The use of wine tasting descriptors allows the taster to qualitatively relate the aromas and flavors that the taster experiences and can be used in assessing the overall quality of wine wine writers differentiate wine tasters from casual enthusiasts.
French for under forest or forest floor wine description.
Forest floor imagine taking a hike in an old growth forest.
N a what it really means.
Tasters attempt to give an objective description of the wine s taste often taking a systematic approach to tasting casual enthusiasts.
This is most frequently used to describe pinot noir especially from burgundy and oregon.
With that in mind i went on the hunt for my top bordeaux under 100 to get the proverbial lay of the land in one of the world s most famous wine regions and while no one would ever call wines.
As you walk and turn up the fresh earth beneath your feet there is a specific smell.
Underbrush sous bois alternate usages.
You got it forest floor.
What s that musty funky dense smell reminiscent of dirt covered mushrooms.
This description generator will generate a fairly random description of a forest.
Robert parker s wine advocate 97.
Framboise black cherries strawberries forest floor and earthy nuances all emerge from this burgundian layered powerful 2012 that has loads of sweet fruit.
Brought up in new french oak it doesn t show a hint of oak has full bodied richness and depth and a great great finish.
If you want to get fancy and masquerade as a wine geek use the french term sous bois.
Some aspects of the descriptions will remain the same this is done to keep the general structure the same while still randomizing the details.
The average american wine lover can reel off a bevy of french regions touch down in italy for chianti and barolo recall a glass of rioja or sherry and even note that germany has its rieslings.
Wet earth dirt fragrance anyone who has spent time in the great outdoors especially in a forest knows that unique fragrance of the morning dew on the top soil of the forest floor.
Pinot noir is often described as earthy meaning that fruit flavors are balanced out by a scent similar to wet forest floor.
If a wine contains too much of the compound geosmin the earthy aromas can eclipse fruity notes resulting in an unpleasant sip.