Plummy
Often applied to big, round, ripe reds from Pomerol, St-Emilion, Cote Du Nuits and Napa
Prickly
A wine with slight residual gas in it. Usually attractive in light young whites, but in reds it is often a sign of refermentation in bottle ...
Plummy
Showing aromas or flavors that suggest ripe plums.
Plush
A textural descriptor for wines that feel luxurious in the mouth.
plummy
Rich, concentrated wines can often have the smell and taste of ripe plums. When they do, the term plummy is applicable.
Plum, plummy: Very common description for red wines, particularly budget-range reds made from grapes grown in particularly warm climates.
plummy and cherryish
undertones of sweet vanilla
The high-in-acid BARBERA grape of north-western Italy is a chameleon-like grape which changes considerably according to yield.
The Malbec grape produces wines that stylistically fall between Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with more plummy richness and roundness than Cabernet but firmer tannins and structure than Merlot.
The first thing you notice about Rock Rabbit Syrah (a.k.a., Shiraz) is that it is wide open, rich, plummy, and jammy - both on nose and palate.
Ripe, plummy fruit aromas add characteristic cool-climate Pinot notes of "cherry cola" and "tomato skin." Subtle earthiness develops with time in the glass.
Many small growers in this area of about 7.60 km² produce a plummy, generous, long-lived wine. The predominant grape variety used is Merlot, often together with Cabernet Franc. Unlike other Bordeaux regions, there is no ranking in Pomerol.
Merlot: Produces supple and richly coloured wines with a nutmeg spciness and plummy fruitiness. Blends well with Cabernet Sauvignon and is ideal for early drinking.
Wine produced from the grape has a characteristic dark tint and light plummy taste. Ampelographers have long theorized that the grape originated in northern Italy.
CORNALIN: (a.k.a Rouge du Pays). Vigorous ancient variety indigenous to Switzerland and used to produce rich, plummy, concentrated red wine claimed by some to be reminiscent of french central Rhone versions and often requires similar aging.
California red grape, probably the same as the Durif of the Rhone. Makes an inky-dark red wine that can last forever, but typically one-dimensional in flavor, with the warm, plummy notes typical of grapes grown in a warm climate.
Ruby-This is the simplest, and least expensive, style. It is often quite tasty, but stick with the major names which will be listed below. Ruby Port is a dark purplish color, quite sweet, with plummy, raisiny flavors.
elegant to assertive and robust and a finish that can tend towards bitterness. The aroma is generally not as assertive and easily identifiable as Cabernet Sauvignon, for example, but can have a strawberry, blueberry, faintly floral, violet or plummy ...
If you are looking for a solid red table wine with enough complexity to keep you from longing for its pricier cousins, give the Yellow Tail Shiraz a try. It is smooth and plummy, with hints of berry, oak and vanilla.
Plummy A wine with the juicy, fresh fruit flavors of plum
Polished A wine that is very smooth to drink, with no roughness in texture and mouthfeel. It is also well balanced.
plummyAromas and flavours that suggest ripe plums. plushDescribes a wine that feels luxurious in the mouth. pomaceThe collection of skins and seeds of the grapes after pressing.
 See also: Wine, Fruit, Red, Aroma, Grape
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