Bouquet
Tasting term used to indicate the smells
Wine Terminology
What is carbonic maceration? What does abboccato mean? Wine terms explained in our comprehensive wine glossary
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Bottle sickness, stink
Disagreeable smell or taste sometimes found in wine immediately after it is bottled.
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Bottle fermented
Sparkling wine in which the second, bubble-forming fermentation took place in bottle (rather than in tank).
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Bottle age
Period that a wine has spent ageing in bottle,
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Botte (It.)
Large barrel.
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Botrytis
Fungus which attacks grapes.
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Bordeaux mixture
Copper-based spray used to treat vines
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Body
Tasting term used to indicate the weight
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Bodega (Sp.)
Wine-making cellar, winery.
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Bocksbeutel (Ger.)
Squat, flagon-shaped bottle used for wines
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Blush.
US term for pink wine.
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Bleichert (Ger.)
Rose wine.
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Blanco (Sp.)
White
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Must
In winemaking, the mixture of grape skins and grape juice
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Must weight
Measure of the amount of sugar in the must.
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Muffa nobile (It.)
Noble rot,
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Mousseux (Fr.)
Sparkling. Usually indicates that the wine was made by the Charmat
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Mosto (It.)
Must.
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Moelleux (Fr.)
Sweet. Much used in the Loire Valley for fully sweet,
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Mistelle
Alcoholic drink made by adding brandy to unfermented grape juice.
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Mis(e) en bouteille au chateau (Fr.)
Bottled at the chateau