Negative description for the overall impression of a wine in the context of a wine evaluation or a wine review. It is used to describe wines that are strikingly intrusive (with an overly pronounced woody note, for example) or unpleasant in terms of aroma and flavour and lack finesse. Related terms are rustic (positive), edgy (rather negative) and rough (negative). The positive opposite of ordinary is elegant.
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