Noble rot (French: La Pourriture Noble) is the benevolent form of a grey fungus, Botrytis cinerea, affecting wine grapes.
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Very dark ruby color. Forward and appealing aromas; fresh. plummy fruit and fragrant black pepper with herbal overtones.
When botrytis is handled properly, it creates the noble rot wines such as Sauternes and Tokaji - deliciouly smooth and sweet. The story is that in 1650, a priest was making wine when an attack of the Turks delayed the harvest.
Noble Rot
Noble Rot is a fungal infection caused by Botrytis Cinerea.
Noble Rot
A term for Botrytis Cinerea. The special mold that is responsible for many of the world's greatest dessert wines. It creates micro lesions in the skin of the grape, and then removes the water from inside the grape.
Noble Rot
A fungal infection caused by Botrytis cinerea. Under the right conditions - damp, misty mornings followed by warm, sunny afternoons - the result is Noble Rot, which leaves grapes shrivelled, dehydrated, ...
Noble
A term used to describe certain grape varieties that are associated with fine wines, most notably Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Riesling. Syrah, Nebbiolo and Sangiovese are sometimes also included.
Noble rot
Another name for the botrytis cinerea fungus.
Nose
A tasting term synonym for the aroma or bouquet of a wine. The nose of a wine describes how a wine smells.
Noble Rot: See Botrytis cinerea.
Nonvintage: Blended from more than one vintage. This allows the vintner to keep a house style from year to year. Many Champagnes and sparkling wines are nonvintage.
Noble rot
See Botrytis cinerea
Nutty
Exhibiting aromas or flavors that suggest nuts, desirable in dessert or aperitif wines such as sherry.
Noble Rot - A fungal infection caused by Botrytis cinerea. It is an essential ingredient in Sauternes, Tokay and other sweet wines of Germany and Austria. Under the wrong conditions the result of infection is Grey Rot.
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Noble Rot:
The beneficial mold on grapes
that causes the grapes to
shrivel, concentrating the sugars and flavours.
Noble: A great wine. A perfect balance and harmonious expression.
Noble rot: (see Pourriture noble)
Nose: Synonymous with bouquet; the sum of a wine's aromas.
Noble
Superior and distinguished; not only possessing the right credentials but also having an impressive stature of its own.
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Noble
Magnificent wine with perfect balance and distinctive expression. "Noble" grapes are those used to produce the world's finest wines: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Riesling.
noble rot: A name given to the grape mould Botrytis cinerea which under certain climatic conditions can result in grapes suited to making high quality late harvest wines.
nose: The smell of a wine.
Noble
Great; of perfect balance and harmonious expression. The so-called "noble" grapes are those that produce the world's finest wines: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, ...
Noble rot: A fungal infection (botrytis cinerea) that attacks ripe grapes and which helps make some of the great sweet wines.
Nose: The smell or bouquet of a wine. To 'nose' a wine is to smell it.
noble rot - the benevolent form of botrytis
oak, the most common sort of wood used for barrels. Usually either soft, sweetish American oak or tauter, more savoury French oak.
Noble Rot: See Botrytis.
Oak: Oak is a variety of the wood Genus Quercus. Wines are usually stored in oak containers, to impart extra and more complex flavours.
Noble Rot (Botrytis): Mold that breaks through grape skins and causes dehydration, causing an exceptionally high sugar content - a necessary occurrence in dessert wines.
"Nose": the bouquet, aroma, or scent of a wine.
Noble
Of perfect structure and high quality and breeding. The term is applicable to great wines at any stage of their development.
Nose
Wine taster's term for the overall smell. The sum total of all odors in a wine.
Noble Wine produced from quality grape varieties and aged with great care. Quality wine aged for at least two years.
Nuevo Young wines less than one year old.
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Noble rot - Another name for the Botrytis cinerea mould that can pierce grape skins causing dehydration. The resulting grapes produce a highly prized sweet wine, generally dessert wine.
Nose - A tasting term for the aroma or bouquet of a wine.
Noble Rot. Common name for Botrytis cinerea, the famous fungus of more than a few fabulous dessert wines.
NOBLE ROT: Botrytis cinerea.
NONVINTAGE: A wine blended from more than one vintage. Common is Champagnes, sparkling wines, sherry and posts such as nonvintage Ports, tawnies and rubies.
NOSE: The aroma or bouquet.
Noble Rot
Imagine the following scenario. It's almost harvest time, and your vines have lovely healthy bunches of ripe white grapes hanging off them.
Vignoble
Vignoble is French for winegrowing.
Vintage
A wine's vintage is the year the grapes were grown.
Noble white grape, native to the Loire and Bordeaux (where it is usually blended with Semillon); also widely planted in the Western U.S., South America, Australia and New Zealand and elsewhere.
