Glossary
Cloying
/KLOY-ing/
Excessively sweet, lacking balancing acidity.
Full Definition
Cloying describes wine that is excessively sweet, heavy, and sticky, lacking the acidity to balance sweetness. It's a fault in any sweet wine - well-made dessert wines have sufficient acidity to remain refreshing. Cloying wines fatigue the palate quickly.
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