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Acidity: All wine has an acidic component, perceived as sharpness or crispness on the palate. Aeration: Deliberately exposing wine to oxygen to encourage a proper amount of oxidation and evaporation. Decanting a bottle of wine or swirling it in its glass achieves this, allowing for the full development of the wine’s flavors and release of its aromas.
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Balance: Achieving harmonious levels of acidity, alcohol, sweetness, body, tannins and other elements of wine. Blend: More complex wines made from multiple grape varieties. Bordeaux: A renowned winemaking region in southwest France. Bouquet: The scents and aromas wines give off after being bottled and aged. Buttery: A flavor description that associates wine with toasted oak or melted butter.
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Corked: Wine that has been contaminated by cork taint, a chemical compound formed when fungi in corks come in contact with chlorides used in some sanitation products in wineries, resulting in undesirable flavors and aromas. Corks can sometimes crumble without a wine being “corked.”
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Decant: When wine is poured from the bottle into a separate container to allow for aeration and to eliminate sediment. Dry: Wines lacking in sugar or sweetness.
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Grafting: When two plants are united and grown together as one. Green: Used to describe unripe fruit flavors in wines.
Cabernet: A versatile red grape variety grown all over the word and capable of producing quality wines. Chardonnay: A popular, widely planted white grape variety.
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