Supple
Ready to drink, and yielding in flavor.
Sweet
Containing a noticable amount of grape sugars that were not completely converted to alcohol during fermentation. Intense fruit flavor may also contribute to sweetness, even in dry wines.
Supple: Describes texture, mostly with reds, as it relates to tannin, body and oak. A positive characteristic.
Supple
Soft textured, round on the palate, fully mature tannins
Sweet
Tasting term, applied not only to sweet wines, but tannins to the elements of ripeness or richness which good quality dry wines can often suggest ...
Supple
A term meaning fluid in texture in the mouth, without any sharpness or roughness.
Supple
Tasting term to describe wines which are lively and quite easy as a suggestion of good quality.
Supple: Describes a wine with well-balanced tannins and fruit characteristics.
Thin: Lacking body and depth.
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Supple: A term used to describe smooth, balanced wines.
Syrah: A red grape planted extensively in the Rhõne Valley of France, Australia and elsewhere; a spicy, full and tannic wine that usually requires aging before it can be enjoyed.
Supple: Round and smooth, as opposed to noticeably tannic or acidic. As red wines age and their tannins begin to resolve, they typically become more supple in texture.
Supple Soft, refined, elegant.
Sulphury Sulphur has a volcanic or match smell. Can be detected by a prickly sensation in the nostrils and the back of the throat. Used as a preservative, an antiseptic in cleaning casks and bottles.
Supple
Accessible, ready to drink.
Sur Lies
Aging process where yeast sediment is left in the cask to impart a creamy, nutty flavor to the wine. Characteristic of great French white wines.
Supple
Yielding in flavor; a wine that is readily accessible for current drinking.
supple: Yet another subjective wine tasting term referring to a wine which has good fruit, and a soft pleasing astringency.
Supple
With many different characteristics and nuances, some easily discernible, others less obvious, but easy to drink, soft with no sharp edges and a good balance.
supple
A supple wine is one that is soft, lush, velvety, and very attractively round and tasty. It is a highly desirable characteristic because it suggests that the wine is harmonious.
Supple
A very common wine tasting term. As with many wine tasting terms, it is rather vague. It literally means "compliant or yielding." When applied to a wine it seems to mean a wine that is easy to drink without being too simple.
SUPPLE
Term often used for young reds which should be more aggressive. More lively than an easy wine with suggestions of good quality.
Supple
Refers to a wine that is yielding in flavour and readily accessible to drink.
Sur Lie
French term referring to wine that is left on the lees.
Rich supple wines from Côte Rotie. In the south, Châteauneuf produced some powerful and rich wines, but they aged relatively fast.(Excellent in Condrieu)
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Beaune, France
Supple, velvety wines with good tannin structures, although the northern vineyards produce softer wines.
Blagny, France
Fragrant, quite juicy, solid reds.
silkyRefers to a smooth, supple texture. single-vineyard wineWine made from the (presumably) good grapes of a single plot of land and not blended with any other grapes.
A compound that may be added to the must in order to supplement available nitrogen required to ensure yeast health. When used correctly it can help minimize stuck and/or sulfidic fermentations.
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Complex and supple, aromas of concentrated blackberry and cassis are most commonly found. One of the most planted top-quality wine varieties in the world.', '', 300)"; onMouseout="hideddrivetip()"
Cabernet Sauvignon
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Once upon a time, when I wanted a supple and food-friendly Cabernet Sauvignon that was a good value, I avoided California and went south to grab a good Cab from Chile.
I love the rich black fruit and supple tannins, but I don't like the way so many producers use so much new oak to cover up that fruit. These latter examples are too international in style and have lost their identity for me.
Mention specific can supplement the name Alsace and Alsace Great Vintage, for the type of vine Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Tokay-Pinot gris and Muscatel, when they answer with some condition of production particularly strict, ...
Supple, good weight, with a smooth, almost creamy texture. Acidity is medium to medium high, tannins are ripe and medium. Mild sweet earth and a spicy component (maybe vanilla?) are apparent in the midpalate.
Supple A wine that is not overly tannic.[3]
Sweet A wine with a noticeable sense of sugar levels.[2]
Tannic A wine with aggressive tannins.[2]
Tar A wine with aromas and flavors reminiscent of Tar.
Wine made from cinsaut grapes can have great perfume and supple texture. Fairly low in tannin, it is often made into rosé by itself or blended, to brighten the fruit and tone down the harsher edges of carignan, in particular.
One of the most renowned red grapes in the world for its supple silky texture and mesmerizingly earthy flavors. Pinot noir, like riesling, requires a cold climate and in fact, its ancestral home is the cool Burgundy region of France.
Pinot Noir - One of the most renowned red grapes in the world, Pinot Noir is known for its supple silky texture and mesmerizing earthy flavors.
These pungent aromas are usually lumped together and called spicy.
supple A supple wine is one that is soft, lush, velvety, and very attractively round and tasty.
Today, these duties require an increasing amount of scientific knowledge, since laboratory tests are gradually supplementing or replacing traditional methods.
Silky. Refers to a smooth, supple texture.
Smooth. Describes a wine that is not rough or harsh.
Soft. Wine lacking in hardness or roughness, and present when alcohol and sugar dominate acidity and tannin.
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.
Tannin (bitter) is detected by the back of the tongue. Depending on the amount the wine is bitter, supple or firm. Certain wines leave an impression of suppleness or smoothness others an impression of harshness or firmness.
More supple than a Cabernet these wines want to please. Lush, ripe berry flavors are accompanied with varying intensities of spice. From Bordeaux to Napa Valley to Chile and South Africa, there are so many wineries from which to choose.
Angular
A young wine that has a tart taste or flavour. This is the opposite of a round, soft, supple wine.
Hippocrates recommended specific wines to purge fever, disinfect and dress wounds, as diuretics, or for nutritional supplements, around 450 B.C. A French doctor wrote the earliest known printed book about wine around 1410 A.D.
Good syrah offers a captivating aroma of ripe black fruits, black pepper, and a distinctive gamey scent aficionados often compare to the smell of roasting meat. On the palate, the wine delivers rich, deep, black fruit flavors with big, but supple ...
malolactic fermentation (MLF or 'le malo'), increasingly common second fermentation in which harsh malic acid is converted to softer, lactic (milky) acid making the resulting wine is more supple.
Hárslevelü grapes are thick skinned and are therefore not as susceptible to Botrytis Cinerea(noble rot) as Furmint; they are however very aromatic and add suppleness and a strong slightly spicy, perfumed character to Tokay Aszú.
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Soft: Describes a wine with low acid/tannin, or alcohol content with little impact on the palate.
Supple: Describes a wine with well-balanced tannins and fruit characteristics.
Thin: Lacking body and depth.
 See also: Wine, Fruit, Tannin, Red, Grape
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