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Pineapple is an aroma and flavor that typically appears in wine made with the following grapes: Chardonnay and Vidal Blanc.
Pineapple
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Pineapple: Specific fruit flavor, often associated with California Chardonnay, particularly if heightened by oak. Primary component of "tropical fruit," below.
Ripe pear, pineapple, papaya and fig dominate the palate. Nose is lemon and other citrus blossom; also caramel, honey and butterscotch. Think rich, think yummy.
Tropical Fruits: pineapple, banana, mango, guava, kiwi
Oak (heavy): oak, smoke, toast, lees, yeast
Floral: acacia, hawthorn ...
A colorless acid found in all citrus fruit, pineapples, and in lesser amounts in several other fruit.
Clarity
The clearness of the wine
Clean
A wine with no off smells or flavors.
Clone ...
The Cuvaison 1997 Carneros offered vibrant peach and pineapple flavors with a long finish. And the Staglin Family 1998 Rutherford was especially noteworthy for its focus and minerally complexity.
When well made, Chardonnay offers bold, ripe, rich and intense fruit flavors of apple, fig, melon, pear, peach, pineapple, lemon and grapefruit, along with spice, honey, butter, butterscotch and hazelnut flavors.
Signature aromas include ripe apricots, orange blossoms, peaches, mango, pineapple, guava, kiwi, tangerine, honeysuckle, spring blossoms, musk and acacia. Viognier often has a viscous, opulent, creamy texture, even without oak aging.
The fruit most commonly found in Chardonnay includes apple, pear, citrus, stone fruits like peach and apricot and can continue into the tropical fruit flavors of melon, pineapple and mango especially from warmer growing regions.
Lime Marinated Grilled Mahi Mahi Sandwich on Hawaiian Sweetbread with Pineapple Chutney with Chardonnay.
Almost like a fresh fruit salad, with apples, peaches, green grapes, pineapple, and even a touch of maraschino cherry and some citrusy lime . but not sweet as it finishes bone dry.
Queensland, Australia
Fat with tropical fruit, even pineapples when young. Thick and toasty with age.
Upper Hunter, Australia
Soft charming, warm with hay-like characters and buttery softness, with a twist of citrus when young.
butter, melon, apple, pineapple, vanilla (if oaked, e.g. vinified or aged in new oak aging barrels)
Chenin Blanc
wet wool, beeswax, honey, apple, almond ...
More exotic fruits could be pineapple, guava
expressive
Expressive of either its grape variety, terroir or both. Stylish + expressive would be a finely turned out wine with character
floral ...
Chardonnay: Depending on how it is made. Chardonnay can have flavours like rip apples, pineapples, mangoes, pears, peaches, melons, vanilla, butter, or caramel. Can be blended with French Colombard, Chenin Blanc.
A fragrant wine is very aromatic and flowery. Common wine fragrances are floral, spice, and fruit aromas such as pineapple, blackberry, peach, apricot, and apple. The variety of the grape is primarily responsible for a wine's fruit fragrances.
Fruity
Aroma and/or flavor reminiscent of fruits; apple, black currant, cherry, citrus, pear, peach, pineapple, raspberry, or strawberry. Descriptive of wines with dominant fruit flavors.
These aromas are often distinctly in the fruity part of the aroma spectrum and include banana, pineapple, passionfruit and apple.
Fragrant: A fragrant wine is very aromatic and flowery. Common wine fragrances are floral, spice, and fruit aromas such as pineapple, blackberry, peach, apricot, and apple.
Consider ice wine. Jackson-Triggs 2003 Proprietor's Reserve Icewine, Vidal, Niagara is an outstanding ice wine from Niagara with lush flavors of pineapple, apricot and honeycomb. Pair this with creme caramel, butter cookies or blue cheese.
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Tequila
A type of liquor from Mexico distilled from the fermented juice of the Mescal plant, which resembles an oversized pineapple and takes years to grow.
This may manifest itself in many forms depending on the wine, the source of the oak, whether the barrels were "toasted" (charred) and whether they are large or small, new or old. Oaky white wines often show such flavors as pineapple and tropical ...
Plum, Cherry, Blueberry, Currant, Raspberry, Blackberry, Strawberry, Fig, Coconut, Grape, Watermelon, Cranberry, Mango, Orange, Lemon, Pomegranate, Grapefruit, Lime, Tangerine, Pineapple, Banana, Kiwi, Apple, Apricot, Peach', '', 250)"; ...
the oak barrels that may manifest itself in many forms depending on the wine, the source of the oak, whether the barrels were "toasted" (charred) and whether they are large or small, new or old. Oaky white wines often show such flavors as pineapple ...
Wine Vinegar: Vinegar which was made from wine -- as opposed to standard, kitchen run vinegar which is usually made from apples, pineapples, pears or any other fruit which happened to be cheap and available.
toasty, vanilla, dill, cedary and smoky indicate the desirable qualities of oak; charred, burnt, green cedar, lumber and plywood describe its unpleasant side. See also American oak, French oak. Oaky white wines often show such flavors as pineapple ...
as France's Sancerre, California's Fumé Blancs and many of New Zealand's best whites. In cool climates, their aroma is often grassy, herbal and gooseberry-like, but in warmer regions they tend toward tropical scents like passion fruit and pineapple.
Small amber colored berries are early ripening, with complex muscat/pineapple flavor. Good sugar levels and acidity reported from european sources. Vines have fair mildew and other disease resistance. (No other details as yet).
 See also: Apple, Wine, Fruit, White, Aroma
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