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Article: The language of wine. (grape terminology)
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- February 1, 1993
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Wine lovers love to talk wine as well as taste it And what a language they use--winespeak, you might call it
"Nose this one. Flinty." "This one begins meaty but no finish." "It's corky." "Its flabby." "It's got breed." "I pick up apple."
Translation: To nose means to smell. Flinty is a steely aroma similar to gun flint found in some dry white wines. Meaty is a very full-bodied wine, almost chewy. Finish is aftertaste. Corked means a dirty, damp smell that a bad cork gives to a wine. Flabby is lacking in crisp acidity. Breed is a high praise for a distinguished wine. And apple means clear only to the tastebuds of the taster. Certain young white wines do ...