Aroma and taste of certain plants (tilia, tobacco, tea, acacia, macela). These are usually floral or arboreous smells.

 

Act of reproducing a plant by stake training, grafting or in vitro growing techniques.

 

Phase of the life cycle in which the plant rests: from total leaf drop in fall to spring burst.

 

Film made up of a proliferation of microorganisms that develop inside the casks, in the wine's surface. The most usual is the flor veil.

 

With excess alcohol and glycerine, affecting the other components' clarity and vivacity.

 

Said of a wine that is soft, smooth and has a pleasant texture in the mouth. This is characteristic of red wines, due to ageing or the quality of their tannins.

 

Silver tasting glass supported by a long carilla that is used to take samples from the casks ("botas" in Castilian) where Jerez wines age. Its special shape allows to break the "flor" veil (yeast cap) when one introduces it in the cask, thus facilitating the aeration of the wine.

 

Change in the grapes' colour at the end of the development cycle and beginning of the ageing period (in mid-summer). It is an important moment in the vine cycle. In a couple of days, white grapes lose their green colour and become yellowish, while red grapes get violaceous spots and become dark.

 

Floral smell resembling that of aromatic verbena flowers and leaves.

 

One of the most traditional white varieties of the Spanish vineyard, producing great white wines in Rueda. There's also a red mutation.