Decantation is an oenological process tended to separate wine from the deposits that have formed on the bottom and on the walls of a wine container; of particular importance, the decantation of aÂ…
English for Caraffa
A wine whose excessive aging has removed any kind of quality. There is no hope of saving them.
A wine is called deep if it has a high concentration of some of its components.
A delicate wine is elegant and refined.
The wines that have a flavour and a light and pleasant structure, so that they are relevant both at your nose and in your mouth.
Translated from French, meaning "moderately sweet" or "medium sweet". It is one of the six ways to define a sparkling wine according to the Community law. Demi–sec sparkling wine has a residual…
In the wine language, a designation is the area or the region where the grapes of a particular wine were grown. In the United States the official definition for a designation is AmericanÂ…
The Denominazione di Origine Controllata is a trademark of Italian origin that is used to describe a product of quality by certifying its area of origin and harvest. These wines, before beingÂ…
A wine is called deep if it is multidimensional, to say, it presents a wide range of tastes and aromas.
It is a sweet wine, more or less rich in sugars, perfect after meal; see the sheet about dessert wines: https://www.vinievino.com/dessert-6.html
The disease of the bottle is given by a temporary oxidation which leads to a state of confused and weakened aroma of the wine, because of inadequate operations of transfer of the same; this canÂ…
Acronym for Denominazione di Origine Controllata.
Acronym for Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita.
It is among the most typical and grown Piedmontese native vines. It has been present since 1300 in the Langhe. The name of the grape variety comes from the particular sweetness of grape pulp,Â…
’Domaine’ is a French noun, meaning ’estate’, used mainly to give a touch of distinction to the name of a winery. It is generally it used for the wine estates of Burgundy, while the term…
In the production of sparkling wines with Champagne method, the dosage designates the addition of a particular sugary liquid, said syrup of dosage or sauce. Sometimes this term is also used toÂ…
From French "sweet" is used to refer to a sparkling wine or Champagne that has a sweet taste (the opposite of Brut ie dry). Moreover, according to the Community legislation a sparkling wine to beÂ…
Drain consists of removing part of the quantity of liquid must before fermentation in order to increase the percentage of aromas and phenolic compounds.
A wine that smells of dried fruits: it can be a compliment or a complaint, depending on which type of wine. Those with a well–trained nose can actually distinguish the aroma of a particular type…
Dry is the opposite of sweet. It indicates a wine that has less than 0.5% of sugar content as the natural grape sugars are converted into alcohol during fermentation. The term is also used to referÂ…
Descriptor that refers to a wine that smells and tastes like dry leaves. If you like this aroma and appreciate the complexity added to the wine, all this is fine and elegant, but if this elementÂ…
