A wine is defined "fat" when it fills the mouth and is pleasantly oily, flexible and generous, almost always for wealth of glycerin (the quality is revealed before on the sides of the glass, "oily"Â…
Someone may consider this term sexist, but nonetheless it is often used to indicate a quality wine. Female indicates a degree of fineness. A lighter style and character, with a clear lack ofÂ…
Fermentation is what turns an ordinary grape juice into wine. It is a natural process in which yeasts (single–cell organisms that are naturally present on the skins of grapes) convert grape…
Most of the wines are fermented in stainless steel or wooden tanks, but some white wines of high quality are made as in Burgundy, where wine is fermented and aged in small oak barrels. It is aÂ…
Very commonly practiced in Burgundy, the fermentation with entire cluster is a type of fermentation during which the entire clusters and the stalks ferment together. This can happen when the grapesÂ…
English term that indicates when a vineyard is planted with two or more grape varieties, which are then harvested and mixed to make a single wine.
Filtering is an operation that, like clarification, aims to remove suspended matter from wine; filtration is completely mechanical, and consists of passing the turbid liquid through a porous wallÂ…
A term used to describe a wine that has complexity and elegance, but also a perfect balance, refinement and delicacy.
Together with Oloroso, Fino is one of two major styles of the Sherry of Jerez (Spain). In turn it includes the manzanilla, amontillado and the palma. Details on Sherry: Its alcoholic strengthÂ…
Synonymous with flabby. The gray area between flat and strong it is known as "flabby". A flabby wine has a bit of acidity, but not enough to give it body and strength.
It is the opposite of strong. It has a negative connotation since it describes a wine that may lack liveliness, depth, flavour and body. A flat wine dish is the result of a low level of acidity.Â…
A fleshy wine gives to your mouth a pleasant sensation of intensity.
A word that refers to the structure of a wine. The flexibility is essentially the opposite of hardness, but does not have negative connotation.
A wine may smell of flint, a pungent aroma found especially in dry white wines, and sometimes gives them a mineral taste. It is a quality sought for white wines in France.
The wines that have pleasant smells. Are distinguished: acacia, jasmine, geranium, rose, viola etc.
Foam that forms on the surface of a sparkling wine, its persistence is a positive sign.
A wine is fortified itself has undergone an addition of alcohol. In effect an unfortified wine has an alcohol content ranging between 11% and 14%; with the addition of brandy or natural alcohol itÂ…
The origin of the English word "foxy" is rather ambiguous, although all agree that it is an adjective anything but positive. Indeed, foxy designates a particular and unpleasant taste typical ofÂ…
It is the must obtained from the first pressing (Veronelli).
The French oak barrels are much more expensive than the ones in American oak. French oak, in effect, is considered the most precious wood in the world for a barrel because it improves theÂ…
Fresh is the opposite of "fallen over". A fresh wine gives to the nose and especially to taste a feeling of liveliness with a pleasantly sour and refreshing fragrance. The term is normally appliedÂ…
A wine is called "frizzante" if it has undergone a partial second fermentation in stainless steel vats. The result is lighter than a real sparkling wine.
A wine is fruity when to the nose and the mouth has a pleasant hint of ripe fruit (Veronelli). Raspberry, strawberry, blackberry, gooseberry, blackcurrant, blueberry, prune, pear, peach, pineapple,Â…
The futures refer to the wine purchased before it is bottled. The futures market of Bordeaux, called "en primeur" market, is the main example of futures in wine.
