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Late Harvest
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Describes Sweet Dessert
wine made from grapes left on the vine longer than usual.
Most late harvest wines contain some
residual sugar. |
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Leafy |
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the slightly herbaceous, vegetal quality reminiscent of
leaves. |
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Lean |
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Indicates a wine is lacking in mouth-filling flavors.
Sort of thin in the mouth |
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Lees
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| Refers to
residual yeast and other particles that accumulate at bottom
by the action of "fining". |
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Legs |
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The drops of wine that slide down the sides of the glass when
it is swirled, sipping, a mingling of glycerin
and alcohol. |
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Lemony
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| Describes
acidic white wine. These wines contain flavors of that fruit
with touch of extra sweetness. |
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Length/Lingering/Long |
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Fine wines should have a
long finish, Lingering aftertaste. The longer the better. |
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Light
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Indicates the wines with
light in alcohol, texture and weight, Depend upon how the wine
tastes in the mouth. |
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Lively |
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Crisp, bright, fresh,
fruity, having vitality and vivacious. |
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Limousin |
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Describes a type of oak
cask from Limoges, France. |
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Luscious
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Wines that are high Rich,
opulent, and smooth, in residual sugar and taste soft or
viscous are called lush |
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