General Terms

- Acidity
- Acrid
- Aftertaste
- Aggressive
- Aging
- Alcohol Content
- Alcoholic Fermentation
- Aperitif
- Aroma
- Assertive
- Astringent
- Attractive
- Bacchus
- Balance
- Barrel Fermentation
- Big
- Bite
- Bitter
- Blush Wine
- Body
- Botrytis Cinerea
- Bouquet
- Breathe
- Buttery
- Carbonic Maceration
- Chewy
- Claret
- Closed
- Cloudy
- Cloying
- Color
- Complete
- Complex
- Concentrated
- Cooked
- Cork
- Corked
- Corkscrew
- Crisp
- Decant
- Deep
- Delicate
- Dessert Wine
- Developed
- Diffuse
- Digestif
- Dionysus
- Dry
- Dumb
- Earthy
- Elegant
- Empty
- Faded
- Fermentation
- Finish
- Flinty
- Focused
- Fortified Wine
- Fruit
- Fruity
- Grapey
- Hard
- Harsh
- Heady
- Heavy
- Hollow
- Ice Wine
- Late Harvest
- Lees
- Legs
- Light
- Magnum
- Malolactic Fermentation
- Marsala
- Murky
- Must
- Musty
- Non Varietal Wine
- Nose
- Oak
- Oaky
- Off
- Oxidized
- Palate
- Perfume
- Place Name
- Port
- Potent
- Punt
- Reserve
- Rice Wine
- Robust
- Round
- Sangria
- Sediment
- Sharp
- Sherry
- Short
- Silky
- Simple
- Skin
- Smokey
- Smooth
- Soft
- Solid
- Sparkling Wine
- Spicy
- Steely
- Sulfites
- Supple
- Sweet
- Table Wine
- Tank
- Tannins
- Tar
- Tart
- Tears
- Terroir
- Thin
- Varietal Wine
- Vat
- Velvety
- Vermouth
- Vin
- Vineyard
- Vinification
- Vino
- Vinous
- Wein
- Woody
- Yeast
- Young
- Zesty

Hard



Wine Tasting Term
 


A hard wine is noticeably tannic or acidic. The high level of tannins or acid cause the palate to dry out, much like eating a cotton ball.

Many young red wines will be hard; they simply need to be aged to soften up. Or, if the bottle has already been opened, decant it and allow the liquid to contact more oxygen.

A wine that is overly hard is considered harsh. Aging or exposure to oxygen may not be enough to correct the flaws a harsh wine.

Soft, the oppposite of hard, describes a wine with low levels of tannins or acidity.







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Grapes

- Aligoté
- Barbera
- Brunello
- Cabernet Franc
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Carignane
- Carmenere
- Chambourcin
- Chardonnay
- Chenin Blanc
- Cinsault
- Columbard
- Dolcetto
- Durif
- Folle Blanche
- Gamay
- Gewuztraminer
- Grenache
- Grignolino
- Grüner Veltliner
- Malbec
- Malvasia
- Marsanne
- Melon de Bourgogne
- Merlot
- Montepulciano
- Moscofilero
- Mourvèdre
- Muller Thurgau
- Muscadelle
- Muscat
- Nebbiolo
- Norton
- Palomino
- Pedro Ximénez
- Petit Sirah
- Petit Verdot
- Pinot Blanc
- Pinot Gris
- Pinot Meunier
- Pinot Noir
- Pinotage
- Pourtgieser
- Primitivo
- Riesling
- Rousanne
- Sangiovese
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Scheurebe
- Schwarzriesling
- Semillon
- Sylvaner
- Syrah or Shiraz
- Tempranillo
- Tinta Barroca
- Tinta Cao
- Tinta Roriz
- Touriga Francesa
- Touriga Nacional
- Trebbiano
- Ugni Blanc
- Verdicchio
- Viognier
- Welschriesling
- Zinfandel