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Wine qualities and the terms you need to know:
Upon first glance/sip
Wine Clarity
Wine clarity is apparent at first sight.
Before you even bring a glass of wineunder your nose for that first whiff...put it up toeye-height or above, directly towards a light.
How much beyond the glass can you see when you put it to the light? A lot? A little?That's how you judge a wine's clarity.
Wine clarity has to do with how clear, clean, or "bright" a wine appears...as in contrastwith how a) "_____________________________" it can appear.
This b) __________________or c) __________________ has to do with "wine d)_________________ - or how many small particles and sediment have remained in thewine (besides any cork bits, which is unavoidable!).
The color directly or indirectly influences a wine's e)___________________as well, butwe're not there yet...
Because you can have a ruby red color that's bright and vibrant, translucent to the light,or you can have a similar tone which is not so much deeper in f)__________________
, but deeper in 'layers of color' or exhibits more g)____________________when heldup to the light.
Some people truly feel that this makes a difference to their wine drinking experience.
It also connects with how well- h)____________________ a wine is.In today's wine world, consumers almost demand a super-filtered wine to grace theglasses on their dinner tables...
But it wasn't always like this. In the 'olden days' wine was aged in barrels, and lightly, ifat all, filtered. Why give so much extra energy so something that's not even exactly a'problem'?
Even today, there are the rare wine makers that insist on low-filtered wines, believingthat this best preserves the true complexity and power of a wine's aroma.
At the end of the day that point is clear -it's what you enjoy drinking that counts!
Use the English words that follow to complete the text.
1. clarity: clareza/ claridade2. hue: tonalidade3. dullness: desinteresse/ monotonia/ falta de luz (opaco/bao)4. floating particles: partculas flutuantes
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5. muddied, dull or thick: lamacento/enlameado, opaco, denso/espesso6. sediment: sedimento7. filtered: filtrado8. brightness: brilho/ luminosidade
WineTasting NotesWine terms about clarity
bright (1) a) escuro
brilliant (2) b) sujo
cloudy (3) c) retinto
dark (4) d) leitoso/lcteo
dingy (5) e) lustroso/ reluzente
dull (6) f) puro
gloomy (7) g) pouco transparente/ escuro
luminous (8) h) turvo
hazy (9) i) brilhante/ genial
inky (10) j) brilhante/ luminoso
lustrous (11) k) nebuloso/ opaco
milky (12) l) sombrio
muddy (13) m) sedimentado
murky (14) n) luminoso
opaque (15) o) transparente
sedimented (16) p) opaco
sheer (17) q) aborrecido/ sem vida /bao
transparent (18) r) lamacento
Now read and choose the best words from the previous exercise to complete the
sentences.
A few examples: It is important to emphasize that a ____________ wine is not the
same as a wine with sediment or not filtered.
A ____________ wine color reminiscent of the ruby Malmsey operating from Greece.
Touriga Nacional yields ______________, full-bodied, powerful wines with exceptional
aromas.
The companys mission is to offer a _____________ wine that is produced in the skills
offered by the privileged climate of the region and toast the maximum potential.