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Wine qualities and the terms you need to know:

Upon first glance/sip

Wine Clarity

Wine clarity is apparent at first sight.

Before you even bring a glass of wineunder your nose for that first whiff...put it up toeye-height or above, directly towards a light.

How much beyond the glass can you see when you put it to the light? A lot? A little?That's how you judge a wine's clarity.

Wine clarity has to do with how clear, clean, or "bright" a wine appears...as in contrastwith how a) "_____________________________" it can appear.

This b) __________________or c) __________________ has to do with "wine d)_________________ - or how many small particles and sediment have remained in thewine (besides any cork bits, which is unavoidable!).

The color directly or indirectly influences a wine's e)___________________as well, butwe're not there yet...

Because you can have a ruby red color that's bright and vibrant, translucent to the light,or you can have a similar tone which is not so much deeper in f)__________________

, but deeper in 'layers of color' or exhibits more g)____________________when heldup to the light.

Some people truly feel that this makes a difference to their wine drinking experience.

It also connects with how well- h)____________________ a wine is.In today's wine world, consumers almost demand a super-filtered wine to grace theglasses on their dinner tables...

But it wasn't always like this. In the 'olden days' wine was aged in barrels, and lightly, ifat all, filtered. Why give so much extra energy so something that's not even exactly a'problem'?

Even today, there are the rare wine makers that insist on low-filtered wines, believingthat this best preserves the true complexity and power of a wine's aroma.

At the end of the day that point is clear -it's what you enjoy drinking that counts!

Use the English words that follow to complete the text.

1. clarity: clareza/ claridade2. hue: tonalidade3. dullness: desinteresse/ monotonia/ falta de luz (opaco/bao)4. floating particles: partculas flutuantes

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5. muddied, dull or thick: lamacento/enlameado, opaco, denso/espesso6. sediment: sedimento7. filtered: filtrado8. brightness: brilho/ luminosidade

WineTasting NotesWine terms about clarity

bright (1) a) escuro

brilliant (2) b) sujo

cloudy (3) c) retinto

dark (4) d) leitoso/lcteo

dingy (5) e) lustroso/ reluzente

dull (6) f) puro

gloomy (7) g) pouco transparente/ escuro

luminous (8) h) turvo

hazy (9) i) brilhante/ genial

inky (10) j) brilhante/ luminoso

lustrous (11) k) nebuloso/ opaco

milky (12) l) sombrio

muddy (13) m) sedimentado

murky (14) n) luminoso

opaque (15) o) transparente

sedimented (16) p) opaco

sheer (17) q) aborrecido/ sem vida /bao

transparent (18) r) lamacento

Now read and choose the best words from the previous exercise to complete the

sentences.

A few examples: It is important to emphasize that a ____________ wine is not the

same as a wine with sediment or not filtered.

A ____________ wine color reminiscent of the ruby Malmsey operating from Greece.

Touriga Nacional yields ______________, full-bodied, powerful wines with exceptional

aromas.

The companys mission is to offer a _____________ wine that is produced in the skills

offered by the privileged climate of the region and toast the maximum potential.