WINERY + WINETASTING Flashcards
(dégustation) à l’aveugle
blind, as in blind tasting
acide acétique
acetic acid
acide malique
malic acid
acide tartrique
tartaric acid
acidité vive
lively, fresh acidity
agrumes
citrus
aiguille le pin
pine needles
alcooleux
alcoholic (tasting)
amer/amére
bitter
amertume
bitterness
amande
almond
ananas
pineapple
anis étoillé
star anise
argile
clay
argilo-calcaire / argileux-calcaire / terre blanche
clayey-limestone
argilo-limoneux
clayey-silt
argilo-siliceux
clayey-sand
arôme
aroma
arriére goût / déboire
aftertaste (disagreeable)
arrosage
spraying
assemblage
a blending of various vats of wine, or various varieties
averse de grêle
hail storm
baguette
pruning term related to the taille de la Marne method, in use in the Champagne region, where a previous year’s mature cane is left vertical with a small number of buds towards its furthest end from the soil – helps defend, by providing a remedy, against frost damage in the Vallee de la Marne.
baie de sureau
elderberry
ban de vendange
official date to start the harvest
barrique
Bordeaux name for a 225 litre barrel
basse cour
farmyard, in relation to brettanomyces
battonage
less stirring
béton
concrete
beurrée
buttery
bilan carbon
carbon footprint
biodynamique
biodynamic
bio, biologique
organic
boisé
wooded or woody in relation to oak aging. Can also be used to describe the sensory characteristics of a wine fermented and/or aged in wood, eg notes of toast, coconut, spice and vanilla
bouchon
cork or stopper (also traffic jam)
bouchon à vis / capsule à vis
screw cap