Large 15l bottle, i.e., the equivalent to 20 0.75l bottles. It is mainly used by sparkling wine brands, on special occasions (promotions, etc.).

 

Said of a wine without colour, a wine that is open. It is sometimes used as a synonym for dispossessed, punished by treatments.

 

Intense floral smell resembling that exhaled by narcissus flowers.

 

Delicate floral aroma given off by dodecanal, resembling the perfume of nard flowers.

 

Said of a wine that hasn't been adulterated, that manifests its vine, grape variety, harvest year, etc., without addition of illicit products.

 

Wine from a rich and ripe harvest, without addition of alcohol to stop fermentation.

 

Denomination used for wines obtained mainly from the varieties: Muscat, Grenache, Macabeu and Malvasia. They should proceed from musts with a natural initial sugar content of, at least, 252g per litre, to which alcohol is added during fermentation (5 to 10% of the must's content). In this category one finds the following wines: A. O. C. Rivesaltes, Banyuls, Maury and Muscats (Beaumes-de-Venise, Frontignan). In 1983, its production was of 730517 hectolitres.

 

Brut Nature or Brut Natural is a very dry sparkling wine to which no sugar has been added.

 

Depression of the dorsal side of the grape's seed.

 

Red variety mainly grown in Italy (Piemonte, Lombardia), Uruguay and California. It produces dark wines with excellent tannin and good ageing potential, such as barolo (firm and robust) and barbaresco (delicate and aromatic).