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Roast aroma

Wine description regarding flavour impression; see under toast aroma.

Description (also barrique note, roasted aroma, wood aroma, wood note, wood tone or often just wood for short) in the context of a wine address. Mostly, this is used for the typical taste of wines aged in barriques, which is created by the toasting of the wooden barrels. This intensifies or accentuates the tannins, which are already mainly found in red wines....

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