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sense of smell. They are either pleasant or unpleasant, 

 according to the nature of the flavours and their degree 

 of intensity. 



Neutral Flavour is characterised by neither aroma nor any 

 special taste, and such wines, which are generally the 

 produce of heavy bearing vines, are mostly suitable for 

 blending purposes. 



Insipid, Flat. A wine without vinosity and liveliness. Wine 

 left long in open bottles and decanters, or a wine that 

 has been too energetically fined, often turns flat. They 

 are in that state more subject to contract disease. 



Vinous, Vinosity is that sensation of warmth characteristic 

 of the alcoholic flavour. 



Weak wine is not a light wine. It is a wine of low alcoholic 

 strength, or when its alcoholic contents are not in 

 proportion to its other chief constituents. Such wine 

 is more or less insipid, and its taste is short and of 

 no long duration in the mouth. It is generally of diffi- 

 cult keeping unless fortified. 



Light wine is often a dry wine of good quality, with its 

 various components well balanced and harmonious, but 

 lacking in quantity. It is as a rule somewhat deficient 

 in colour, body, alcohol, acids; and bouquet. 



Soft, Mild, -is a wine that does not affect the palate by its 

 harshness and astringency. It is characteristic of a 

 wine that is neither sweet nor dry nor too alcoholic. 



Alcoholic. A wine with a high propordon of spirits to its 

 other constituents, such as a fortified wine, or a wine 

 made with over-ripe grapes ; compared with the flavour 

 detected by the mouth, the aftertaste is of short 

 duration. 



Generous. A wine with a good proportion of alcohol as well 

 as of its other constituents, which imparts a feeling of 

 warmth and strength -giving a good tonic wine. 



Lively. Which makes a quick impression on the palate, 

 generally a wine with an adequate proportion of acids 

 and alcohol. 



Full- Round. What the French call Eto/e. A robust, 

 harmonious wine, which gives the impression of solidity 

 and good constitution a tonic wine a quality pos- 

 sessed by Australian wines made from good sorts of 

 grapes and well fermented. 



Body. A wine of good vinosity and rich in extractive 

 matter. Generally sticks to the glass like beads. 



