Hybrid, direct producer of red grape. It also exists in white, which is still grown in Madeira, but mostly to be consumed by the farmer.

 

Fruity smell found in matured wines (white, rosé or red), resembling that of marmalades and fruit that has been cooked for a long period of time, thus resulting in very concentrate aromatic characteristics.

 

Gallicism (leg) that designates the tears the wine leaves in the glass.

 

Grape variety authorised in the Douro region.

 

Fortified wine of the French Jura that is aged under a veil of flor yeasts.

 

Three-litre bottle, the equivalent to four common bottles (Champagne), to 4.5 litres, i.e., six regular bottles (Bordeaux), depending on the region.

 

Sweet drink with high alcohol content that is made adding fortifying spirit to the must before fermentation starts. The amount of spirit added stops fermentation, leaving the wine with a considerable amount of unfermented sugars.

 

Another name for Riesling, used in Germany and California, where it is also known as J.R.

 

Container to rack wine.

 

Grape juice: juice extracted by pressing fresh, unfermented grapes.