Noble
Used when referring to grape varieties capable of producing wine of outstanding quality when grown and harvested under optimum conditions.
Noble Rot:Also known by its scientific name, Botrytis cinerea, noble rot is a beneficial mold that grows on ripe wine grapes in the vineyard under specific climatic conditions.
NOBLESSA: Low vigor cultivar resulting from a cross between Madeleine Angevine and Silvaner. Has moderate cold hardiness and is resistant to many diseases. Early September ripening. Claimed to produce good quality white wine.
A "noble" grape famous as one of the main varieties, along with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and others used to create the magnificent French Bordeaux region blended red wines.
This noble grape is planted worldwide and is second only the ubiquitous Grenache in total production, though it trails only Chardonnay in California-and gains ground each year.
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Sicily, a noble region rich in culture and traditions, has an excellent enological tradition and in this island we find one of the most famous and representative wines of Italy: Marsala.
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Perhaps the noblest of them all, Cabernet Sauvignon makes big, dense, structured red wines capable of long aging. It forms the backbone of the top red wines of Bordeaux, where it is usually blended with Merlot and Cabernet Franc, among others.
Called the "Noble Rot." A beneficial mold or fungus that attacks grapes under certain climatic conditions and causes them to shrivel, deeply concentrating the flavors, sugar and acid.
Also called "noble rot," Botrytis cinerea is a beneficial mold that, in just the right warm, humid circumstances, will begin to grow on the outside of grapes. As the mold sucks water from the grapes, they shrivel.
Pourriture noble (poo-ree-toor nohbl)
noble mold, responsible for the unique flavor of Sauternes and Barsac
Premier Cru (preh-m'yay crew)
first growth; refers specifically to some of the best individual vineyards in Bordeaux and Burgundy ...
Leather: Noble aroma of some red wines thanks to their reducing aging in the bottle.
Lees: dregs or sediments that settles at the bottom of a container.
Legs: Streams that run down the sides of a glass indicating a rich, full-bodied wine.
King of the ''Noble'' grapes, famous for its use in Bordeaux Claret.
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What are the noble varieties in Alsace?
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The grapes have undergone noble rot and are thus very sweet. Once crushed the pulp is added to a gönc of the normal wine - the more that are added, the sweeter the wine.
Noble at U.C. Davis. Assemblage the process of blending wines. AVA American Viticultural Area. Implemented in 1983, it is the American equivalent to the French AOC system. For varietal wines, 75% of grapes must come from the AVA on the label.
Botrytis cinerea/Noble rot
A fungus that causes results in shriveled, concentrated grapes. It has been adapted as a desireable condition for wines such as French Sauternes, German Trockenbeerenauslese, and Hungarian Tokaji.
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Black type of vine noble, dominating in Medoc and in the Low registers, but present also in other areas and giving wines of long guard.
CAPITEUX (INTOXICATING)
Character of a wine very rich in alcohol, until being tiring.
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Noble.
Green. Sharp, acid. It can be a pleasant, refreshing quality. Green indicates either a wine that is very young or one that has been made from under ripened grapes.
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The variety excels in cooler climates, where its tendency to ripen slowly makes it an excellent source for sweet wines made from grapes attacked by the noble rot Botrytis cinerea, ...
Given its reputation, we decided to create a special form of this variant "noble" of Sangiovese, called, in Tuscany, Sangiovese Grosso or Brunello di Montalcino in the area (SI), ...
They acquire these characteristics in large part due to something called noble rot (no, you're not drinking something that should have gone out with those green beans from Thanksgiving!).
It was customary for sovereigns, as well as many nobles, to enrich their tables with classic Bordelais or Burgundian bottles of the wine.
Ann Noble led wine research on smells and flavors. She began to develop her theories on aromas specifically recognizable in wine in the 1980s and her colleagues continue this research today. Dr.
Syrah is the Rhône's noblest grape, producing as it does the Northern Rhône's Reds almost exclusively and now a good proportion of Châteauneuf du Pape and Gigondas as well.
Responsible for Noble Late Harvest, Pourriture Noble in French, Edelfaule in German, Muffa in Italian. Responsible for Sauternes in France, Selection de Grains Nobles in Alsace, German Trockenbeerenauslese and Italian Muffato.
Alsace Sélection de Grains Nobles / Cérons / Rivesaltes Blanc
Icecream, Gelato, Sorbet
Sauternes / Muscat / Late-Harvest Riesling or Gewürztraminer / Vin Santo / Amontillado Sherry ...
The "noble" Cabernet-Sauvignon was crossed with the "common" Carignane to arrive at the Ruby Cabernet grape, a cross intended to produce a variety capable of surviving the hot climes of the Central Valley well enough to produce a decent wine.
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