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May 12, 2014 12:07
10 yrs ago
German term
Masse, massig
German to English
Marketing
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
This is an article on 2013 white wines from the Bordeaux region:
Für uns, die wir Frische und Eleganz höher einschätzen als Masse, ist 2013 ganz einfach der schönste Bordeaux-Weissweinjahrgang unserer Karriere. Freunde massiger Süsser mögen 2001 oder 2007 und vielleicht sogar 2009 und 2011 aufs Podest setzen:
Nur Masse sucht man vergebens in diesem Jahr.
Für uns, die wir Frische und Eleganz höher einschätzen als Masse, ist 2013 ganz einfach der schönste Bordeaux-Weissweinjahrgang unserer Karriere. Freunde massiger Süsser mögen 2001 oder 2007 und vielleicht sogar 2009 und 2011 aufs Podest setzen:
Nur Masse sucht man vergebens in diesem Jahr.
Proposed translations
(English)
3 | density or amplitude/intense | Ramey Rieger (X) |
3 | richness, massive | uyuni |
4 -1 | body, full-bodied | philgoddard |
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Nov 17, 2017 09:52: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing"
Proposed translations
1 hr
density or amplitude/intense
you could use heaviness for masse, but density is more frequent in wine
for the sweetness, I would simply use intense/intensly
for the sweetness, I would simply use intense/intensly
3 hrs
richness, massive
Dried tangerine and date dominate the flavors, but the hint of beef broth and rosemary lurk there, too, lasting long into the finish; throughout, the vivid acidity keeps everything lifted above the *massive sweetness*.
http://www.bonafidewine.com/submain.php?category=wines&subna...®ionid=AND&wineid=17TAPX594750
I wonder if I really like these huge sweet wines any more. Maybe it's a function of age. Maybe I've tasted so many of them I'm a little jaded. I hope not, but I've reached a point where *massive sweetness* and concentration doesn't entertain me, unless the wine is 50 years old and has started to show its soul.
http://www.skurnikwines.com/msw/theise_squawk-German_Vintage...
For the noun ("Masse"), "richness" is one of many more options:
Wine from the Lourensford estate features classic elegance and a special *richness*.
http://red-simon.com/en/south-africa-wine-estate/lourensford
The wine is moderately tannic and full-bodied, with loads of chocolaty. black ... The wine's *massive richness*, full body, and super-intense, concentrated fruit ...
http://books.google.de/books?id=uVA8RkH7yYIC&pg=PA1282&lpg=P...
However, these sommeliers use any kind of pompous terms in order to describe what the (pretend to!) taste. A lot of times it turns out that this is nothing more than bulls**t as soon as you read official test comparisons between "low-cost red alcoholic fluid partially made of grapes" and so-called "cutting edge wine selections"....;-))
http://www.bonafidewine.com/submain.php?category=wines&subna...®ionid=AND&wineid=17TAPX594750
I wonder if I really like these huge sweet wines any more. Maybe it's a function of age. Maybe I've tasted so many of them I'm a little jaded. I hope not, but I've reached a point where *massive sweetness* and concentration doesn't entertain me, unless the wine is 50 years old and has started to show its soul.
http://www.skurnikwines.com/msw/theise_squawk-German_Vintage...
For the noun ("Masse"), "richness" is one of many more options:
Wine from the Lourensford estate features classic elegance and a special *richness*.
http://red-simon.com/en/south-africa-wine-estate/lourensford
The wine is moderately tannic and full-bodied, with loads of chocolaty. black ... The wine's *massive richness*, full body, and super-intense, concentrated fruit ...
http://books.google.de/books?id=uVA8RkH7yYIC&pg=PA1282&lpg=P...
However, these sommeliers use any kind of pompous terms in order to describe what the (pretend to!) taste. A lot of times it turns out that this is nothing more than bulls**t as soon as you read official test comparisons between "low-cost red alcoholic fluid partially made of grapes" and so-called "cutting edge wine selections"....;-))
-1
5 hrs
body, full-bodied
My reference doesn't actually give these two words as definitions, but it says things like "bulky" and "massy", which is the same idea as full-bodied.
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
Edith Kelly
: that would be Vollmundigkeit and a completely different idea.
12 hrs
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