Za'tar
Middle Eastern seasoning mix of ground sesame seeds, sumac berrries, thyme and salt. .
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Tar and roses
truffle and liquorice spiciness
Northern Italy's thick-skinned NEBBIOLO grape of barolo and barbaresco fame is one of the most delightfully aromatic of red grape varieties and for that reason sometimes compared to PINOT NOIR, ...
Tar, tarry
As with "smoky," above, a somewhat controversial term that not all wine tasters agree on. I suspect it's a blend of "meaty" and "black pepper" flavors in red Rhone wines like Cote-Rotie and Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
'Tar and roses symbolize the traditional and new styles of Barolo. These contrasting scents are commonly found in the bouquet of the wine: the fresh fragrance of roses comes immediately from the grapes, while the deeper, ...
leather, tar, stewed prunes, chocolate, liquorice, roses
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Pitch: Black, tar-like and Gawd-awful to smell and taste, pine-cone pitch was used to seal amphora and other wine containers for shipping in early Greek and, especially, Egyptian times.
The best examples offer the classic black cherry, spice, raspberry and currant flavors, and an aroma that can resemble wilted roses, along with earth, tar, herb and cola notes.
The nose has typical Cabernet aromas - black fruits, leather, earth, tar, black pepper - as well as a good dose of black licorice and some spice. In the mouth it is full, fruit-forward, and borderline jammy.
Signature aromas include blackberry, black cherry, black raspberry, leather, vanilla, coconut, toast, tar, pencil shavings, molasses, tar, nettles, cedar, cigar box, earth, leather and smoke.
When done well some of the of aromas and flavors to expect are tar, licorice, leather, violets, chocolate, figs, and prunes. Also note Barolo wines are heavier in alcohol than most Italian wines and you can expect 14 percent to 15 percent alcohol.
Oak (heavy): oak, smoke, toast, tar
Most Chianti up through the 1980s was imported in straw-covered fiasci and more attention was paid to low price than any quality factor.
Depending on the tea, you may find citrus, other fruit, floral aromas or even tar and smoke.
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These deeply colored wines can be massively tannic in youth with intriguing scents of tar and roses.
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Some wines have a dark flavor that wine tasters call tar. It is not the overwhelming stench of a tarred road, rather it is a flavor so dark, that only tar seems to fit. Rhone wines can have this, as well as the Barolos of Italy.
The bouquet is usually distinguished by aromas of black pepper, mulberries and blackcurrants sometimes accompanied by a hint of tar.
The aristocrat of Northern Italy, making red wines that are said to evoke tar and roses. Exactly what sort of roses is hard to tell, but the sense of dark hearted intensity and gentle perfume is a good one. Can be glorious.
The Odfjell Armador Carmenere brings quite a bit of leather and tar on the nose right off the bat, followed up by dark fruit and an earthy component, finishes up with black pepper spice.
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Makes a rough as road tar wine at youth but with lost of age becomes delicately wonderful. Shamefully underrated except by the Piemontese. 100% varietal and best known in the villages of Barolo and Barbaresco.
Saccharin
A sugar substitute without nutritive value made from coal tar.
Sachet bag
A cloth bag filled with select herbs used to season soups or stocks.
Descriptions of wines in terms of things such as grandmothers drawers, cobblers tar, drenched dogs, cats wee and the like leave many people with the distinct impression that either wine tasting is difficult, ...
Syrah is a red grape variety known for its spicy, peppery black fruit aromas, as well as a tell-tale smokiness; even scents of leather or tar.
This medium- to full-bodied red wine can be sweet or dry and usually has low acidity. Its berry and ripe red fruit aromas, coupled with the flavors of tar and licorice, make it a lovely match for deeply flavored meat dishes such as beef, game, ...
Bota (butt) Oak barrel with a capacity of 550-600 litres and used to age Sherry wines. It is also a small container with a nozzle made from goatskin and waterproofed with tar and used to carry wine.
Descriptive term used when comparing odor detected in the "nose" of a wine with similar odor retained in a memory trained by the use of a comparison kit of scent essences. Such kits include tar, mercaptan, apricots, ...
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