Glossary
Depth
/DEPTH/
Layers of flavor that reveal themselves over time.
Full Definition
Depth describes wines with multiple layers of flavor that unfold as you taste. Deep wines reveal new characteristics with each sip and continue evolving in the glass. It suggests substance, complexity, and quality. Shallow or superficial wines lack depth.
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Pouring wine into another vessel for aeration or sediment removal.
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Rack-and-return technique for gentle extraction.
Demi-Sec
Medium-sweet sparkling wine.
Density
In tasting, the concentration of a wine; in viticulture, vine spacing.
Disgorgement
Removing sediment from sparkling wine after secondary fermentation.
Diurnal Range
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