Toasted
A tasting term referring to the smelling or tasting of roasted bread.
Tobacco
Commonly found on Cabernet Sauvignon from Bordeaux or Napa, tobacco is a tasting term referring to cigarbox or cedarwood aromas.
Toasted
An aroma found in Champagne reminiscent of toasted bread.
Toasting
The carmelization of barrel staves. The amount of "toast" can vary, imparting different characteristics to the wine.
Toasted - Sometimes from storage in charred oak also flavour of many champagnes (the French would say it's a fault, but the British like it).
Smoky
Toasted oak aroma and flavor .
Soft
Delicate, gentle fruit in white wines, or lack of tannins in red wines. Sometimes used on a label to indicate low alcohol.
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In this way the wine will increase its oxidation and its color will get darker, while exalting toasted and nutty aromas.
of winemakers was used to produce the wine aroma profiles of a Chardonnay wine1 aged for 10 months and stirred once weekly for four months, in four different oak types2 sourced from the same cooper (Seguin Moreau: American oak U stave plus toasted ...
This can include the sense of vanilla, sweet spices like nutmeg, a creamy body and a smoky or toasted flavor.
Powerful A wine with a high level of alcohol that is not excessive alcoholic.
Wooden barrels leech tannins into wine and can also impart "smoky" flavors if the barrels have been toasted, short of actual charring.
toasty A smell of grilled toast can often be found in wines because the barrels the wines are aged in are charred or toasted on the inside.
tobacco Some red wines have the scent of fresh tobacco. It is a distinctive and wonderful smell in wine.
It produces straw-colored wines that smell and taste of honey, ripe pears, and toasted hazelnuts. It's best wine is the DOCG Fiano di Avellino. Fiano is found in the south of Italy, most notably in Campania and Sicily.
Frank gives an example of a pairing that sang: "A rich, buttery, toasted oak, typical big California Chardonnay with Alaskan halibut with a toasted leek beurre blanc sauce, sauteed corn and chanterelle mushrooms." ...
The Chardonnay should resemble the usual California version with tropical fruit, melon, and toasted oak vanilla. The Sauvignon Blanc shows more of the crisp tropical fruit and citrusy acid with a dose of grass and flinty minerals.
Pear
Specific fruit description, typically associated with Chardonnay aged in toasted oak barrels.
Peppery
Spicy with the fragrant pungency of black pepper. Typical of Rhone and Languedoc reds made from Syrah and Grenache.
Is a descriptor used to talk about wines, usually chardonnays or sparkling wines, that display the aromas and flavours of toasted bread, imparted by maturation in oak barrels.
smoky
Possessing an aroma of smoke or charred wood imparted by heavily toasted oak barrels.
soft
Describes a wine that lacks hard edges because it is low in acidity and/or tannin.
Descriptive flavor and aroma term that may result from making wine in lightly toasted or charred oak barrels; Also found in fine Champagnes and older Bordeaux.
Tobacco, tobacco-leaf ...
This may manifest itself in many forms depending on the wine, the source of the oak, whether the barrels were "toasted" (charred) and whether they are large or small, new or old.
"The gods were seated near to Zeus in council, upon a golden floor. Graciously Hebe served them nectar, as with cups of gold they toasted one another, looking down toward the stronghold of Ilion." (Homer, Iliad 5.1-5) ...
Showing substantial influence of the oak barrels that may manifest itself in many forms depending on the wine, the source of the oak, whether the barrels were "toasted" (charred) and whether they are large or small, new or old.
Barrel. A container of various sizes, usually made of wood, most typically oak. New barrels give more flavors to the wine, how long a barrel is toasted for, where the oak comes from and who coopers (makes) it, all affect the final product.
Smell associated with wine that has spent time in charred or toasted barrels. Flavour imparted by oak barrels. Also a characteristic sometimes evident in sparkling wine.
Tokaji...
Synonym for Tokay (Hungary).
Also Ravat 51, a French-hybrid white-wine grape seen in the Eastern U.S. One of the most successful French hybrids, in my opinion; I've seen it vinified as a luscious sweet wine and also, with lightly toasted oak, ...
Next, swirl the unoaked Chardonnay around and give it a good sniff - bright fresh, fruit will likely dominate the nose. With the oaked Chardonnay, the aromas will lean to the more intense oak-based scents of spice, smoke, toasted notes of coconut, ...
constituents of oak are many flavorful compounds. The molecules that give vanilla, cinnamon, clove and nutmeg their flavor are all found naturally in oak wood. Oak also has a huge array of tannin molecules, plus sugars that caramelize when toasted.
They also have toasted aromas of chocolate, mocha, cocoa, coffee, tobacco and cigar box as well as spice notes such as cinnamon and pepper.
The oak may be natural or it may be toasted (light, medium or heavy toast). Oaking allows young wines to soften and absorb some of the wood's flavors and tannins. However, most light, delicate wines should not be oaked.
A wine that has extensive aromas and flavors derived from toasted oak.
Oligomer
A medium sized compound made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers.
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