceous flavor in the wine when the grapes are grown in temperate regions.
General term (see also "vegetal," below) for wines with "green," "grassy" or "haylike" aromas.
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Semillon: This thin-skinned grape ripens early, and is used mostly in Bordeaux, France. It has a grassy, "figgy" flavor. It is also grown in Australia and California, and is often blended with Sauvignon Blanc.
Sauvignon Blanc: Sauvignon Blanc is a white-grape variety from Bordeaux and the Loire areas of France, where it makes superb sweet and dry white wine. Its grassy/steely and sometimes asparagus-like character attracts either love or loathing.
Sauvignon Blanc
The "Other Chardonnay" is a native of the Bordeaux region of France. Sauvignon Blanc is relatively easy to make and can range from grassy and vegetal to fruity and floral. It is often fermented cold and not barrel aged.
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It is the primary grape in White Bordeaux wines, notably also in Sauternes. It also has a grassy character. As table wines, some interesting versions have been coming out Australia and New Zealand these days.
Depending on the growing region and winemaking techniques it can range from grassy, herbaceous, flinty, and green, to aromas of peach, fresh hay and melons. It is also known as Fumé Blanc in the United States.', '', 300)"; ...
Just as Warhol's soup can images turned the art world upside down, when Cloudy Bay Winery burst onto the wine scene in the mid-1980s with overtly grassy, sassy sauvignon blanc, it created a sensation.
These wines (especially from the Graves region of France) can reach a soft, nutty, almost honeyed quality when they are mature (from 7-15 years of age). These wines can also be unpleasantly grassy, tart, ...
It is common to find with the wine's quality and character all over the map. At best it is a blank slate to work with. However, when made well it produces grassy and peachy wines. Are you surprised that most Retsina is made from Savatianó?
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All versions of the cépage show a tendency towards a grassy, herbaceous flavor in the grapewine, often referred to as "gooseberry" by professional tasters, when the grapes are grown in temperate regions.
Grassy A term used to describe an herbaceous or vegetal element of a wine-ranging from freshly mown lawn grass to lemon grass flavors.
Green Overly acidic wine. Typically used to describe a wine made from unripe fruit.[5] ...
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