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Glossary

The language of wine contains a wealth of meanings that are not all too familiar, particularly the technical interpretations. The glossary describes and offers an explanation to the most common terms.

Frizzante
Definition:sparkling wine, from the French vin pétillant

Italian description for a sparkling wine with at least 1.0 bar and a maximum of 1.5 bar (pressure).

frosty taste
Definition:wine fault

Undesired aroma of ice sweets, or lecithin, and is a wine fault when unripe grapes freeze.

fructose
Definition:

Fructose (fruit sugar) and glucose (grape sugar) are both found in wine and must.

fruit
Definition:

Tasting term usually referring to the primary fruit aromas in wine.

fruit sweetness
Definition:

The sweetness of a wine based on high extract values and maturity is often perceived differently than analytical tests.

fruit texture
Definition:fruit taste

Often with high quality wine, there is an intense fruit taste on the palate, followed by a pleasant, textured aftertaste, that literally melts in the mouth.

fruit wine
Definition:

Beverage similar to wine, made from fermented apple or pear must, and called Most in Austria.

Fruiting variety
Definition:the grape variety of a grafted vine

The fruiting variety is the vine that grows above ground and is grafted onto a rootstock variety, that is resistant to Phylloxera. The fruiting variety ultimately defines the variety and produces the fruit.

fruity
Definition:

Aroma and flavours that refer to the grape or fruit variety. We differentiate between pipfruit, stone fruit, berries, citrus fruit, tropical fruit, dried fruit and cooked fruit (compote).

full of core, robust
Definition:full-bodied

Describes a full-bodied, opulent wine with supportive, balanced acidity.

full-bodied
Definition:

A full-bodied, opulent wine, rich in extract and/or alcohol.

full-bodied
Definition:

Powerful wine with an opulent body.

full-bodied
Definition:

A well-rounded, opulent wine.

full-bodied
Definition:powerful

A rich and powerful wine.

fungicide
Definition:pesticide

Chemical pesticide employed against fungal diseases, such as downy mildew, powdery mildew and botrytis.

Furmint
Definition:late ripening white wine variety

Furmint is predominantly planted in the Tokaji winegrowing region in Hungary, but it is also a niche product in the free town of Rust in Burgenland. Specialists produce dry quality white to honey-like dessert wines from this late-ripening variety.

fusel oils / fusel alcohol
Definition:by products of the alcoholic fermentation

Fusel oils or alcohols are by products of the alcoholic fermentation, and are often considered poor quality products. It is a popular belief that fusel alcohols contribute to the 'hangover' the next day, as the body requires a long time breaking them down.

G'spritzter (White Wine Spritz)
Definition:refreshing drink of equal measure of wine and mineral or soda water

The Gespritzter or “G'spritzter“ is a quaffable, thirst-quenching Austrian White Wine Spritz, wine mixed with an equal measure of soda or sparkling mineral water, that is particularly favoured in the warm summer months. Due to its generally low alcohol content, the Gespritzter is an ideal aperitiv or easy drinking wine to pair with food. The mixture is generally 50/50, with the Sommerg'spritzter being prepared with a larger proportion of water.

gamey
Definition:

Group of yeast strains that are predominant throughout the fermentation and evolve more intensively during the maturation of red wine. Brettanomyces is an aroma that is gamey, or reminiscent of stable or the sweaty saddle of a horse, and can be a positive impression when well intergrated. If the brettanomyces is too intensive, then it is considered a wine fault.

Garage wine
Definition:a rare, often sought after wine

Refers to a high quality wine produced in minute quantites, that command high prices and usually come from small wine estates. The trend for garage wines began in the 1990s.

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