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

Palate



General Wine Term

 


The taste of the wine while it’s in your mouth. Try swishing it around in your mouth, so it hits all parts of your tongue (and thus each of the five basic tastes).







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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