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Discolored wine
I've never seen discolored used to mean clear.
I've certainly had wines that looked darker than I expected (which would possibly indicate oxidation) show well. |
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Discolored wine
dis·col·ored, dis·col·or·ing, dis·col·ors
v.tr. To alter or spoil the color of; stain. v.intr. To become altered or spoiled in color. Anders "Mike Tommasi" > skrev i melding ... > On 06/06/2011 15:14, DaleW wrote: >> I've never seen discolored used to mean clear. >> I've certainly had wines that looked darker than I expected (which would >> possibly indicate oxidation) show well. > > Is "discolored" a term that you use in the US? > > Does it mean wine that has been somehow made lighter in colour on purpose, > or wine that has somehow degraded and lost its colour accidentally? > > Seemed like a weird question to me. |
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On 6/6/11 9:43 AM, Mike Tommasi wrote:
> On 06/06/2011 15:14, DaleW wrote: >> I've never seen discolored used to mean clear. >> I've certainly had wines that looked darker than I expected (which >> would possibly indicate oxidation) show well. > > Is "discolored" a term that you use in the US? > > Does it mean wine that has been somehow made lighter in colour on > purpose, or wine that has somehow degraded and lost its colour > accidentally? Discolored, as Anders said, means to be an "off" color. I'd say that in wine circles, a white wine that's gone brown would be considered discolored. It's less clear to me if bricking of a red wine would be considered discoloration, as if so my '96 Remelluri last night would qualify. And what about those greenish older Chenins? ;-) Mark Lipton -- alt.food.wine FAQ: http://winefaq.cwdjr.net |
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I leave the exact interpretation to the native speakers... This foreigner
believes that an "off" color is one that should not normally appear. Therefore the change in color brought by normal ageing is not necessarily to an off one, imho. Anders "Mark Lipton" > skrev i melding ... > On 6/6/11 9:43 AM, Mike Tommasi wrote: >> On 06/06/2011 15:14, DaleW wrote: >>> I've never seen discolored used to mean clear. >>> I've certainly had wines that looked darker than I expected (which >>> would possibly indicate oxidation) show well. >> >> Is "discolored" a term that you use in the US? >> >> Does it mean wine that has been somehow made lighter in colour on >> purpose, or wine that has somehow degraded and lost its colour >> accidentally? > > Discolored, as Anders said, means to be an "off" color. I'd say that in > wine circles, a white wine that's gone brown would be considered > discolored. It's less clear to me if bricking of a red wine would be > considered discoloration, as if so my '96 Remelluri last night would > qualify. And what about those greenish older Chenins? ;-) > > Mark Lipton > > -- > alt.food.wine FAQ: http://winefaq.cwdjr.net |
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On 6/6/11 10:47 AM, Anders Tørneskog wrote:
> I leave the exact interpretation to the native speakers... This foreigner > believes that an "off" color is one that should not normally appear. > Therefore the change in color brought by normal ageing is not necessarily to > an off one, imho. Anders, Here I think that there's no definitive answer. Is age-related color change discoloration or not? To me, no, but to someone unfamiliar with aged wine? I don't know. Mark Lipton -- alt.food.wine FAQ: http://winefaq.cwdjr.net |
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Mike Tommasi > wrote in
: > > Other than oxidizing, I cannot think of any other color-altering that > wines would be likely to undergo. Or is the change in color that > accompanies aging also "discoloring"? In some white wines (such as Sherry) that undergo a long "elevage" at the winery it is possible that the wine gets a darker colour, naturally. Fining and filtering can return the wines to a pale version, both stripping them from colour and interest, as is usually the case with some commercial versions of Fino and Manzanilla. s. |
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