Luscious
Rich and smooth; used to describe sweet or intensely fruity wines.
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Luscious: Rich, opulent, and smooth; most often said of sweet wines but also intensely fruity ones.
Maceration: The process of allowing grape juice and skins to ferment together, thereby imparting color, tannins and aromas.
Luscious
Juicy and soft, filling the mouth without a trace of dry aftertaste. Usually attributed to sweet wine well balanced with acidity.
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Luscious
Rich, smooth, and soft. Often describes sweet or intensely fruity wines.
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Maderized
Oxidized wine with has brown or amber color and stale odor. Caused by excessive exposure to air. Frequent in wine that is aged too long.
Luscious: A full-flavoured, rich, ripe, fruity and sweet-flavoured wine is described a luscious.
Malbec: A grape variety once important in Bordeaux. A small amount is grown in Australia.
Luscious
Soft, sweet, fat, fruity, and ripe. All these qualities in balance.
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Luscious: Another rather broad term, usually complimentary, indicating that the wine is full of fruit, approachable and well-balanced.
Luscious: a rich wine, high in sugar and, often, in glycerine, is sometimes referred to as luscious. Sauternes, Portos and some sweet white wines affected by Botrytis cinerea fill the bill.
Luscious
The rich, opulent, and smooth taste of sweet wines and intensely fruity ones.
Luscious (or Lush):Describes wines that are soft, viscous, fleshy and round; more often associated with sweet white wines than rich red wines.
Ripe, luscious wines but lacking complexity
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Climatic conditions were perfect - but not for the development of noble rot, which was inhibited by the long dry sunny autumn weather.
FOOD MATCH: Its luscious, forward fruit and impression of sweetness should make it a winner with richer seafood, lobster or crab. It went very well with a simple omelet filled with chopped prosciutto and sharp cheese.
Botrytis cinerea: Scientific name for a type of grape mould that under the right climatic conditions concentrates grape sugars, resulting in sweet white wines with complex 'dried apricot' like flavours and luscious texture.
Luscious Similar to "voluptuous" but more commonly associated with sweet wines that have a rich, concentrated mouthfeel.
Mature A wine that has aged to its peak point of quality.[3] ...
On the palate the texture is as smooth as glass, carrying ripe, luscious red and black raspberry, blueberry, a touch of mulberry, hint of vanilla, some sweet earth, black pepper, and the slightest bit of green bell pepper.
From their Château d'Ampuis in the Cõte-Rõtie in the northern Rhõne Valley, Guigal produces luscious but prohibitively dear single-vineyard wines, La Landonne, La Mouline, and La Turque.
Here Chenin Blanc, grown on primarily schistous soils and aided by the Layon which promotes the development of Noble Rot, produces lusciously sweet wines that display a captivating array of aromas both in youth and in their dotage.
With more bottle age than this, the luscious fruit that distinguishes Zinfandel drops markedly and the wine can show a pronounced "hot" taste of higher alcohol levels and become more neutrally vinous.
The wines are organized in eight style categories: fizzy, fresh, soft, luscious, juicy, smooth, big and sweet. There are seven Best Cellars now in six cities. "I do think that we lit the sparkler.
Depending on where they're made, they can be crisp and bone-dry, full-bodied and spicy or luscious and sweet. The flavor is often of peaches, apricots, honey, and apples and pairs well with duck, pork, and roast vegetables.
Also Ravat 51, a French-hybrid white-wine grape seen in the Eastern U.S. One of the most successful French hybrids, in my opinion; I've seen it vinified as a luscious sweet wine and also, with lightly toasted oak, ...
Muscat, which is grown around the globe, is one of the oldest grapes used in producing wine. The wines are quite aromatic and range from bone dry to lusciously sweet.
The region and wine from the Loire Valley in France. Planted almost exclusively to Chenin Blanc, these white wines can range from crisp and dry to luscious and sweet. Sparkling wine from the region has increased in production and popularity of late.
Tart fruit (pears, apples) best grow in cool weather region
Citrus fruits (lemon, orange) best grow in temperate weather region
Luscious fruits (melon, mango) best grow warm weather regions ...
Body, Dry/Sweet
Tends to produce full bodied wines with good acidity. Like Riesling, it is capable of rotting nobly to make luscious sweet wines.
This rather fanatical practice results in luscious, complex and very expensive sweet white wines. A similar selection is carried out by the better producers of botrytised wines in the Loire and Sauternes regions of France.
BRUNELLO (Red) [broo-NEHL-oh]
This strain of Sangiovese is the only grape permitted for Brunello di Montalcino, the rare, costly Tuscan red that at its best is loaded with luscious black and red fruits and chewy tannins.
Lime Marinated Grilled Mahi Mahi Sandwich on Hawaiian Sweetbread with Pineapple Chutney with Chardonnay. Try a California or Australian Chardonnay - wines with lots of ripe fruit flavors that marry well with pineapple chutney and provide a luscious ...
Eiswein
German term (Icewine in English). Grapes are left on the vine until they freeze. Temperatures of -7C are required. The water content is removed as ice, and the resulting wine is sweet, concentrated and luscious.
In a some places when drier conditions follow wetter ones it can be allowed to develop beneficially as "Noble Rot". Botrytis draws the water content from the grape and leaves concentrated sugary juice that makes luscious sweet dessert wines such as ...
making wines at a never-seen-before pace, and its annual wine production now compares to Italy and France. And some of it is actually good! Just kidding - Australia is renowned for its Shiraz (Australian for Syrah), with a flavor profile of luscious ...
Botrytis is called "noble rot" because it can turn ordinary wine grapes into precursors of great and luscious dessert wines. Botrytis is responsible for the super sweet "Trokenbeerenauslese" Rieslings and the wonderful dessert wines of Sauternes.
Lively - Crisp, fresh, having vitality.
Long - Fine wines should have a long finish, or aftertaste; see Length.
Luscious - Rich, opulent, and smooth; most often said of sweet wines but also intensely fruity ones.
Luscious. Rich, smooth, sweet and opulent, with all elements in harmony.
Maderized. Flat, stale-smelling. This fault, to be found in white wine, is caused by oxidation. A maderized wine often darkens to a dull brown color. See also Oxidized.
 See also: Wine, Fruit, Grape, White, Red
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