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Vocabulary, Nomenclature,
Lexicon, Directory, Glossary Tasting Terms, Wine
Terminology: Tasting, Wine, Vineyards
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Vocabulary - Nomenclature
- Lexicon - Directory - Glossary
Tasting Terms, Wine
Terminology: tasting, wine, vineyards |
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Nebuchadnezzar
A bottle of 15
litres, or twenty 0.75
litre bottles. |
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Negociant
French term for for "trader". But outside Bordeaux i.e.
Champagne or Burgundy, the negociant's activities goes far beyond
the wine trading. He often buys and assembles, including ageing in
barrel if desired, the produce of
smaller growers and winemakers. The wine is then bottled and sold
under the negociant's own
name. |
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Noble rot
Another name for the
botrytis cinerea
fungus. |
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Nose
A tasting term synonym for the
aroma or
bouquet of a wine.
The nose of a wine describes how a wine smells. |
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Nutty
Tasting term describing the aroma of wines that have been exposed to
air. Nutty is a close term to oxydized. |
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More about the
grape varietals
and
the Bordeaux wine region
Winemega's
tasting notes by chateau
Tasting tips: a sommeliere writes about
advanced wine topics |
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