Tropical fruit: General term for mixed figs, dates and pineapple, with an emphasis on the latter; highly characteristic of oaky California Chardonnay.
Tropical Fruits: pineapple, banana, mango, guava, kiwi
Oak (heavy): oak, smoke, toast, lees, yeast
Floral: acacia, hawthorn ...
Papaya
A sweet tropical fruit. Contains an enzyme that is used as a meat tenderizer.
Papillote
Cooked in foil or parchment paper to seal in flavor, then served and cut open at the table.
Dishes utilizing tropical fruit as a component, or in a relish or sauce, do particularly well with more highly perfumed, tropical fruit toned varieties - beginning with exuberantly fruity Rieslings, and extending to the aromatic, ...
The fruit most commonly found in Chardonnay includes apple, pear, citrus, stone fruits like peach and apricot and can continue into the tropical fruit flavors of melon, pineapple and mango especially from warmer growing regions.
It's made to be drunk young and has juicy tastes of tropical fruits and melons on a foundation of minerals, which lends it a pleasant tartness. It's clean and refreshing. Plus, Muscadet is often drier and has less alcohol than many whites these days.
Christoffel-Erben, now run by Robert Eymael, a source of truly brilliant wines, bursting with tropical fruit and that unique, peppery spice.
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.
Riesling's typical aromas are of flowers, tropical fruits, and mineral stone (such as slate or quartz), although, with time, ...
Chardonnay - cool climate: tropical fruit, citrus fruit in slightly warmer climes and melon in warm regions. With increasing proportion of malolactic fermentation, Chardonnay loses green apple and takes on creamy notes, Apple, pear, peach, apricot ...
These grapes are generally turned into semi-sweet wines with a floral and/or spicy perfume and hints of honeyed-peach, pear, and tropical fruit in the flavors.
Queensland, Australia
Fat with tropical fruit, even pineapples when young. Thick and toasty with age.
Upper Hunter, Australia
Soft charming, warm with hay-like characters and buttery softness, with a twist of citrus when young.
Late-harvest and dessert styles have deeply ripe tropical fruit aromas. Viognier is as intensely aromatic as Gewürztraminer and suffers the same problem of being difficult to pronounce. To wit: VEE-ohn-yay.
Colombard: These grapes end up making a wine with "tropical fruit" overtones, a light wine to go with seafood. It is used in South Africa and other countries. South Africa also uses Colombard to make brandy.
Gewurztraminer has a spicy aroma and fruity flavors of peach, apricot, tropical fruits, and lychee. It can be dry or sweet.
Food and Wine Pairing: Gewurztraminers go especially well with spicy Asian dishes and pork sausages.
A popular and versatile grape that thrives in most wine-growing countries. Aromas range from lemon to apple to tropical fruit. It adapts well to oak, which adds scents of vanilla, butter and spice.
Chardonnay (wide variations; vanilla, tropical fruit, nuts, subtle apples and butter) ...
Torrontés: Argentine grape born in Spain of the Muscat grape. Pale gold; aromatic; citrusy with tropical fruits. Refreshing when very cold; similar to a dry Gerwürztraminer.
From the cool regions the wine will be high in acid, dry and often citrus-flavoured on the palate, whilst wine from the warmer regions will be less acid, with less citrus and more tropical fruit flavours.
Pack dark chocolates, olives, smoked cheese with crackers and tropical fruits into a Chardonnay bearing basket. Pair the more sophisticated flavor of Sauvignon Blanc with goat's cheese, gourmet pasta and fresh vegetables.
A word used to describe a wine that doesn't have enough acidity to balance the other elements. Buttery Chardonnays with rich tropical fruit flavours from warm-climate regions are most likely to show this sort of character, ...
Certain characteristics are associated with the various types of grape and even with the area where a wine is grown - an Australian Riesling might be described as having tropical fruit flavours, ...
Specific fruit flavor, often associated with California Chardonnay, particularly if heightened by oak. Primary component of "tropical fruit," below.
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Chardonnay ripens easily and produces medium-to-full-bodied wines with rich apple, citrus, and tropical fruit aromas and flavors.
on the Arbor Mist web site as 'a blend of varietal wines such as Merlot, Pinot Grigio, White Merlot, Zinfandel, White Zinfandel, or Chardonnay that is combined with natural fruit flavors like Blackberry, Cranberry, Strawberry, Peach, Tropical Fruits, ...
commonly associated with the grape being derived from such influences as terroir and oak. It is vinified in many different styles, from the elegant, "flinty" wines of Chablis to rich, buttery Meursaults and New World wines with tropical fruit flavors.
dill, cedary and smoky indicate the desirable qualities of oak; charred, burnt, green cedar, lumber and plywood describe its unpleasant side. See also American oak, French oak. Oaky white wines often show such flavors as pineapple and tropical fruit.
Oak plays a large role in how chardonnay tastes as the grape has a particular affinity for it. Warmer climate Chardonnays from Australia and California can display lush, tropical fruit. How do you like your Chardonnay?
 See also: Fruit, Wine, White, Light, Aroma
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