Inky A term that may refer to a wine's dark coloring and opacity.
Jammy A wine that is rich in fruit but maybe lacking in tannins.
Lean The sense of acidity in the wine that lacks a perception of fruit.[3] ...
Inky: A red wine that tastes metallic, acidic and often rather thin.
Lean: A thin wine lacking in fruit but not acid.
Legs: Columns of wine that trickle down the inside of a glass that indicates high alcohol content in wine.
INKY
Refers to the slightly metallic flavors that can be present in some red wines.
INTERNODE
The section of a grape vine stem between two successive nodes or joints on the vine shoot or cane.
Amoratado (inky) Wine in which purple and bright violet hues predominate.
Amoscatelado Wine with the aroma of Moscatel.
Amplio (big) A full bodied, powerful wine with complex nuances and well defined components.
Think of Bordeaux for instance, and how the press wines - the robust, dark, inky, tannin-rich final pressings - are blended in very judiciously.
Massive extraction a la New World and Super Tuscan in nature, displaying inky purple in color.
Next are some deeply flavoured, dark and almost inky shirazes from McLaren Vale, which made a better fist of the conditions than the Barossa Valley, despite one or two excellent Barossa shirazes.
Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Barbera can make wines so inky-purple they could refill fountain pens. The hues of the black grapes are consistent but they become nearly transparent when made into rosé or blush-style wines.
California red grape, probably the same as the Durif of the Rhone. Makes an inky-dark red wine that can last forever, but typically one-dimensional in flavor, with the warm, plummy notes typical of grapes grown in a warm climate.
As a varietal it creates a rather inky red (or violet), intense wine, so it is also commonly used in blends, such as with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon to create the renowned red French Bordeaux "claret" blend.
Petite Sirah (Peh-teet See-rah) - California red grape, probably the same as the Durif of the Rhone. Makes an inky-dark red wine that can last forever, but typically one-dimensional in flavor, with the warm, ...
Metallic - An almost bitter, tinny or inky, hard finishing flavour of metals in reds.
The grape is one of the most tannic varieties in the world, and creates wines that are inky purple with an almost-black center. The bouquet is one of dark, brooding red fruits with hints of plum, cinnamon, and earth.
Appearance
Refers to a wine's clarity and color. Common descriptors are; brilliant, clear, dull, cloudy, straw, ruby, amber and inky.
As a varietal it creates a rather intense, inky, red wine so it is also commonly used in blends, such as with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, to create the renowned red French Bordeaux "claret" blend.
mostly derived from grape skins and just under the skin's surface, that contribute TANNIN, colour, glycerol and flavour to a wine. Some wines can be "over-extracted" meaning too much of these elements have been extracted making the wine inky and ...
CLINTON: Oldline American native labrusca variety used to make simplistic, inky red varietal wines with strawberry-like aroma and "foxy" flavor. Still found in vineyards of N.E USA and Italy.
 See also: Wine, Grape, Red, Region, Cabernet
  
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