Floral, honeyed, muscat smell resembling the fragrance exhaled by the elderberry flower.

 

Quality of a distinct wine, produced with noble varieties, harmonious in colour and aroma, balanced in taste and with the exact ageing. An elegant white has fruity acidity and is neither green nor flat. An elegant red wine is characterised by its intense, velvety tannin endowed, though, with muscle and structure.

 

Long yeast as, for instance, Saccharomyces ellipsoideus.

 

Liquid resulting from the washing of the elution.

 

Separation of absorbed compounds, through several washings.

 

Said of the green, luminous reflex of a fresh, young white wine.

 

White variety resulting from the crossing of Muscadelle and Riesling. It is mainly grown in South Africa and California, where it produces aromatic, full bodied wines with some ageing potential.

 

Empty wines are the opposite of wines with clearly defined characteristics. The adjective empty is applied to wines that produce solely feeble sensations and do not fill the mouth.

 

Operation in which the tank is emptied after alcoholic fermentation. The wine is racked to another container or cask, in order to be separated from the pomace.

 

Encostas de Aire is located in the wine region of Alta Estremadura and comprises the municipalities of Batalha and Vila Nova de Ourém, as well as some parishes of the municipalities of Leiria, Pombal and Porto de Mós. The region's QWPSR wines are produced with the white grape varieties Arinto, Fernão Pires, Malvasia, Tamarez and Vital, and with the red Baga, Periquita and Trincadeira Preta.