Thin
Lacking in body and flavor. Opposite of full-bodied.
Tired
Past its peak in maturity.
Thin: Lacking body and depth.
Tight: Describes a wine's structure, concentration and body, as in a "tightly wound" wine. Closed or compact are similar terms.
Tinny: Metallic tasting.
Thin - thin bodied
Tasting term used for light-bodied wines.
Tight
A tasting term used mainly for young wines.
Thin: Lacking body and depth.
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Barnyardy: Smell of farm animals. Negative.
Thin
A term to describe wines that seem lacking in substance.
Tight
A descriptor for wines whose aromas and/or flavors seem to be lacking in expression.
Thin
A wine tasting term for any wine that has little flavor. Technically it is used for a wine that has little dry extract (what is left after you remove all the liquid).
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Thin
Lacking body and alcohol. It is too watery to be called light, and will not improve with age.
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Thin: A wine lacking body to the extent of being watery.
Varietal: A wine made from a particular variety of grape.
Velvety: A description of texture usually used for wines with not much tannin and high glycerine.
Thin
Lacking body and flavor.
Tired
Past its peak of flavor development; old.
Thin: A wine lacking body to the extent of being watery is called thin.
Ullage: The natural evaporation through the wood of wine/spirit from ageing in casks or through the cork of bottles is called ullage.
Thin - A descriptive term used to describe a wine that lacks much flavor, body or depth.
Vat - An open topped container for holding wine during fermentation. Usually quite large and made of stainless steel, wood or fiberglass lined concrete.
thin: Describes a wine lacking in body, flavour and alcohol.
triage: (French) One of the steps of the methode champenoise process whereby some fermentable sugar and yeast is added to the base wine in bottle to induce the secondary ...
Thin
Light and without body; watery. Thin is not a synonym of light, although the words are often incorrectly interchanged. Similar to "light-bodied" but more critical. Does not imply a pleasantly light wine but rather a bland, uninteresting one.
thin
A synonym for shallow; it is an undesirable characteristic for a wine to be thin, meaning that it is watery, lacking in body, and just diluted.
Thin: A wine that is light-bodied which lacks flavor and generally light in color..
Tobacco: An aroma which is noticeable in some mature wines.
TUN: A very large cask for storing wine, some holding up to 300,000 bottles worth of wine.
Thin
A negative term for a wine (usually red) with insufficient body, flavour and/or colour.
Thin: lacking in body or alcohol; a watery wine.
Tomatoes (stewed, canned): not necessarily a sought-after taste or odor (although to the converted it is wonderful in small doses, especially in Pinot noirs), ...
Thin. Lacking body and depth.
Tokay. Celebrated sweet white wine; specifically, the special product of the Tokay district in northeastern Hungary. The chief grape variety is Furmint, although a little Harslevelu is also grown.
THIN: Lacking body and depth.
TIGHT: Describes a wine's structure, concentration or body. Although a temporary condition that is most common with younger wines that have high aging expectations, a wine at any age may exhibit this quality.
THIN/THIN-BODIED
Opposite of "full-bodied".
TOASTY
Other, similar descriptors are "caramel" and "toffee". Some also add spicy flavours, such as "cinnamon" or "cloves".
Thin: Term used in sensory evaluation referring to a wine that lacks body, viscosity, alcohol or sugar. Often this term refers to wine from a poor vintage in which the grapes failed to ripen fully.
Thin
Similar to "light-bodied" but usually more critical. Doesn't imply a pleasantly light wine but a bland, uninteresting one.
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Thin
Lacking body and depth. More critical than light bodied. Implies a bland and uninteresting wine.
Tight ...
THIN: A description of a wine that lacks substance/tastes 'watery'. See Body.
TOP FERMENTING: See Yeast. Beers are top fermented.
A thin-skinned variety, merlot ripens earlier in the season then cabernet sauvignon and is less hardy, prone to a variety of ailments from shatter (the loss of potential fruit during flowering of the vine) to rot and mildew.
The thin-skinned dark berry blue grape or little blackbird, as it is referred to in France, shares similar flavors and aromas as Cabernet Sauvignon.
It has thin skins which produce pale red wines which usually oxidize easily becoming even paler, often rosé colored.
Appellation d'Origine Contrõlée that can contain Poulsard include:
Arbois
Cõtes du Jura
Crémant du Jura
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Clean the outer surface of the wine bottle. Dry the glass completely.
Lean Thin in texture.
Lees / Leesy Created by dead yeast cells and other solid matter which collects at the bottom of the container after fermentation.
A pencil-thin legume from the black-eye pea family that looks like a very long green .
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Watery - Thin, lacking in flavour.
Weak - Lacking grip typical for the wine; without character
Weedy - Aromas or flavours reminiscent of hay or grasses; not necessarily unpleasant unless exaggerated.
