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View synonyms for vinosity

vinosity

[ vahy-nos-i-tee ]

noun

  1. the collective characteristics of a wine, especially its distinctive taste.


vinosity

/ vɪˈnɒsɪtɪ /

noun

  1. the distinctive and essential quality and flavour of wine
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  • nonvi·nosi·ty noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vinosity1

1615–25; < Late Latin vīnōsitās taste of wine, equivalent to Latin vīnōs ( us ) vinous + -itās -ity
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vinosity1

C17: from Late Latin vīnōsitas, from Latin vīnōsus vinous
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Example Sentences

Some tolerable effervescing white wines are produced in the neighbourhood of Tours, the prices of which are a little under the red, but they are for the most part heady and treacherous, and want the perfume and vinosity of Champagne.

The wine of Verzenay, remarkable for its body and vinosity, has always been held in high repute, which is more than can be said for the probity of the inhabitants, for according to an old Champagne saying—“Whenever at Verzenay ‘Stop thief’ is cried every one takes to his heels.”

The aim is to combine and develop the special qualities of the respective crûs, body and vinosity being secured by the red vintages of Bouzy and Verzenay, softness and roundness by those of Ay and Dizy, and lightness, delicacy, and effervescence by the white growths of Avize and Cramant.

The wine thus secured, as well as that grown by the firm, is duly mixed together in such proportions as will ensure lightness with the requisite vinosity, and fragrance combined with effervescence, a thorough amalgamation being effected by stirring up the wine with long poles provided with fan-shaped ends.

The still red wine of St. Thierry, which recalls the growths of the Médoc by its tannin, and those of the Côte d’Or by its vinosity, is to-day almost a thing of the past, it being found here as elsewhere more profitable to press the grapes for sparkling in preference to still wine.

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