Medium-bodied red wines Ch. Leoville-Barton 1990 2eme Cru Classe Saint-Julien ...
Medium-Bodied: A wine with weight and texture on the tongue.
Mesoclimate: A term of climate scale that is intermediate between regional climate (Macroclimate) and the very small scale (Microclimate).
Medium, medium-bodied: As the name implies, a wine that's neither light-bodied nor heavy-bodied. Because of its middle-of-the-road status, this is rarely worth mentioning in a tasting note.
Medium, medium-bodied
A wine that's neither light nor heavy bodied.
Mellow
Mature and soft, with no edge of harshness.
Medium-bodied red wine from the Cõtes du Rhõne (Crozes Hermitage)
Riesling or Savoie as a white wine
Camembert
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Body: The weigh or viscosity of wine in your mouth, commonly expressed as full-bodied, medium-bodied or light-bodied.
Bouquet: A tasting term used to describe the smell of the wine as it matures in the bottle.
Drought- and heat-resistant, it yields a fruity, spicy, medium-bodied wine with supple tannins. The second most widely planted grape in the world, Grenache is widespread in the southern Rhône.
A medium-bodied red wine will contain more tannins than the above Beaujolais Nouveau, but will not have near the pucker power of a high-powered California Cabernet Sauvignon or an Italian Super Tuscan.
Max and I judged Year 2000 Rieslings, light Chardonnays and medium-bodied Shirazes and Cabernet-Merlots, among others.
Common descriptors include light-bodied, medium-bodied and full-bodied. For example, skim milk could be considered "light-bodied", whole milk "medium-bodied" and cream "full-bodied.
Chianti is a medium-bodied, dry wine made from Sangiovese or Canaiolo grapes.
Ethiopia Yergacheffe
A medium-bodied coffee from Ethiopia also known for its sweet flavor and aroma.
European preparation
The process of hand-preparing coffee through which imperfect beans, pebbles, and other foreign matter are removed.
Named for the extinct volcano (Mt. Vulture) that overlooks the vineyards, Vulcano is a medium-bodied red wine displaying ripe fruit and surprising complexity.
As a light- to medium-bodied wine, it happily belongs at the beginning of a meal, setting the stage for the fuller-bodied wines to come.
Currently the wine is a round, medium-bodied effort that ages fairly well, although the main ingredient is now the grape known as Blaufrankisch, thought to be a Gamay clone.
Ruby Cabernet produces a medium-bodied red wine with good color and a pleasant cherry flavor, but has not yet demonstrated it can produce a quality wine.
Body: The weight of wine in your mouth; commonly expressed as full-bodied, medium-bodied or medium-weight, or light-bodied.
Bouquet: A tasting term used to describe the smell of the wine as it matures in the bottle.
Silky is considered to be the most soft and caressing of wine textures, often reserved to describe light- to medium-bodied wines with a soft grained texture like silk.
Body: The feeling of a wine's weight in the mouth, such as full-bodied, medium-bodied or light-bodied.
The overall texture or weight of wine in the mouth, most influenced by alcohol, glycerin and, in the case of dessert wines, sugar. See "light-bodied," "medium-bodied" and "full-bodied."
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Body. The weight of wine in your mouth. Alcohol makes a wine seem heavier, as does tannin. Commonly expressed as full-bodied, medium-bodied or medium-weight, or light-bodied.
Body: The weight and fullness of a wine in your mouth. Think of it in comparison to milk: skim milk is light-bodied; whole milk is medium-bodied; heavy cream is full-bodied.
The overall texture or weight of wine in the mouth usually the result of a combination of glycerin, alcohol and sugar. Commonly expressed as full-bodied, medium-bodied or medium-weight, or light-bodied.
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Body
The impression of weight or fullness on the palate; usually the result of a combination of glycerin, alcohol and sugar. Commonly expressed as full-bodied, medium-bodied or medium-weight, or light-bodied.
PEREQUITA
A red-wine grape grown in southern Portugal that produces, hearty, medium-bodied, robust reds.
PERSISTENT
Wine of which the taste remains in the mouth.
Whilst wine produced from warm region Pinot Noir may often lack depth of colour , varietal aroma and palate, the wine from cooler areas is of a darker colour, is a medium-bodied more complex wine with a cherry/strawberry aroma and palate which with ...
Used to make Chianti and other Tuscan reds. Some versions (clones) include Sangiovese Grosso, and Sangiovese Piccolo. Also grown in California where it is used to produce up-and-coming medium-bodied reds with rich cherry or plum-like tones.
Body: Generally used to describe the "weight" of a wine in the mouth. Wines can be categorized as light-, meidum-, and full-bodied. A Cabernet Sauvignon is an example of a full-bodied wine; a Sauvignon Blanc is a light- or medium-bodied wine.
Depending on how they're made, they can be light- to medium-bodied with a tangy acidity or be more full-bodied with a rich, voluptuous texture. They're usually made in a bone-dry style, unoaked and unblended.
The other is the Sangiovese Piccolo, used for lesser Tuscan wines. Recent efforts in California with clones of this variety are very promising, producing medium-bodied reds with rich cherry or plumlike flavors and aromas.
The weight of the wine should be noted as this will help with food pairing suggestions later on. Think of wine weight like milk: a light-bodied wine is skim milk, a medium-bodied wine is whole milk, and a heavy-bodied wine is cream.
A third clone, Morellino, is used in a popular wine blend with the same name found in the southern part of the province. Recent efforts in California with clones of this variety are very promising, producing medium-bodied reds with rich cherry or ...
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