SIMURG
pasty
EN
adj.
A wine with a thick consistancy, rich in dry extract which gives the impression of sticking to the palate like a floury paste. 1
A pasty wine is rich in sugar and low in acid. 2
To the palate it is a medium lightly bodied wine showing fruity and pasty, round, soft and ripe tannins. 3
[ˈpeɪsti] 4
As an adj. meaning “resembling paste,” 1650s, from paste + -y.
Paste: mid-12c., "dough," from O.Fr. paste, from L.L. pasta "dough, pastry cake, paste".
-y: adjective suffix, "full of or characterized by," from O.E. -ig, from P.Gmc. *-iga (cf. Ger. -ig), cognate with Gk. -ikos, L. -icus. 5
Università degli Studi di Genova - Facoltà di Lingue e letterature straniere - Corso di laurea in Lingue e Letterature Straniere per l'Impresa e il Turismo
Francesca Quaranta, rev. Chiara Barbagianni
1 : Dizionario del Vino Moet & Chandon - Edagricole Internazionale, Bologna, Edagricole, 1996, p. 60/English.
2 : «http://www.winelabel.com/Glossary.html», (06/12/2005)
3 : «http://winelibrary.com/wines/54740-Santa+Rita+120+Merlot+750ML», (18/11/2011)
4 : «http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/138660?rskey=olNv5t&result=2&isAdvanced=false#eid», (18/11/2011)
5 : «http://www.etymonline.com», (18/11/2011)