Wine terms Flashcards
(68 cards)
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Wine with lack of color, and not well balanced taste
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abierto
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liquor
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aguardiente
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light, fresh, drinkable wine
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alegre
4
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inky; purple wine
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amoratado
5
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full bodied
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amplio
6
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Vintage: year from which a particular wine was produced
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añada
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Q
wine subjected to aging process > 3 years
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añejo
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balanced
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armónico
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bouquet
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aroma
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cask
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barrica
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white
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blanco
12
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winery or cellar
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bodega
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butt (oak barrel
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bota
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layer; intensity of color
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capa
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skin of the grape
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casca
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formal tasting (technical, analytical evaluation)
A
cata
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sparkling wine
A
cava
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complex
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complejo
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legs
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cortinas, lagrimas, piernas
20
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harvest
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la cosecha
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aged wine - in accordance with regulations
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crianza
22
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informal tasting
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degustación
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aftertaste
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dejo
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dense - thick, full bodied
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denso
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DO: rating system
Denominación de Origen
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Official black label with DO approval
contraetiqueta
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DoCa - applied to all rioja wines
Denominación de Origen Calificada
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sweet
dulce
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elegant, well balanced
elegante, equilibrado
30
spicy
especiado
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thick, robust wine
espeso
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structure
estructura
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finish - final flavors before the aftertaste
final de boca
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film of yeast growing on surface of certain wines (i.e. sherry
flor
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fresh
fresco
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delicate, fruity
frutal
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strong
fuerte
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A wine aged at least 24 months in oak casks, and another 36 months in the bottle (for vino tinto)
gran reserva
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sediment
heces
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grape skin
hollejo
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young
joven
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lees - solid sediment
lías
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ripe (mature grapes)
madura
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stained (describes slightly pink white wines due to storage in tanks previously containing vino tinto)
manchado
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must - fresh grape juice
mosto
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solid residue of the grape
orujos
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raisin
pasa
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perfumed (wine with intense aromas)
perfumado
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aftertaste
posgusto
50
gutsy (well constituted, but full bodied)
recio
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well rounded
redondo
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A wine aged at least 12 months in oak casks, and another 24 months in the bottle (for vino tinto)
reserva
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oak
roble
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rosé
rosado
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flavour
sabor
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flavorsome (delicious)
sabroso
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dry
seco
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silky
sedoso
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smooth
suave
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tannin
tanino
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red wine
tinto
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typical
típico
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grape harvest; process of making grapes into wine
vendimia
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table wine (from unclassified vineyards with no geographical identification
vino de mesa
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blackberry -primary aromatic component of the tempranillo grape
zarzamora
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vineyard
viñedo, viña
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wine with higher alcohol content (like sherry)
vino generoso
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aging
envejecimiento
