Slightly sweet
Containing a barely perceptible amount of residual sugar.
Smoky
Displaying aromas that suggest smoke or smoked wood.
Oaky
The slightly sweet vanilla flavor imparted by maturation in oak casks
Oxidized
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Don't forget slightly sweet sparklers like Asti-Spumante and Moscato d'Asti from Italy; they complement fruit or vanilla desserts with panache. From the beginning to the end of the meal, you'll find a place for sparkling wine.
The time in the winemaking process when the juice of the grapes are in contact with the skins, extracting color, tannin and other substances.
Slightly sweet
Containing a barely perceptible amount of residual sugar.
This Indicates a slightly sweet wine in which the residual sugar is barely perceptible 0.6 percent to 1.4 percent.
Peak
The time when a wine tastes its best--very subjective.
Sec: Sec is a slightly sweet Champagne and is best suited for dessert service.
Demi-Sec: Demi-Sec is a very sweet French Champagnes and is not very common in the U.S.
Off-Dry Indicates a slightly sweet wine in which sugar is barely perceptible; usually contains 0.6 percent to 1.4 percent residual sugar.
Perfumed Describes the intense aromas found in some wines, especially in floral white wines.
A German term for slightly sweet wines. harmoniousReferring to a pleasant and graceful balance of components in a wine. hautA French term meaning high, higher, or upper in a geographical sense.
Extra dry A champagne or sparkling wine with a small amount of residual sugar (slightly sweet). Not as dry as Brut.
F
Farm winery A United States winery license allowing farms to produce and sell wine on-site.
Germany's great Rieslings are usually made slightly sweet, with strong, steely acidity for balance, a style of wine so variant from the French, Italian and U.S.
It may be dry, with high acid and slightly sweet through to very sweet if the fruit has been affected by botrytis and/or frost.
Albana di Romagna was the first Italian white wine to receive the Denominazione d'Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG) ranking, reserved for the dry, "amabile" (slightly sweet), sweet and passito styles.
Slightly sweetened tri-alcohol, resulting from the fermentation of the grape juice, which gives to the wine its consistency.
GOULEYANT
Synonymous with "coulant".
GOUTTE (DRIP)
"Vin de goutte".
Contrary to the popular misconception that Riesling wines are always sweet, Riesling varies from a dry, acidic wine, to a slightly sweet wine to a very sweet wine that can happen when grapes are affected by noble rot (botrytis) or frost.
It is often regarded as somewhat similar in style to the (Johannisberg) Riesling - (below) - when vinified as slightly sweet yet tart. Occasionally it is made into a "botrytized" late harvest dessert style wine.
- Pink Knot 2005 McLaren Vale Rose Wine ($10.99) Pink, slightly sweet and refreshing, a good "bridge" for those seeking to move on from White Zinfandel.
Produced both in a dry or slightly sweet style, it is best know in the US as the brand Riunite (which is one of the sweetest examples made). In Italy, it is easier to find the drier styles, and they are a great match for the rich foods of the region.
Spicy foods go better with slightly sweeter wines like Sancerre (France), Sauvignon Blanc (especially good from New Zealand), Gewuertztraminer (Germany and California), and Pinot Grigio (Italy and California)
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Describes the brownish color and slightly sweet, somewhat caramelized and often nutty character found in mature dessert-style wines.
Malic
Describes the green apple-like flavor found in young grapes which diminishes as they ripen and mature.
Much of it is vinified into white Zinfandel, a blush-colored, slightly sweet wine. Real Zinfandel, the red wine, is the quintessential California wine. It has been used for blending with other grapes, including Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah.
Cinzano invented the bianco and rosé variations, both slightly sweet. Noilly Prat in Marseilles is credited for inventing dry vermouth; its flavor is subtler and is rated more highly as an aperitif rather than a cocktail mixer.
A German term for "Select Harvest". Wines with this designation are slightly sweet and lucious. Don't be afraid of these wines, they are often great with food, and rarely expensive.
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Dry/Off Dry: Little or no sugar = "dry", slightly sweeter = "off dry".
Fruit: A key quality in wine; the winemaker's goal is to capture the true essence of the varietal.
Muscat. Honey-like grape grown all over the world to make slightly sweet to very sweet wines.
Nebbiolo. Great grape of Barolo and Barbaresco in the Piedmont region of Italy.
Bardolino: A light, red wine which is slightly sweet and produced in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Best when young.
Ricotta
A soft, unripened Italian cheese made as the by-product of the whey of other cheeses. Slightly sweet and grainy. Used often in Italian sweets (such as Cassata alla Sicilian) and as a pasta filling.
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An oval winter squash with a ribbed, dark green skin and slightly sweet orange flesh. .
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Champagnes and sparkling wines range in style from very dry (Natural), dry (brut) and slightly sweet (extra Dry) to sweet (sec and Demi-Sec).
Lambrusco. A red grapes grown all over Italy, used to make slightly sweet, effervescent wines. It Italy also used for still wines that should be drunk young.
Nearly as versatile as Chardonnay in the number of different styles of wine produced from it, it has only achieved widespread popularity in America since 1980, as a pink, slightly sweet wine.
DRY
Dry/Off Dry: Little or no sugar = "dry", slightly sweeter = "off dry".
DRY POMACE
In a red fermenter, the solids left over from draining the new wine off after fermentation.
Rieslings have a floral aroma. They range from very dry and crisp to intensely sweet depending on where it is from. German Riesling is slightly sweet and balanced with some acidity. California Riesling tends to be sweeter.
Medium-dry: A term to indicate the perceived sweetness of wines that are slightly sweet.
Canterbury, New Zealand
The best have had a slick, almost oily character and earthy/quince-fruit character. Others are perfumed and slightly sweet.
Demi-sec: In the language of Champagne, a term relating to sweetness. It can be misleading; although demi-sec means half-dry, demi-sec sparkling wines are usually slightly sweet to medium sweet.
(It also makes marvelous, late-harvest dessert wines there.) In California, winemakers tend to vinify Gewürztraminer as a lighter-bodied, slightly sweet wine, ...
Italy's Pinot Grigio grape has dark skin and the fermenting juice is colored by contact with this dark grape skin, producing a lovely, pink color. Fresh floral and fruit aromas are set to greet you upon first impression, followed by a slightly sweet ...
Acetic acid alone has only slight impact on aroma and bouquet but ethyl acetate is often present. The nose and particularly the flavour of acetic acid is a slightly sweet, acidic, ...
In South Africa its ability to retain freshness (this factor was also very important in its original use for South african brandy distillation) whilst being vinified very slightly sweet are capitalised upon with considerable success.
"Kabinet" wines will be just slightly sweet, whereas "halbtrocken" wines will be almost dry. There are some softer style California Chardonnays. Look for Mountain View, Alderbrook, Raymond Reserve or even the Fetzer Sundial.
 See also: Sweet, Wine, White, Grape, Aroma
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