What does approachable wine mean?
Approachable: An easy to drink wine, no need for aging. Not high in tannin or acidity. Acidic: Wines high in acid. Usually means the grapes were harvested early or grown in a cool climate.
What is unbalanced wine?
A lot of the time, a wine professional will refer to a wine as being unbalanced if the wine tastes too strongly of one particular element, very commonly oak, alcohol or acidity. This is often a sign that the wine is being drunk too young, but it could be that there is just not enough fruit in the wine to stand up.
How would you describe the flavor of wine?
Wines with full, pleasant flavours that are sweet and ’rounded’ in nature are described as rich. In dry wines, richness may come from high alcohol, by complex flavours or by an oaky vanilla character. Decidedly sweet wines are also described as rich when the sweetness is backed up by fruity, ripe flavours.
What term is used in wine tasting to describe the aroma of a high quality Sauvignon Blanc?
HEADY: Used to describe high-alcohol wines. HERBACEOUS: Denotes the taste and smell of herbs in a wine. A plus in many wines such as Sauvignon Blanc, and to a lesser extent Merlot and Cabernet.
What does brooding mean in wine?
Brooding: Wines that are brooding offer dark colors with intense concentration of flavor. Browning: When red wines mature, they lighten in color and move from purple, dark red, to orange and then finally brown. This is the same term as bricking.
What does juicy mean in wine?
“Fruit Forward” Common Terms: Fruit-Driven, Sweet Attack, Jammy, Extracted, Flamboyant, Sweet Tannin, New World Style, Juicy, Ripe. This is the most commonly used term to describe a wine with dominant flavors in the sweet fruit realm.
What is tannic wine?
A wine with high tannins can be described as bitter and astringent. Tannins are derived from the skins, stems, and seeds of the grapes used to produce the wine. Technically, they are plant-derived polyphenols. Tannins are often described as the textural component that “dries the mouth” when drinking red wines.
What is dry taste in wine?
The term “dry”, when talking about wine, refers to the taste it leaves in your mouth because of the amount of sugars remaining in the wine after fermentation. During the winemaking process, the sugars in the grapes are converted into alcohol using a fermentation process.
What is bad wine called?
The most common kind of wine flaw is called ‘cork taint’ (ie, when you hear people say a bottle is ‘corked’). This means that the cork of the bottle has been infected with a bacteria called Trichloroanisole (‘TCA’ for short). A ‘corked’ wine will smell and taste like musty cardboard, wet dog, or a moldy basement.
Where do aromas in wine come from?
The majority of volatile compounds responsible for aroma combine with sugars in the wine to form odorless glycosides. Through the process of hydrolysis, caused by enzymes or acids in the wine, they revert into an aromatic form. The act of tasting wine is essentially the act of smelling these vaporized aroma compounds.
What US state produces more wine than any other?
California
California is the largest wine producer in the United States, producing over 84% of all U.S. wine production. California has a total of 4,391 wineries located all over the state, including famous wine regions such as Napa Valley and Sonoma.