SIMURG
caressing
EN
adj.
Term applied to a round, fine, delicate, smooth, elegant wine which passes over the palate like a caress, imparting a range of pleasurable sensory effects. 1
Round, fine, delicate, smooth like a caress. 2
Château beauséjour duffau-lagarosse St.-emilion: opulent aromas of plums, berries and green olives. Full-bodied, with vanilla, fruit flavors and lovely silky tannins. This is a caressing wine. Not as opulent as the 2000 but equally pleasing. Best after 2007. 3
[ kə'ʀesiŋ ]
French caresse, from Italian carezza, from caro, dear, from Latin crus.
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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
1 : Moet & Chandon, Dizionario del Vino Moet & Chandon - Edagricole Internazionale, Bologna, Edizioni Agricole della Calderini, 1996, 6, p. 60.
2 : «http://www.winelabel.com/Glossary.html», (01/12/2005)
3 : «http://www.zandbvintners.co.uk/en-primeur/critics/james_suckling_09ep_scores.aspx», (01/12/2005)
4 : «http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/caressing», (01/12/2005)