Publisher: National Geographic; 6th Edition, Revised (October 27, 2020)
Language: English
Hardcover: 800 pages
ISBN-10: 142622141X
ISBN-13: 978-1426221415
Item Weight: 7.35 pounds
Dimensions: 9.4 x 1.9 x 12.2 inches
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Red Winemaking - The winemaking facilities of Rioja producer Marqués de Riscal include both steel and oak for fermentation and aging. The fermentation tanks are all small enough to ferment wines on a block-by-block basis. Note how they stand well clear of the ground to facilitate drainage by gravity.
Over the past 30 years, wine glasses have moved from regional tradition to technical shapes, with today’s emphasis clearly placed on physical and aesthetic qualities that have been engineered to suit specific styles of wine.
Citrus fruit
This is a very common taste descriptor in France, where agrume is attributed to the fresh complexity of many young white wines. It is often more complex than a specific citrus fruit aroma (one or more of limonene, citonellol, linalool).
Honey
Almost every fine white wine becomes honeyed with age, but particularly great Burgundy, classic German Riesling, and botrytised wines (phenylethylic acid).
Tomato
We tend to think of tomato as a vegetable, but it is really a fruit and, although not a common feature in wines, it is found in bottle-aged Sylvaner and, with blood-orange, in Ruby Cabernet. Also found in Merlot, Pinot Noir, and various Italian wines (trans-2-pentanal).
Viloet
Violet can often be found as part of the finesse on the finish of Cabernet-based red wines, notably Bordeaux, especially from Graves. It is possibly more tactile- based than a volatile aroma (ionones).