What do all the wine tasting words mean?

4 responses so far ↓

• 1 bruckcie // Nov 7, 2008

  Honey, you’re going to have to be a lot more specific.

  E-mail me with the terms and I’ll define them 4 u.

• 2 MomeeUvWun // Nov 7, 2008

  please be more specific…

• 3 youyumyum1 // Nov 7, 2008

  Here’s a list of commonly used tasting terms, in contemporary language:

  Aftertaste = The flavors or taste that lingers in your mouth after the wine is tasted

  Aroma = The smell of the wine in the glass

  Astringent = A rough, harsh, puckery feel in the mouth

  Balance = The harmony of all of the wine’s components, fruitiness, sweetness,acidity, tannin, and alcohol

  Body = The weight of the wine on the palate (light-bodied to full bodied)

  Bouquet = The smell that developes after the wine has been bottled and aged

  Buttery = The smell and taste of melted butter or toasty oak

  Corky = The smell and flavor of musty, moldy, old newspaper caused by tainted cork

  Crisp = Refreshing taste due to sound acidity

  Earthy = The characteristics related to the aroma and flavor: positive = pleasant and clean; negative = dirtiness

  Finish = The final taste left after the wine is swallowed

  Fruity = The aromas and flavors related to fruit

  Hot = The noticeably high alcoholic taste

  Jammy = The slightly cooked flavors of jam rather than fresh fruit

  Lean = The lack of fruit and body

  Nose = The aroma or bouquet of a wine

  Oaky = The smell or taste

  Oxidized = The stale taste caused by over exposure to air

  Sharp = The unpleasant bitter and hard edged

  Soft = The opposite of ‘hard’; describes wines low in acid or tannin

  Steely = The almost metallic taste associated with wines high in acidity from mineral rich soil

  Supple = The round and smooth texture

  Sweet = The characteristic of richness or ripeness

  Tannins = The mouth puckering substance derived from grape skins, seeds and stems that acts as a preservative

  Tart = The noticeably acidic sharp taste

  Volatile = The excessive or undesirable amount of acidity which gives a slightly sour, vinegary edge

• 4 Dor // Nov 7, 2008

  A complete list of terms and definitions can be found here http://www.okvine.com/articles/wine-glossary.php

  Dor
  http://www.okvine.com