Velvety, bright, flabby: Stop to consider how wine feels
by Michael Austin, Chicago Tribune
Aug 13, 2018
3 minutes
Road builders and skin care professionals probably spend a fair amount of time thinking about how they can bring some smoothness to whatever it is they're working on, but the concept probably doesn't cross the mind of many winemakers. Yet a lot of beginning wine drinkers automatically go to the word "smooth" to describe wines.
This default descriptor indicates a certain easiness about wine. If you ask a novice to explain what they mean by "smooth," you might hear about the wine's lack of bite or sharpness. You might
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