Roussanne can be thin and tart and is not often bottled on its own in Europe, being blended with Marsanne in the Rhõne and in other areas with Chardonnay.
Semillon: This thin-skinned grape ripens early, and is used mostly in Bordeaux, France. It has a grassy, "figgy" flavor. It is also grown in Australia and California, and is often blended with Sauvignon Blanc.
Opposite of thin-bodied.
Graceful: Describes a wine that is subtly harmonious and pleasing.
Grapey: Describes simple flavors and aromas associated with fresh table grapes. Green: Tasting of un-ripe fruit.
Thin A wine that is lacking body or fruit
Tight A wine with a significant presence of tannins that is restraining the other qualities of the wine, such as fruit and extract, from being more noticeable.
This grape matures and ripens slowly, and has a thin skin therefore it thrives in warm, dry climates. Limestone soil tends to produce more robust aromas in the finished wine.
MAIGRE (THIN)
It says itself of a tannic wine and without body.
MALBEC
Name given in Bordelais to the Cot type of vine.
MALIQUE (MALIC)
Acid malic.
Thin? Thick? Fizzy? Intense? Just as a large part of enjoying food is seeing how it appears on the plate when it arrives, so it is with wine. What's a happier sight than a glass that's yet to be sipped?
Give it a whirl, and smell.
Wines produced in Mosel-Saar-Ruwer are typically sold in tall and thin green colored bottles, the characteristic flute, also known as Rhein or Alsace bottle.
Opposite of 'thin-bodied.'
Graceful: Describes a wine that is subtly harmonious and pleasing.
Neutral: Describes a wine without outstanding characteristics, good or bad.
Pedestrian: Plain.
Potent: Describes a strong, intense, powerful wine.
Glassware: The best glasses for appreciating wine are made of plain, thin, clear glass. Heavy, cut glass makes it difficult to see the wine properly. The glass should have a wide bowl tapering to a narrow opening; a tulip shape, in other words.
The thickness of your stemware should always remain thin and without a lip at the mouth. This allows the wine to tip into your mouth easily without having to suck it in.
Compared to the wines of decades long since disappeared, dilute efforts that they were, weak in colour and character, thin and emaciated, today's wines seem to win hands down. This is the stance the advocates of the New Bordeaux will take.
It has medium leaf, pentagonal, three-lobed or five-lobed, medium cluster, cylindrical-pyramidal, winged by a compact semi-sparse, the berry can be medium or medium-sized, spherical or slightly flattened, with thin, yellow- green, ...
Not quite as thin and elegant as the others, but generous, well-designed and clearly durable. The shape and feel reminded Dottie of restaurants in Italy, which is certainly a good thing. Terrific price.
Really, when you talk about a wine's body or mouth feel, you are describing how thick or thin, how oily or watery it feels in your mouth. Your tongue and mouth can sense all sorts of textures.
The ratio between the fluids (milk, sparkling water, beer) and the solids (wheat) determines whether the pancake will be thin (more like a French crepe) or thick (more like an American style pancake) so experiment until you find the recipe that you ...
Furmint grapes have a thin skin which makes them susceptible to Botrytis Cinerea or Noble Rot, which causes the famous shrivelled Aszŭ berries with their concentrated sugars and intense flavours.
You can buy almost any wine you can thin of, from almost any country in the world, on the Internet. When you buy wine online, you save yourself a lot of time and hassle.
Light, soft reds, sometimes pretty, often thin.
Chambolle-Musigny, France
Even at the lower levels, fragrance and finesse are features here. Strawberry and violtes are often cited, as well as a fine boned structure and delicate complexity.
Schist: A large group of rocks that can be split into thin layers, as shale or slate can be. There are schists in the Douro Valley of northern Portugal, which is a controlled appellation.
An all-purpose white wine glass has a tulip-shaped bowl and a tall, thin stem. Most red wines show at their best in a larger version of the same shaped glass. Flutes are ideal for champagne and other sparkling wines.
The berries are usually round, thin-skinned, very juicy and sweet with a distinct varietal flavour. When overripe and allowed to become affected by botrytis cinerea (noble rot) the variety is the major component of the unique wines of Sauternes.
Because of the effect upon grape composition, proper timing of the harvest is of great importance. Premature harvesting results in thin, low-alcohol wines; very late harvesting may yield high-alcohol, low-acid wines.
Dilute: A description of a wine whose aromas and flavors are thin and watery.
Body
The viscosity or "feeling" of a wine in the mouth--which is related in part to its alcohol content. A wine may have a thin, medium, full, or heavy body.
Backbone Describes the structure of a wine, referring to balanced acidity, alcohol and, in red wines, tannin. Wines lacking structure are thin or flabby.
It's all about managing expectations - if you expect it to compare to your favorite Aussie Shiraz, then Beaujolais Nouveau will seem thin and underwhelming.
 See also: Wine, White, Flavor, Aroma, Red
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