A description of a wine in the context of a vineyard evaluation and wine appeal for (overly) pronounced, often unpleasant characteristics. The impressions are perceived in different ways; these are gustatory(taste), olfactory(smell) and haptic or trigeminal (sense of touch). These sensations often occur in combination. The many terms cannot be clearly categorised and often apply to several components:
This means at least a lack of quality and, if too pronounced, a wine defect. A milder expression of aggressive, so to speak, is intrusive.
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