A description of the flavour of a wine in the context of a wine evaluation or wine talk. The term tends to be used negatively and pejoratively as "(unpleasantly) light, but also obtrusively sweet", "softly sentimental and slipping into kitsch", as well as a synonym for artificial (artificial), overloaded, fake and unnatural.
In the context of describing a food or drink, it means "slightly sweet". The term tends to be used pejoratively when referring to wine. However, in contrast to medium sweet (semi-sweet) or sweet, it is not relevant under wine law. It is not uncommon for so-called Coca-Cola wines (mainstream wines) to be characterised by a sweet or fruity taste. Similarly pejorative terms are tasty, jammy and drop-like.
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