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This book will appeal to anyone looking to appear knowledgeable about wine. Knowing these words will help you understand the wine they’re describing: Aroma or bouquet: The smell of a wine — bouquet applies particularly to the aroma of older wines, Body: The apparent weight of a wine in your mouth (light, medium, or full), Finish: The impression a wine leaves as you swallow it, Flavor intensity: How strong or weak a wine’s flavors are, Fruity: A wine whose aromas and flavors suggest fruit; doesn’t imply sweetness, Oaky: A wine that has oak flavors (smoky, toasty), Soft: A wine that has a smooth rather than crisp mouthfeel, Tannic: A red wine that is firm and leaves the mouth feeling dry.

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