Persists, persistent: Generally describes the length of a wine's finish or aftertaste, roughly synonymous with "long." ...
The popular image persists that California Pinot Noir is a light, fruity wine of no consequence, but California vintners over the past twenty years have been improving site and clonal selections, viticultural methods, ...
The conflict between progress and tradition persists in places, but overall the renaissance in Italian wine has generated unrivalled momentum in the heartland. There is no doubt that greater things lie ahead.
Technically, a wine with good 'length' is one whose flavour persists in the mouth. In practice, some tasters use a judgment of 'length' as an addendum to their tasting notes to reinforce their preferences and prejudices.
The time that the "finish" or "aftertaste" persists in the mouth; generally, the greater the length, the better the wine. The French actually quantify it, using the term "Caudalie," with each unit of Caudalie equal to one second.
Length
How long the flavor of the wine persists on the palate after it has been swallowed. This is also called the finish.
Light
Wines light in alcohol but also in texture and weight. It also describes how the wine feels in the mouth.
Although taste qualities are known to be widely distributed throughout the oral cavity, the concept of an anatomical "tongue map" yet persists in the wine tasting arena, in which different tastes are believed to map to different areas of the tongue.
Length
A tasting term, describing how long the flavour of the wine persists on the palate after it has been swallowed. A lengthy persistence of flavour may be taken as a sign of quality, but to time it, as some people do, is going too far.
LENGTH: Describes how long the flavour of the wine persists on the palate after swallowing. A lengthy persistence of flavour is usually considered to be a sign of quality.
LIQUOR: Brewer's term for water.
Length
A tasting term almost a synonym for "finish", length describes how long the flavour of the wine persists on the palate after swallowing.
Light
Tasting term describing a thin bodied wine with little alcohol and/or sugar..
Judging. Shaking may reduce its intensity but it usually persists. Confirmed with penny test it is a fault.
c) Thiols and Disulphides. ...
gauge its complexity of aroma and flavor, determine the intensity of the aroma and flavor, check that the flavors and structural elements - such as acid, tannin and alcoholic strength - are well balanced, and finally see how long the wine persists in ...
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