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- Warm:
- Possesses high alcohol flavor offset by counterbalancing flavors and other
desirable qualities. Unlike "hot", is a positive attribute.
- Weighty:
- Well-structured / balanced wines with an implication of mildly excessive
flavor or "heaviness" (see also body).
- Well-blanced:
- Contains ll of the essential elements in good proportions.
- White:
- Wine made with white grapes and the ose must is separated from the skins
before fermentation.
- Wine thief:
- Sampling tube made from clear glass or plastic tube having a narrowed opening
at either end. The tube is lowered into the wine container, usually a barrel,
allowed to fill to a predetermined level and is then withdrawn, keeping the
upper end sealed with a finger, so collecting a sample of wine. The wine sample
is then disgorged into a wineglass or shallow "tastevin" cup held ready for
use by the taster.
- Woody:
- Almost a synonym for oaky. However, implies an overstay in a wooden container
which resulted in the absorption of other wood flavors besides "oak".
