Wine description regarding taste impression; see under roasted.
Description (also scorched, baked) for the smell or flavour of a wine in the context of a wine evaluation or wine talk. Such a wine smells and tastes of roasted notes such as coffee beans, toast or roasted nuts, but also of warm earth, pebbles or roasted fruit.

This sensation can occur particularly in red wines and dessert wines from hot vintages and is often caused by grapes that have been heavily exposed to the sun or have dried out. This is also typical of...
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