It is a robust, harsh and frank wine, native of Veneto, grown mainly in the province of Treviso. It owes its name to the river Raboso flowing between Valdobbiadene and the Piave district or to theÂ…
A wine is defined raisin if it is produced with grapes left to dry on racks, on straw or on the plant (Veronelli). This gives the wine a distinctive aroma and flavour of raisins.
A wine is called redundant if it is fruity, full–bodied, rich and soft.
Period in which wine takes its distinctive features through slow natural mutations.
Refining is a method of clarification of the traditional wine. In a nutshell, after fermentation a refining agent (a coagulant like clay powder, egg white mounted, powdered milk and gelatin) isÂ…
It is a tool that, by calculating the weight of the must, measure the ripeness of the grapes and therefore their sugar content.
It is a geographical area belonging to a territory or a state. In France, for example, Bordeaux is considered a wine region and the Graves, which are within the Bordeaux, a wine region. Each regionÂ…
Bottle of Champagne of large format that contains the equivalent of six standard bottles or 4.5 liters. It is a size of bottle of the capacity of 4 liters and a half. A Rehoboam is larger than aÂ…
Remuage is a sparkling wine practice applied in the champenoise method. Specialized operators with skillful turns of hand, rotate the bottles pinching the bottom so as to push the impuritiesÂ…
It is an operation that consists of extracting a fermenting must from the bottom of a vat, and then to pour it in the same vat from above, in order to aerate the mass and encourage the spread ofÂ…
Spanish for "reserve". Under Spanish law, a reserva red wine must spend at least three years of aging in the winery, of which one in barrel, before being marketed.
"Reserve" is a statement attributed to the non–sparkling wines that have been subjected to an aging period provided for that purpose by the disciplinary of production and, as a rule, not less…
The residual sugar indicates the amount of natural sugar that remains in the wine after fermentation. Normally during fermentation all the sugar is consumed by the yeasts and converted intoÂ…
Ancient Friulian vine native of white grape, recently re–evaluated and included as part of the Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC. Already appreciated in the twelfth century, it is thought that it…
Term used in tasting for the wines that have plenty of body, flavour and aroma. Moreover, a wine is rich if has a lot of alcohol and colour.
It is a white grape variety native to the valleys of the Rhine where it was cultivated since Roman times. Its name reflects the German expression: "reissende tiere", ie wild animal, because of itsÂ…
This term is widely used in the wine world to indicate all the names of Bordeaux situated in the northern part of the Dordogne River. The two most important designations of the Right Bank are St.Â…
French word that literally means "chlotes". Talking about wine, robe refers to its colour.
A wine is defined robust if it is full–bodied, strong, rich in flavour and of high alcohol content.
Term for pink wines. True rosés are made with red grapes and not blending white wines with red wines. A wine is defined rosé if his color, in effect, is pinkish (with shades ranging from pale to…
A wine is defined round if it is at the same time full and soft.
A wine is defined rustic if it lacks of elegance and finesse.
