A wine that, in essence, is boring, promising much and delivering little.
A term used to denote quality wines which have yet to reach their peak. The term is often applied to wines which are very tannic and therefore can be described as hard. They can take years of bottle aging in order to become "drinkable." The term can also...
The remains left over from sugarcane juice that are used to produce full-bodied rums.
French for "harsh" or "hard." Often applied to wines that are sharply acidic or green and lacking softness. This quality often disappears as wines age.
Simply stated, the Goblet Trellis system aims to create a more vertical growth pattern for the grapevine canes, with a single level of fruit that hangs side by side on adjacent wires below the leaf canopy. The canopy forms a "Y" or goblet shape from support...
According to German and California standards for residual sugar at harvest Early Harvest (Trocken/Halb-Trocken) wines have maximum sugar at harvest of 20.0 Brix.
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