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a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids
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| astringency |
Sensation of taste, caused by tannins in wine, which is best described as mouth-drying, bitter or puckery.
Ãâó: www.marylandwine.com/wineries/appreciation/glossar...
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| astringency |
A taste quality noted for constricting or contracting the inner mouth, as an unripe persimmon would, but caused in wine primarily by tannins absorbed from the skins and seeds of the base fruit from which the wine was made. Astringency mellows with bottle aging.
Ãâó: www.thewineplace.ca/Tips/Glossary.aspx
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| astringency |
That quality in a wine that makes your mouth feel slightly dry and puckery. Astringency is related to tannin (see entry). A small amount of astringency is expected in some wines, especially young red wines made from powerful varieties such as cabernet sauvignon.
Ãâó: www.allhlwines.com/glossary.html
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| astringency |
The drying sensation, (or bite) in the mouth caused by certain teas.
Ãâó: www.relaxsipenjoy.com/tea_glossary_tea_terms_tea_d...
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