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Glossary


Wine lovers love to talk about wines, and very often they use terms and descriptions that are not always fully understandable to beginners. Wine & Taste presents here a list of terms that you will one day or another hear. Is the wine sharp or round? Is it earthly or buttery? Wine & Taste has listed below some of terms commonly used when speaking of wines.

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The following wine terms where taken off the "Pocket Wine Book" written by Hugh Johnson & Mitchell Beazley. Please visit the site: www.mitchell-beazley.com


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Tannat
Raspberry-perfumed, highly tannic force behind Madiran, Tursan, and other firm-structured reds from SW France. Also for rose. Now star of Uruguay.

Tempronillo
Aromatic fine Rioja Grape, called Ull de Llebre in Catalonia, Cencibel in La Mancha, Tinto Fino in Ribera del Duero, Tinta Roriz in Douro, Aragonez in S Protugal. Now Australia , too. Very fashionable; elegant in cool climates, beefy in warm. Early ripening.

Tokay:
See Pinot Gris. Also a table grape in California & supposedly Hungarian grape in Australia. The wine Tokay (Tokaji) is FURMINT, HARSLEVELU and MUSCAT.

Torrontes:
Strongly aromatic, MUSCAT-like Argentine speciality, usually dry.

Touriga Nacional
Top Port and Douro grape, & full-bodied reds in S Portugal.

Traminer:
See Gewuztraminer.

Trebbiano
Important but mediocre grape of central Italy (Orvieto, Soave etc). Also grown in S France as Ugni Blanc, and Cognac as St-Emilion. Mostly thin, bland wine; needs blending (and more careful growing)
 
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