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Racking
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Traditional method of
wine process. Sequential transfer of wine to
one container to another,
The purpose of racking is to rid the
wine of sediment by leaving it behind in the first barrel. |
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Raisiny
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Describes wine having the
taste of raisins from ultra-ripe or overripe grapes. Small
doses can be good. It is a fault in most dry table wines.
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Rancio
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Describes a flavor
perception found in brown, wood aged and heated fortified
wines. |
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Raw |
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Red wine which is young
and undeveloped. Raw wines are often tannic and high in
alcohol or acidity. |
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Refined
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Refers to well balanced
red wines such as Zinfandel. |
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Reduced |
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Describes a wine that has
not been exposed to air. |
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A
large bottle holds equivalent to six regular bottles.
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Reserve
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Means wine reserved for
the winery owners. Also sometimes referred to better quality
grapes, or wine aged longer in oak barrels. |
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Residual sugar
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Sugar that remains in the
wine after fermentation is completed..
Wine is considered sweet if it contains more than half a
percent, by weight. |
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Rich
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Wines with generous,
opulent full, pleasant flavors,
usually sweet and round in nature, are described as rich.
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Rim |
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One of the evaluation of
wine age by seen through goblet style wineglass surface as
held at an angle of about 30 -40 deg. from the vertical and
viewed against white piece of paper or cloth using natural
light. |
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Ripe
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Describes mature, fully
ripe fruit. |
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Riddling |
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Extract yeast from sparkling wine. Yeast are slowly shaken to
the neck of the bottle and its a time taking process |
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Robust |
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Full-bodied, intense, powerful,
heady |
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Rough |
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Harsh
edges, biting, unpleasant wine due acidity or tannin are
predominant content |
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Round |
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Describes smooth and well-developed flavor wine |
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Rustic |
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Describes wines made by
old-fashioned wine making process. |
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