Description for the taste of a wine in the context of a wine evaluation or wine address. This describes an extremely sour wine, indicating a wine defect such as acetic souring. Related terms with equally negative connotations are aggressive, edgy, sour and sharp. Positive terms depending on the acidity, especially in white wine, are fine-acidic, fresh, lively, nervous, racy, tangy, tart, acidic, tangy and steely.
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